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Creating VSANs

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Creating VSANs

VSANs help you create multiple logical SANs over a common physical infrastructure. Each VSAN can

contain up to 239 switches and has an independent address space that allows identical Fibre Channel IDs

(FC IDs) to be used simultaneously in different VSANs.

VSAN 1, also known as the default VSAN, is typically used for communication, management, or testing

purposes. We recommend that you do not use VSAN 1 as your production environment VSAN. There

are several features that, when configured, disrupt traffic on VSAN 1. If you use VSAN 1 as your

production environment VSAN, you risk disrupting traffic when these features are configured.

By default, all Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches belong to VSAN 1. We recommend that you create

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production environment VSANs and configure the switches to use those VSANs.

To add and configure a VSAN, follow these steps.

Click the Create VSAN icon. (See

Step 1

Figure 4-2

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide

4-2

Create VSAN Icon

For details about the icons and buttons used in Fabric Manager, see

Manager Client."

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4-2.)

Chapter 4

Configuring VSANs and Interfaces

Appendix A, "Fabric

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