Enabling And Configuring Autocreation - Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring SAN Port Channels
• Once the last member is removed from an autocreated SAN port channel, the channel is automatically
• An autocreated SAN port channel is not persistent through a reboot. An autocreated SAN port channel
• You can enable or disable the autocreation feature on a per-port basis or for all ports in the switch. When
• If autocreation of channel groups is enabled for an interface, you must first disable autocreation before
When enabling autocreation in any Cisco Nexus device, we recommend that you retain at least one
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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:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. switch# configure terminal
2. switch(config)# interface type slot/port
3. switch(config- if)# channel-group auto
4. switch(config- if)# no channel-group auto
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1 switch# configure terminal
Step 2 switch(config)# interface type slot/port
Step 3 switch(config- if)# channel-group auto
Step 4 switch(config- if)# no channel-group auto
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deleted and the number is released for reuse.
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.
this configuration is enabled, the channel group mode is assumed to be active. The default for this task
is disabled.
downgrading to earlier software versions or before configuring the interface in a manually configured
channel group.
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Enters configuration mode for the specified interface.
Automatically creates the channel group for the selected
interface(s).
Disables the autocreation of channel groups for this interface,
even if the system default configuration may have autocreation
enabled.
SAN Port Channel Protocol
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