SANRAD I3.1.1205 - Manual (Page 25)

Chapter 1: V-Switch 1-3
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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
FC
Cloud
SCSI
Connection
SCSI
Connection
RAID RAID RAID
Figure 1-1. 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-S WITCH TO THE REQUISITE DEVICES AND NETWORKS ;
POWER UP THE V S WITCH .
STEP 2. C
ONFIGURE THE
V-S
WITCH AND ITS INTERFACES
.
STEP 3. C REATE VIRTUAL VOLUMES FROM THE PHYSICAL DISKS .
STEP 4. A SSIGN LUN S TO VIRTUAL VOLUMES ; CREATE I SCSI TARGETS ; ATTACH
LUN S TO TARGETS AND EXPOSE TO HOSTS .