Chapter 20
Configuring and Managing VSANs
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
Configuring Load Balancing
To configure load balancing on an existing VSAN, follow these steps:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
Step 2
switch(config)# vsan database
switch(config-vsan-db)#
Step 3
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan 2
Step 4
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan 2
loadbalancing src-dst-id
switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan 2
loadbalancing src-dst-id
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan 2
loadbalancing src-dst-ox-id
Step 5
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan 2 suspend
Step 6
switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan 2 suspend
Step 7
switch(config-vsan-db)# end
switch#
About Interop Mode
Interoperability enables the products of multiple vendors to come into contact with each other. Fibre
Channel standards guide vendors towards common external Fibre Channel interfaces. See the
Interoperability" section on page
About FICON VSANs
You can enable FICON in up to eight VSANs. See the
page
Displaying Static VSAN Configuration
Use the show vsan command to display information about configured VSANs (see Examples
20-6).
Example 20-4 Displays the Configuration for a Specific VSAN
switch# show vsan 100
vsan 100 information
OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
29-7.
name:VSAN0100 state:active
in-order guarantee:no interoperability mode:no
loadbalancing:src-id/dst-id/oxid
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Enters VSAN database configuration submode
Specifies an existing VSAN.
Enables the load balancing guarantee for the
selected VSAN and directs the switch to use the
source and destination ID for its path selection
process.
Negates the command issued in the previous step
and reverts to the default values of the load
balancing parameters.
Changes the path selection setting to use the source
ID, the destination ID, and the OX ID (default).
Suspends the selected VSAN.
Negates the suspend command issued in the
previous step.
Returns you to EXEC mode.
30-13.
"FICON VSAN Prerequisites" section on
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
Displaying Static VSAN Configuration
"Switch
20-4
to
20-11
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