Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
OL-16598-01
Guidelines and Restrictions 13-3
About Trunk Mode 13-3
Configuring Trunk Mode 13-4
About Trunk-Allowed VSAN Lists 13-5
Configuring an Allowed-Active List of VSANs 13-6
Default Settings 13-7
CHAPTER 14 Configuring SAN Port Channels 14-1
Information About SAN Port Channels 14-1
Understanding Port Channels and VSAN Trunking 14-2
Understanding Load Balancing 14-3
Configuring SAN Port Channels 14-5
SAN Port Channel Configuration Guidelines 14-6
Configuring SAN Port Channels 14-7
About SAN Port Channel Modes 14-10
About SAN Port Channel Deletion 14-11
Deleting SAN Port Channels 14-11
Interfaces in a SAN Port Channel 14-12
About Interface Addition to a SAN Port Channel 14-12
Compatibility Check 14-12
Suspended and Isolated States 14-13
Adding an Interface to a SAN Port Channel 14-13
Forcing an Interface Addition 14-14
About Interface Deletion from a SAN Port Channel 14-14
Deleting an Interface from a SAN Port Channel 14-14
Port Channel Protocol 14-15
About Channel Group Creation 14-15
Autocreation Guidelines 14-17
Enabling and Configuring Autocreation 14-17
About Manually Configured Channel Groups 14-18
Converting to Manually Configured Channel Groups 14-18
Verifying SAN Port Channel Configuration 14-19
Default Settings 14-19
CHAPTER 15 Configuring and Managing VSANs 15-1
Information About VSANs 15-1
VSAN Topologies 15-1
VSAN Advantages 15-4
VSANs Versus Zones 15-4