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NBS008A
Chapter 7: Console Commands
SET MONITORMAC [X X X X X X]
GET MONI TORMAC
Set or display the MAC (Ethernet) address of the device that the switch is to PING when using the auto switching feature. This
value is entered as a series of six HEX characters with spaces between each HEX character. If monitoring connectivity to a device
on the same subnet as the switch internal Ethernet node, set the m onitormac address parameter to the MAC address of the
device being monitored. If monitoring connectivity to a device on a different subnet/network than the switch’s Ethernet network
management interface, set the monitormac address parameter to the MAC address of the gateway router on the switch subnet. If
the monitormac address is set to 00 00 00 00 00 00, the switch will automatically determine the proper MAC address required
for the PING packet by issuing an ARP request to the gateway router. Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE
operation is performed.
SET MONITORINTERVAL [N]
GET MONITORINTERVAL
Set or display the time interval between PINGs issued by the Ethernet network management interface in the switch, measured in
100 msec increments. To issue PINGs every 1.5 seconds, set this value to 15. The valid range is 1 to 255 (0.1 seconds to 25.5
seconds). A value of 0 disables the automatic switch/recovery function. Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE
operation is performed.
SET MONITORFAILCOUNT [N]
GET MONITORFAILCOUNT
Set or display the number of successive PING attempts that must fail before the switch automatically switches (fails over) to the
alternate paths and removes the normal path connection paths. The valid range is 1 to 255. A value of 0 disables the automatic
switch/recovery function. Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE operation is performed.
SET MONITOROKCOUNT [N]
GET MONITOROKCOUNT
Set or display the number of successive PING attempts that must succeed before the switch automatically switches back (recovers)
to the normal paths and removes the alternate connection paths. The valid range is 1 to 255. A value of 0 disables only the
automatic recovery function—automatic switching will still operate if enabled. If auto recovery is disabled the user must manually
switch back to the normal path via the front panel toggle sw itch or by issuing a “SET SYSTEM B” command. Note that for
Sharing Switch models the user must issue a “SET PORT N B” command to manually switch back to the normal path, since no
switching action is taken when a “SET SYSTEM B” command is received. Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE
operation is performed.
SET AUTHENTICATIONTRAP ON[OFF]
GET AUTHENTICATIONTRAP
Set or display the current state of authentication error traps. Authentication traps will be g enerated when this parameter is set to
ON, and not when OFF. Note that this setting only affect s the trap generation, and not how the Ethernet network management
interface handles an authentication failure. An authentication failure generally means that an SNMP access was attempted with an
incorrect community name. Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed.
SET ALERTTYPE [TRAP /SYSLOG]