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VSAN Attributes

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VSAN Attributes
VSANs have the following attributes:
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Operational State of a VSAN

A VSAN is in the operational state if the VSAN is active and at least one port is up. This state indicates
that traffic can pass through this VSAN. This state cannot be configured.

VSAN Membership

Port VSAN membership on the switch is assigned on a port-by-port basis. By default each port belongs
to the default VSAN. You can assign VSAN membership to ports using one of two methods:
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VSAN ID—The VSAN ID identifies the VSAN as the default VSAN (VSAN 1), user-defined
VSANs (VSAN 2 to 4093), and the isolated VSAN (VSAN 4094).
State—The administrative state of a VSAN can be configured to an active (default) or suspended
state. Once VSANs are created, they may exist in various conditions or states.
The active state of a VSAN indicates that the VSAN is configured and enabled. By enabling a
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VSAN, you activate the services for that VSAN.
The suspended state of a VSAN indicates that the VSAN is configured but not enabled. If a port
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is configured in this VSAN, it is disabled. Use this state to deactivate a VSAN without losing
the VSAN's configuration. All ports in a suspended VSAN are disabled. By suspending a
VSAN, you can preconfigure all the VSAN parameters for the whole fabric and activate the
VSAN immediately.
VSAN name—This text string identifies the VSAN for management purposes. The name can be
from 1 to 32 characters long and it must be unique across all VSANs. By default, the VSAN name
is a concatenation of VSAN and a four-digit string representing the VSAN ID. For example, the
default name for VSAN 3 is VSAN0003.
Note A VSAN name must be unique.
Load balancing attributes—These attributes indicate the use of the source-destination ID (src-dst-id)
or the originator exchange OX ID (src-dst-ox-id, the default) for load balancing path selection.
OX ID based load balancing of IVR traffic from IVR- enabled switches is not supported on
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Generation 1 switching modules. OX ID based load balancing of IVR traffic from a non-IVR
MDS switch should work. Generation 2 switching modules support OX ID based load
balancing of IVR traffic from IVR-enabled switches.
Statically—by assigning VSANs to ports.
For information about changing VSAN membership, see the
Statically" section on page
Dynamically—by assigning VSANs based on the device WWN. This method is referred to as the
Dynamic Port VSAN Membership (DPVM) feature.
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Chapter 16 Configuring and Managing VSANs
"Creating and Configuring VSANs
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