Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Chapter 14 Configuring SAN Port Channels
Port Channel Protocol
About Manually Configured Channel Groups
A user-configured channel group cannot be converted to an autocreated channel group. However, you
can convert an autocreated channel group to a manual channel group. This task is irreversible. The
channel group number does not change, but the member ports operate according to the properties of the
manually configured channel group, and channel group autocreation is implicitly disabled for all the
member ports.
Tip If you enable persistence, be sure to enable it at both ends of the SAN port channel.
Converting to Manually Configured Channel Groups
To convert an autocreated channel group to a user-configured channel group using Fabric Manager,
perform this task:
Step 1 Expand ISLs, and then choose Port Channels in the Physical Attributes pane. Click the Protocol tab.
You see the switch protocols as shown in Figure 14-15.
Figure 14-15 Switch Protocols
Step 2
Check the Persist check box for each channel that you want to convert to a manually configured channel
group.
Step 3 Click the Apply Changes icon to save any modifications.