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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.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
virtual-device Displays virtual device configuration commands in SDV virtual device
configuration submode.
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.