HP Cisco MDS 9120 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide - R - Page 588

VSAN Configuration Chapter 26 Configuring and Managing VSANs Send documentation comments to [email protected] Note OX ID based load balancing of IVR traffic from IVR- enabled switches is not supported on 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. This section describes how to create and configure VSANs and includes the following topics: • 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 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: Step 1 Click the Create VSAN icon (see Figure 26-4). Figure 26-4 Create VSAN Icon You see the Create VSAN dialog box in Figure 26-5. 26-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x