Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2(1) (OL-16599-01, March 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
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Chapter 8 Fibre Channel Commands
cfs distribute
cfs distribute
To enable or disable Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) distribution on the switch, use the cfs distribute
command. To disable this feature, use the no form of the command.
cfs distribute
no cfs distribute
Syntax Description This command has no other arguments or keywords.
Command Default CFS distribution is enabled.
Command Modes Configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines By default CFS is in the distribute mode. In the distribute mode, fabric-wide distribution is enabled.
Applications can distribute configuration data to all CFS-capable switches in the fabric where the
application exists. This is the normal mode of operation.
If you disable CFS distribution by entering the no cfs distribute command, the following events occur:
• The CFS commands continue to operate. However, CFS and the applications using CFS on the
switch are isolated from the rest of the fabric even though there is physical connectivity.
• All CFS operations are restricted to the isolated switch.
• CFS operations (for example, lock, commit, and abort) initiated at other switches do not have any
effect at the isolated switch.
• CFS distribution is disabled over both Fibre Channel and IP.
Examples The following example shows how to disable CFS distribution:
switch(config)# no cfs distribute
The following example shows how to reenable CFS distribution:
switch(config)# cfs distribute
Related Commands
Release Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a) This command was introduced.
Command Description
show cfs status Displays whether CFS distribution is enabled or disabled.