In a cluster configuration, a named VSAN can be configured to be accessible only to the Fibre Channel uplink ports on one fabric interconnect or to the Fibre Channel uplink ports on both fabric interconnects. You must configure each named VSAN with an FCoE VLAN 599ID. This property determines which VLAN is used for transporting the VSAN and its Fibre Channel packets.

The following steps show how to create a named VSAN:

Step 1. In the Navigation pane, click SAN. Then expand SAN > SAN Cloud.

Step 2. In the Work pane, click the VSANs tab. On the icon bar to the right of the table, click + (the plus sign). If the + icon is disabled, click an entry in the table to enable it.

Step 3. In the Create VSAN dialog box, complete the required fields, as shown in Figure 12-65. Then click OK.

Note

FCoE VLANs in the SAN cloud and VLANs in the LAN cloud must have different IDs. Using the same ID for FCoE VLANs in a VSAN and a VLAN results in a critical fault and traffic disruption for all vNICs and uplink ports using that FCoE VLAN. Ethernet traffic is dropped on any VLAN with an ID that overlaps with an FCoE VLAN ID.

Figure 12-65 Creating Named VSANs

The Cisco UCS Manager GUI adds the VSAN to one of the following VSANs nodes:

The SAN Cloud > VSANs node for a storage VSAN accessible to both fabric interconnects, as shown in Figure 12-66

The SAN Cloud > Fabric_Name > VSANs node for a VSAN accessible to only one fabric interconnect

Figure 12-66 Named VSANs List

The following steps show how to create a storage VSAN:

Step 1. In the Navigation pane, click SAN. On the SAN tab, expand SAN > Storage Cloud.

Step 2. In the Work pane, click the VSANs tab. On the icon bar to the right of the table, click +. If the + icon is disabled, click an entry in the table to enable it.

Step 3. In the Create VSAN dialog box, complete the required fields, as shown in Figure 12-67. Then click OK.

Figure 12-67 Creating Storage VSANs

The Cisco UCS Manager GUI adds the VSAN to one of the following VSANs nodes:

The Storage Cloud > VSANs node for a storage VSAN accessible to both fabric interconnects, as shown in Figure 12-68

The Storage Cloud > Fabric_Name > VSANs node for a VSAN accessible to only one fabric interconnect

Figure 12-68 Storage VSANs List