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Information About VSANs

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Fabric-related configurations in one VSAN do not affect the associated traffic in another VSAN.

Events causing traffic disruptions in one VSAN are contained within that VSAN and are not

propagated to other VSANs.

and the attached devices is independent of their segmentation into logical VSANs. No communication

between VSANs is possible. Within each VSAN, all members can talk to one another.

(dashed) and VSAN 7 (solid). VSAN 2 includes hosts H1 and H2, application servers AS2 and AS3, and

storage arrays SA1 and SA4. VSAN 7 connects H3, AS1, SA2, and SA3.

The application servers or storage arrays can be connected to the switch using Fibre Channel or virtual

Fibre Channel interfaces. A VSAN can include a mixture of Fibre Channel and virtual Fibre Channel

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide

shows a fabric with three switches, one on each floor. The geographic location of the switches

Logical VSAN Segmentation

shows a physical Fibre Channel switching infrastructure with two defined VSANs: VSAN 2

Configuring and Managing VSANs

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