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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring SAN Port Channels
Port Channel Protocol
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Once the last member is removed from an autocreated SAN port channel, the channel is
automatically deleted and the number is released for reuse.
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An autocreated SAN port channel is not persistent through a reboot. An autocreated SAN port
channel can be manually configured to appear the same as a persistent SAN port channel. Once the
SAN port channel is made persistent, the autocreation feature is disabled in all member ports.
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You can enable or disable the autocreation feature on a per-port basis or for all ports in the switch.
When this configuration is enabled, the channel group mode is assumed to be active. The default for
this task is disabled.
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If autocreation of channel groups is enabled for an interface, you must first disable autocreation
before downgrading to earlier software versions or before configuring the interface in a manually
configured channel group.
Tip
When enabling autocreation in any switch in the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series, we recommend that you retain
at least one interconnected port between the switches without any autocreation configuration. If all ports
between two switches are configured with the autocreation feature at the same time, a possible traffic
disruption may occur between these two switches as ports are automatically disabled and reenabled
when they are added to an autocreated SAN port channel.
Enabling and Configuring Autocreation
To configure automatic channel groups, perform this task:
The following example configures an automatic channel group:
switch(config)#
interface fc2/3
switch(config-if)#
channel-group auto
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.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
switch#
configuration terminal
switch(config)#
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)#
interface
type
slot
/
port
switch(config-if)#
Enters configuration mode for the specified
interface.
Step 3
switch(config- if)#
channel-group auto
Automatically creates the channel group for the
selected interface(s).
switch(config- if)#
no channel-group auto
Disables the autocreation of channel groups for this
interface, even if the system default configuration
may have autocreation enabled.