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Logical switch overview
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FIGURE 20 Switch before and after enabling Virtual Fabrics
After you enable Virtual Fabrics, you can create up to eight logical switches, depending on the
switch model.
Figure 21 shows a Virtual Fabrics-enabled switch before and after it is divided into logical switches.
Before you create logical switches, the chassis appears as a single switch (default logical switch).
After you create logical switches, the chassis appears as multiple independent logical switches. All
of the ports continue to belong to the default logical switch until you explicitly move them to other
logical switches.
The default logical switch always exists. You can add and delete other logical switches, but you
cannot delete the default logical switch unless you disable Virtual Fabrics.
FIGURE 21 Switch before and after creating logical switches
Before enabling Virtual Fabrics After enabling Virtual Fabrics
Physical chassis
Default logical switch
Physical chassis
P9 P0
P1
P2
P4
P3
P2
P1
P0
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
P8
P9
P8
P7
P5
P6
Before logical switch creation After logical switch creation
Default logical switch
Physical chassis
P4
P3
P2
P1
P0 P9
P8
P7
P5
P6
Logical switch 4
Logical switch 1
(Default logical switch)
P4
P3
P2
P1
P0
P9
P8
P7 P5
P6
Logical switch 2
Logical switch 3