Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide (OL-16597-01, July 2009)
• VSAN name—This text string identifies the VSAN for management purposes. The name can be from
1 to 32 characters long and it must be unique across all VSANs. By default, the VSAN name is a
concatenation of VSAN and a four-digit string representing the VSAN ID. For example, the default
name for VSAN 3 is VSAN0003.
A VSAN name must be unique.Note
• Load-balancing attributes—These attributes indicate the use of the source-destination ID (src-dst-id) or
the originator exchange OX ID (src-dst-ox-id, the default) for load-balancing path selection.
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 VSANs, perform this task:
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters configuration mode.switch# configuration terminal
Step 1
Configures the database for a VSAN. Application
specific VSAN parameters cannot be configured
from this prompt.
switch(config)# vsan database
Step 2
Creates a VSAN with the specified ID if that
VSAN does not exist already.
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
Step 3
Updates the VSAN with the assigned name.
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
name name
Step 4
Suspends the selected VSAN.
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
suspend
Step 5
Negates the suspend command issued in the
previous step.
switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan vsan-id
suspend
Step 6
Returns you to EXEC mode.switch(config-vsan-db)# end
Step 7
About Port VSAN Membership
Port VSAN membership on the switch is assigned on a port-by-port basis. By default each port belongs to
the default VSAN. You can assign VSAN membership to ports using one of two methods:
• Statically—Assigning VSANs to ports.
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About VSAN Creation