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Chapter 1: V-Switch
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Tower box Tower box
Tower box
Host
V-Switch 1 V-Switch 2
Host
Host
Clients
Management
Terminal
Cloud
IP
Cloud
Cloud
IP Cloud
Clients
RAID JBOD
Management
Terminal
Tower box
Host
Cloud
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RAID RAID RAID
Figure 1. V-Switch Network Topology
Order of Operations
Whether being used as a bridging switch between FC or SCSI and iSCSI or
as a storage virtualization switch, the V-Switch is operated in the following
manner:
STEP 1. C
ONNECT THE V-SWITCH TO THE REQUISITE DEVICES AND
NETWORKS
; POWER UP THE V SWITCH.
STEP 2. C
ONFIGURE THE V-SWITCH AND ITS INTERFACES.
STEP 3. C
REATE VIRTUAL VOLUMES FROM THE PHYSICAL DISKS.
STEP 4. A
SSIGN LUNS TO VIRTUAL VOLUMES; CREATE ISCSI TARGETS;
ATTACH LUNS TO TARGETS AND EXPOSE TO HOSTS.