Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0(1a)N1 (OL-16597-01, January 2009)

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Chapter 37 Configuring and Managing VSANs
Configuring VSANs
Deleting Static VSANs
To delete a VSAN and its various attributes, perform this task:
About Load Balancing
Load-balancing attributes indicate the use of the source-destination ID (src-dst-id) or the originator
exchange OX ID (src-dst-ox-id, the default) for load-balancing path selection.
Configuring Load Balancing
To configure load balancing on an existing VSAN, perform this task:
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# configuration terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# vsan database
switch(config-db)#
Configures the VSAN database.
Step 3
switch-config-db# vsan 2
switch(config-vsan-db)#
Places you in VSAN configuration mode.
Step 4
switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan 5
switch(config-vsan-db)#
Deletes VSAN 5 from the database and switch.
Step 5
switch(config-vsan-db)# end
switch#
Places you in EXEC mode.
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# configuration terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# vsan database
switch(config-vsan-db)#
Enters VSAN database configuration submode
Step 3
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
Specifies an existing VSAN.
Step 4
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
loadbalancing src-dst-id
Enables the load-balancing guarantee for the
selected VSAN and directs the switch to use the
source and destination ID for its path selection
process.
switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan vsan-id
loadbalancing src-dst-id
Negates the command entered in the previous step
and reverts to the default values of the
load-balancing parameters.
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
loadbalancing src-dst-ox-id
Changes the path selection setting to use the source
ID, the destination ID, and the OX ID (default).
Step 5
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
suspend
Suspends the selected VSAN.
Step 6
switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan vsan-id
suspend
Negates the suspend command entered in the
previous step.
Step 7
switch(config-vsan-db)# end
switch#
Returns you to EXEC mode.