HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Networking Scenarios Cookbook

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Scenario 9: Cisco MDS Dynamic Port VSAN Membership
Overview
This scenario covers the steps to configure Cisco MDS family FC switches to operate in Dynamic Port VSAN
Membership mode. This allows you to configure VSAN membership based on the WWN of an HBA instead of the
physical port, which allows an NPIV-based VC fabric uplink with multiple WWNs to be set up on separate VLANs. With
standard VSAN membership configuration that is based on physical ports, you must configure all the HBAs on the
uplink port to the same VSAN.
Knowledge of Cisco Fabric Manager is needed to complete this scenario. For more information, see the Cisco website
(http://www.cisco.com).
Additional information about setting up this scenario can be found in the MDS Cookbook 3.1
(http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/storage/san_switches/mds9000/sw/rel_3_x/cookbook/MDScookbook31.p
df).
Benefits
This configuration allows you to assign the Virtual connect fabric hosts to different VSANs.
Requirements
This configuration requires:
 A single SAN fabric with one or more switches that support NPIV.
 At least one VC-FC module.
 At least one VC fabric uplink connected to the SAN fabric.
 A Cisco MDS switch running minimum SAN-OS 2.x or NX-OS 4.x.
Additional information, such as over subscription rates and server I/O statistics, is important to help with server
workload distribution across VC-FC ports. For more information about configuring Cisco SAN switches for NPIV, see
‘Appendix D: Cisco MDS SAN switch NPIV configuration’.
Installation and configuration
1. Log in to Fabric Manager for the MDS FC Switch.
2. Click DPVM Setup.