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Gracefully decommission a Cisco MDS director.
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I am looking for a best practice doc to remove a switch from our fabric. I have done this before and am familiar with the steps to successfully do this but I would like to see if there is a "correct" method?
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not sure there is an "official" approach, this is what i do:
1) check if IVR is used and if yes, make sure to move this switch from IVR topology
2) remove port-channels, i like to do it while switch is online so i can compare the other side of the channel.
3) Fabric Manager/DCNM - remove switch if it's being discovered as core switch and then re-discover the fabric. Even if it's not being discovered as core switch, something you still need to remove the fabric and re-discover to remove stale switches.
4) Run final techsupport and backup running config to a file.
5) disconnect all FC cables and perform zone activation on other switches in the fabric to make sure nothing crops up.
6) "write erase"
5) Pull the plug