B – Command Line Interface

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Set Config Command

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

switch

Initiates an editing session in which to change switch configuration settings. The system displays each parameter one line at a time and prompts you for a value. For each parameter, enter a new value or press the Enter key to accept the current value shown in brackets. Table B-10describes the Set Config Switch parameters.

Table B-10. Set Config Switch Parameters

Parameter

Description

 

 

AdminState

Switch administrative state: online,

 

offline, or diagnostics. The default is

 

Online.

BroadcastEnabled

Broadcast. Enables (True) or disables

 

(False) forwarding of broadcast frames.

 

The default is True.

InbandEnabled

Inband management. Enables (True) or

 

disables (False) the ability to manage

 

the switch over an ISL. The default is

 

True.

FDMIEnabled

Fabric Device Monitoring Interface.

 

Enables (True) or disables (False) the

 

monitoring of target and initiator device

 

information.

FDMIEntries

The number of device entries to

 

maintain in the FDMI database. Enter a

 

number from 0–1000. The default is

 

1000.

DefaultDomainID

Default domain ID. The default is 1.

DomainIDLock

Prevents (True) or allows (False)

 

dynamic reassignment of the

 

domain ID. The default is False.

SymbolicName

Descriptive name for the switch. The

 

name can be up to 32 characters

 

excluding #, semicolon (;), and comma

 

(,). The default is SANbox2.

R_A_TOV

Resource Allocation Timeout Value.

 

The number of milliseconds the switch

 

waits to allow two ports to allocate

 

enough resources to establish a link.

 

The default is 10000.

 

 

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2-8C specifications

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