Interface Types; Management Interfaces; Vsan Interfaces - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Interface Types

Note When a port group monitor is enabled in a 1-rack box, and if any of the thresholds is met for the receive
performance and transmit performance counters, the port group monitor is not supported.
Interface Types

Management Interfaces

You can remotely configure a switch through the management interface (mgmt0). To configure a connection
on the mgmt0 interface, configure either the IPv4 parameters (IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway),
or the IPv6 parameters (IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway) so that the switch is reachable.
Before you configure the management interface manually, obtain the switch's IPv4 address, subnet mask,
and default gateway, or the IPv6 address, depending on which IP version you are configuring.
The management port (mgmt0) auto senses and operates in full-duplex mode at a speed of 10, 100, or 1000
Mbps. Auto sensing supports both the speed mode and the duplex mode. On a Supervisor-1 module, the default
speed is 100 Mbps and the default duplex mode is auto. On a Supervisor-2 module, the default speed and the
default duplex mode are set to auto.
Note Explicitly configure a default gateway to connect to the switch and send IP packets or add a route for each
subnet.

VSAN Interfaces

VSANs are applicable to Fibre Channel fabrics and enable you to configure multiple isolated SAN topologies
within the same physical infrastructure. You can create an IP interface on top of a VSAN, and then use this
interface to send frames to the corresponding VSAN. To use this feature, configure the IP address for this
VSAN.
Note VSAN interfaces cannot be created for non existing VSANs.
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