Chapter 26 Configuring And Managing Vsan; Vsan Advantages - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Chapter 26 Configuring and Managing VSANs
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H1
The four switches in this network are interconnected by trunk links that carry both VSAN 2 and
VSAN 7 traffic. Thus the inter-switch topology of both VSAN 2 and VSAN 7 are identical. This is not
a requirement and a network administrator can enable certain VSANs on certain links to create different
VSAN topologies.
Without VSANs, a network administrator would need separate switches and links for separate SANs. By
enabling VSANs, the same switches and links may be shared by multiple VSANs. VSANs allow SANs
to be built on port granularity instead of switch granularity.
group of hosts or storage devices that communicate with each other using a virtual topology defined on
the physical SAN.
The criteria for creating such groups differ based on the VSAN topology:
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VSAN Advantages

VSANs offer the following advantages:
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Example of Two VSANs
H2 H3
FC FC
SA1 SA2
Link in VSAN 2
Link in VSAN 7
Trunk link
VSANs can separate traffic based on the following requirements:
Different customers in storage provider data centers
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Production or test in an enterprise network
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Low and high security requirements
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Backup traffic on separate VSANs
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Replicating data from user traffic
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VSANs can meet the needs of a particular department or application.
AS1 AS2 AS3
FC FC
SA3 SA4
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Figure 26-2 illustrates that a VSAN is a
About VSANs
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