Deleting A Cisco Ioa Cluster With One Or More Offline Switches While The Master Switch Is Online - Cisco MDS 9000 series Configuration Manual

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Repeat the procedure for every offline switch.
Note
On the cluster master switch, delete the offline switch (for example, switch2) by performing this task:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
Step 2
switch(config)# ioa cluster ABC
switch(config-ioa-cl)# no node
switch2
On the offline switch (switch2), delete the cluster by performing this task:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
Step 2
switch(config)# no ioa cluster ABC
Note Delete the cluster on every offline switch that was shut down in the first procedure.
Deleting a Cisco IOA Cluster with One or More Offline Switches while the
Master Switch is Online
To delete a Cisco IOA cluster that includes one or more offline switches and online master switch, use
these procedures.
Do not remove a cluster master switch from a cluster and then try to revive the cluster on an offline
Caution
switch. Since the offline switch was not part of the operational cluster, the cluster master may have
progressed beyond what is in the offline switch's state. Deleting the cluster master and reviving the
cluster on an offline switch can result in stale configuration.
On the offline switch (switch2), shut down the cluster by performing this task:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
Step 2
switch(config)# ioa cluster ABC
switch(config-ioa-cl)# shutdown
Repeat the procedure for every offline switch.
Note
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Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Deletes switch2 from the ABC cluster configuration.
Repeat this step for every offline switch that was
Note
shut down in Step 1.
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Deletes the ABC cluster configuration.
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Shuts down the ABC cluster on the offline switch
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