About Vsan Creation; Creating Vsans Statically - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

VSAN Configuration
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This section describes how to create and configure VSANs and includes the following topics:
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About VSAN Creation

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.

Creating VSANs Statically

You cannot configure any application-specific parameters for a VSAN before creating the VSAN.
To create and configure VSANs using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Click the Create VSAN icon (see
Step 1
Figure 26-4
You see the Create VSAN dialog box in
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
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OX ID based load balancing of IVR traffic from IVR- enabled switches is not supported on
Note
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.
About VSAN Creation, page 26-6
Creating VSANs Statically, page 26-6
About Port VSAN Membership, page 26-7
Assigning Static Port VSAN Membership, page 26-8
About the Default VSAN, page 26-8
About the Isolated VSAN, page 26-8
Displaying Isolated VSAN Membership, page 26-9
Operational State of a VSAN, page 26-9
About Static VSAN Deletion, page 26-9
Deleting Static VSANs, page 26-10
About Load Balancing, page 26-11
Configuring Load Balancing, page 26-11
About Interop Mode, page 26-12
About FICON VSANs, page 26-12
Create VSAN Icon
Figure 26-4).
Figure 26-5.
Chapter 26 Configuring and Managing VSANs
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