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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide
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Configuring VSANs and Interfaces
Before configuring VSANs and interfaces, make sure that you have launched and logged into Fabric
Manager from your workstation. See Chapter 3, “Installing and Launching Fabric Manager,” for details.
You can achieve higher security and greater stability in Fibre Channel fabrics by using virtual storage
area networks (VSANs). VSANs provide isolation among devices that are physically connected to the
same fabric.
Interfaces are members of a VSAN. Interfaces enable communication between switches in a VSAN.
Interfaces that are members of the same VSAN can communicate with each other; interfaces that are
members of different VSANs cannot communicate with each other.
Figure 4-1 describes the steps involved in configuring VSANs and interfaces.
Figure 4-1 VSANs and Interfaces
This chapter includes the following sections:
Creating VSANs, page 4-2
Configuring Interfaces, page 4-4
Create a VSAN
Add interfaces to VSAN
Configure interfaces
Enable interfaces
Plug in cables
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