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

Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters configuration mode.switch# configuration terminal
Step 1
Configures the VSAN database.switch(config)# vsan database
Step 2
Places you in VSAN configuration mode.switch-config-db# vsan 2
Step 3
Deletes VSAN 5 from the database and
switch.
switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan 5
Step 4
Places you in EXEC mode.switch(config-vsan-db)# end
Step 5
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:
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters configuration mode.switch# configuration terminal
Step 1
Enters VSAN database configuration submodeswitch(config)# vsan database
Step 2
Specifies an existing VSAN.
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
Step 3
Enables the load-balancing guarantee for the
selected VSAN and directs the switch to use the
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
loadbalancing src-dst-id
Step 4
source and destination ID for its path selection
process.
Negates the command entered in the previous step
and reverts to the default values of the
load-balancing parameters.
switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan vsan-id
loadbalancing src-dst-id
Step 5
Changes the path selection setting to use the
source ID, the destination ID, and the OX ID
(default).
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
loadbalancing src-dst-ox-id
Step 6
Suspends the selected VSAN.
switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
suspend
Step 7
Negates the suspend command entered in the
previous step.
switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan vsan-id
suspend
Step 8
Returns you to EXEC mode.switch(config-vsan-db)# end
Step 9
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Configuring and Managing VSANs
About Load Balancing