Organization
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m .
Chapter
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide
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Title
Managing System Hardware
Managing Modules
Configuring Interfaces
Configuring Trunking
Configuring PortChannels
Configuring Domain Parameters
Scheduling Maintenance Jobs
Configuring and Managing VSANs
Creating Dynamic VSANs
Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing
Configuring and Managing Zones
Distributing Device Alias Services
Configuring Fibre Channel Routing
Services and Protocols
Description
Explains switch hardware inventory, power
usage, power supply, module temperature, fan
and clock modules, and environment
information.
Explains how to display and analyze the status
of each module and specifies the power on and
power off process for modules.
Explains port and operational state concepts in
Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches and provides
details on configuring ports and interfaces.
Explains TE ports and trunking concepts.
Explains PortChannels and load balancing
concepts and provides details on configuring
PortChannels, adding ports to PortChannels,
and deleting ports from PortChannels.
Explains the Fibre Channel domain (fcdomain)
feature, which includes principal switch
selection, domain ID distribution, FC ID
allocation, and fabric reconfiguration
functions.
Describes the Cisco MDS command scheduler
feature that helps you schedule configuration
and maintenance jobs in any switch in the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family.
Describes how virtual SANs (VSANs) work,
explains the concept of default VSANs,
isolated VSANs, VSAN IDs, and attributes,
and provides details on how to create, delete,
and view VSANs.
Defines the Dynamic Port VSAN Membership
(DPVM) feature that is used to maintain fabric
topology when a host or storage device
connection is moved between two Cisco MDS
switches.
Provides details on sharing resources across
VSANs using the inter-VSAN Routing (IVR)
feature.
Defines various zoning concepts and provides
details on configuring a zone set and zone
management features.
Describes the use of the Distributed Device
Alias Services (device alias) to distribute
device alias names on a fabric-wide basis.
Provides details and configuration information
on Fibre Channel routing services and
protocols.
OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
Preface