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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-18089-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 21 S Commands
sdv virtual-device name
sdv virtual-device name
To create a virtual device name for a specified VSAN, use the
sdv virtual-device name
command in
configuration mode. To remove the name, use the
no
form of the command.
sdv virtual-device name
device-name
vsan
vsan-id
no sdv virtual-device name
device-name
vsan
vsan-id
Syntax Description
Defaults
Disabled.
Command Modes
Configuration mode.
Command History
Usage Guidelines
To use this command, you must enable SDV using the
sdv enable
command.
No more than 1000 virtual targets can be created in a single VSAN.
No more than 128 devices can be defined as virtual devices.
Examples
The following example shows how to create a virtual device name for a VSAN, and then specify both
the primary and secondary pWWNs.
switch#
config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
switch(config)#
sdv virtual-device name vdev1 vsan 2
switch(config-sdv-virt-dev)#
pwwn 21:00:00:04:cf:cf:45:40 primary
switch(config-sdv-virt-dev)#
pwwn 21:00:00:04:cf:cf:38:d6
The following example shows how to remove the virtual device name.
switch#
config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
switch(config)#
no sdv virtual-device name vdev1 vsan 2
Related Commands
name
device-name
Specifies the name of the device. The maximum size is 32.
vsan
vsan-id
Specifies the number of the VSAN. The range is 1 to 4093.
Release
Modification
3.1(2)
This command was introduced.
Command
Description
show sdv database
Displays the SDV database.
sdv enable
Enables SDV.
