Post-Replacement Verification - Cisco MDS 9216 Configuration Manual

Replacing CSMs

Post-Replacement Verification

To perform a post-replacement verification, follow these steps.
Use the show nodes local command to verify that the nodes in the CSM have initialized without errors.
Step 1
If node does not initialize, the software version of the nodes on the replacement CSM may not be
compatible with the version running on the switch.
Wait for the nodes to initialize.
Step 2
Step 3 Add the nodes back to their clusters (see the
Tip If the previous node used the default name, you cannot reassign the default name to the new node. If you
assigned a name to the old node, the new node can be assigned the same name.
Note The Node ID of the replacement node is different from the node ID of the replaced node.
Use the SDD management tool on the host systems to verify that all paths are online.
Step 4
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