Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide (OL-16597-01, July 2009)

Converting to Manually Configured Channel Groups
You can convert autocreated channel group to a user-configured channel group using the san-port-channel
channel-group-number persistent EXEC command. If the SAN port channel does not exist, this command is
not executed.
Verifying SAN Port Channel Configuration
You can view specific information about existing SAN port channels at any time from EXEC mode. The
following show commands provide further details on existing SAN port channels.
The show san-port-channel summary command displays a summary of SAN port channels within the switch.
A one-line summary of each SAN port channel provides the administrative state, the operational state, the
number of attached and active interfaces (up), and the first operational port (FOP), which is the primary
operational interface selected in the SAN port channel to carry control-plane traffic (no load-balancing). The
FOP is the first port that comes up in a SAN port channel and can change if the port goes down. The FOP is
also identified by an asterisk ( * ).
To display VSAN configuration information, perform one of the following tasks:
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Displays SAN port channel information.switch# show san-port-channel summary |
database | consistency [ details ] | usage |
compatibility-parameters
Step 1
Displays information for the specified SAN
port channel.
switch# show san-port-channel database
interface san-port-channel channel-number
Step 2
Displays VSAN configuration information
for the specified Fibre Channel interface.
switch# switch# show interface fc slot/port
Step 3
Example of Verification Commands
The following example shows how to display a summary of SAN port channel information:
switch# show san-port-channel summary
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Interface Total Ports Oper Ports First Oper Port
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
san-port-channel 7 2 0 --
san-port-channel 8 2 0 --
san-port-channel 9 2 2
The following example shows how to display SAN port channel consistency:
switch# show san-port-channel consistency
Database is consistent
The following example shows how to display details of the used and unused port channel numbers:
switch# show san-port-channel usage
Totally 3 port-channel numbers used
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Used : 77 - 79
Unused: 1 - 76 , 80 - 256
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Configuring SAN Port Channels
Converting to Manually Configured Channel Groups