Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Guide

Reserved VSAN Range and Isolated VSAN Range Guidelines 12
VSAN Creation 12
Creating VSANs Statically 12
Creating VSANs 12
Port VSAN Membership 13
Assigning Static Port VSAN Membership 13
Displaying VSAN Static Membership 14
Default VSAN 15
Isolated VSAN 15
Displaying Isolated VSAN Membership 16
Operational State of a VSAN 16
Static VSAN Deletion 16
Deleting Static VSANs 17
Load Balancing 17
Configuring Load Balancing 17
Interop Mode 18
FICON VSANs 18
Displaying Static VSAN Configuration 18
Default Settings 19
Displaying Fabric Switch Information 19
Creating Dynamic VSANs 21
CHAPTER 4
About DPVM 21
About DPVM Configuration 22
Enabling DPVM 22
About DPVM Databases 23
Configuring DPVM Config and Pending Databases 23
Activating DPVM Config Databases 24
About Autolearned Entries 24
Enabling Autolearning 25
Clearing Learned Entries 26
DPVM Database Distribution 26
About DPVM Database Distribution 26
Disabling DPVM Database Distribution 26
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Contents

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Specifications

General

Category	Switch
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Ports	Varies by model
Protocols	Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), iSCSI
Redundancy	Redundant supervisors, power supplies, and fans
Management	Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), CLI, SNMP
Virtualization Support	VSANs (Virtual SANs)
Security Features	Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
Hot Swappable Components	power supplies, fans
Power Supply Options	AC and DC options available