Chapter 10. Islands in the SAN

“For the rest of it, the last and greatest art is to limit and isolate oneself.” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

This chapter will introduce virtual storage-area networks (VSANs) and the advantages of creating isolated logical fabrics in a physical Fibre Channel SAN. It will cover the following topics:

Image Some Fibre Channel Definitions

Image Fabric Processes

Image Defining and Exploring VSANs

Use Case: SAN Consolidation

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