242 SAN Multiprotocol Routing: An Introduction and Implementation
Operational state of a VSAN
A VSAN is in the operational state if the VSAN is active and at least one port is
up. This state indicates that traffic can pass through this VSAN. This state cannot
be configured.
Deleted VSAN
When an active VSAN is deleted, all of its attributes are removed from the
running configuration.
VSAN-related information is maintained by the system software:
VSAN attributes and port membership details are maintained by VSAN
manager. This feature is affected when you delete a VSAN from the
configuration. When a VSAN is deleted, all the ports in that VSAN are made
inactive and the ports are moved to the isolated VSAN. If the same VSAN is
re-created, the por ...