You must remove a broker node or compute node (IVX appliance) from an IVX cluster before you can delete it from the Central Management appliance.
Prerequisites
Operator or Admin access to the Central Management appliance
Node is an available node (that is, it is not currently part of an IVX cluster).
Deleting a node from the Central Management appliance using the Web UI
Use the Appliances > Nodes page to delete a node from the Central Management appliance.
Important
The node must be removed from the cluster before it can be removed from the Central Management appliance.
To delete a node:
Log in to the Central Management Web UI.
Select Appliances > Nodes.
Click the Actions menu, and then select Delete.
When prompted, click DELETE to confirm that you want to delete the node.
Deleting a node from the Central Management appliance using the CLI
Use the commands in this section to delete a node (Virtual Execution appliance) from the Central Management appliance.
To delete a node from the Central Management appliance:
Log in to the Central Management CLI.
Enable the CLI configuration mode:
cm-hostname > enable cm-hostname # configure terminal
Delete the node:
cm-hostname (config) # no cmc appliance <appliance ID>Verify your change:
cm-hostname (config) # show cmc appliances briefSave your change:
cm-hostname (config) # write memory
Example
The following example deletes the vx-3 node from the Central Management appliance.
cm-1 (config) # no cmc appliance vx-3