Hello all. I am a few months into the MDS world and need to consolidate 2 x 9210 (all host dual connected) to 2 x 9222i. Currently, our CX700 is connected to the 9210's and the CX3-80 is connected to the 9222i's.

I am forming a plan as follows:

1. 9222i - create fcalias ahead of time with pwwn via cli (FM will not see pwwn if not physically connected)

2. 9222i - add fcalias to zone, add zone to zoneset, activate and save via FM

3. Move a pair of sp frontend port with "all" host connected to it (must be done in pairs since each hba is zoned with 2 sp ports). This will result with a single host connected to a 9210 and a 9222i

4. Restart NaviHostAgent

5. Move the remaining sp pairs every weekend until everthing is migrated over

Questions for the experts:

1. What do you think about the plan above. How would you make it better?

2. I already have a different vsan setup on all switches. I do not plan to migrate the vsan over. Everything will be on vsan 50 on one switch and vsan 60 on the other. With that said, do you see any reason why I should at least create two vsans, one for each Array? I'm not looking for theory but practical reasons.

3. Is there a bandwidth limitation on a vsan?

Finally, we do not have performance issues today (top talking sp port is < 10%), and would like to leave it as simple as possible. The number of ports should be plenty for the next 3 years. I do not envision creating ISL's to other switches. I will like to use iSCSI at some point so not sure how it needs to factored in today.

Sorry for the loaded questions, it snowballed as I was writing.

Thanks.