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Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 20 SAN Device Virtualization
Configuring SDV
Figure 20-5
shows a configuration that includes a new virtual device, vt1.
Figure 20-5
Creating a Virtual Device
To configure a virtual device and commit it to the fabric configuration, follow these steps:
Primary
Secondary
Virtual
Device
SAN Device
Virtualization
VT
vtpwwn
vt1
t2pwwn
t2
t1pwwn
t1
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i1pwwn
i1
i2pwwn
i2
i3pwwn
i3
Command
Purpose
Step 1
switch#
config t
switch(config)#
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)#
sdv enable
Enables the SDV feature.
Note
If you do not have the Cisco MDS 9000
Family Enterprise package license
(ENTERPRISE_PKG) installed, this
command will fail.
Step 3
switch(config)#
sdv virtual-device name
vdev1 vsan 2
Configures a virtual device alias name (vdev1).
Enters SDV manager configuration submode.
Step 4
switch(config-sdv-virt-dev)#
pwwn
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primary
switch(config-sdv-virt-dev)#
pwwn
21:00:00:04:cf:cf:38:d6
Maps primary virtual device to the pWWN of real
devices.
Maps secondary virtual device to pWWN of a real
device.
Step 5
switch(config-sdv-virt-dev)#
exit
Exits SDV manager configuration submode.
Step 6
switch(config)#
sdv commit vsan 2
Commits the VSAN configuration to the fabric.
Step 7
switch(config)#
exit
switch#
show device-alias database
Verifies that the virtualized device is registered in
the device alias database.
Step 8
switch#
show fcns database vsan vsan 2
If the primary device is online, verifies that the
virtual device appears in the name server database
and has the correct FC4 type (Fibre Channel layer
4).