GENERAL Tab |
Profile
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Apply a profile to the switch.
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Description
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Enter a description of the switch.
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Management state
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Choose a state: -
Managed
—The Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager will send configuration changes to the managed switch.
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Monitored
—The Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager will not push configurations to the switch. The changes will be stored in the Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager database and pushed to the device when the state is changed to Managed.
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Role
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Choose a role:
Note
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When set to Auto, the Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager will set the role of Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches as spine switches and Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches as leaf switches. If that does not match your cabled topology, you will need to manually choose the role as either Spine or Leaf according to your cabled topology.
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Username
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Enter a username for the switch.
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Password
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Enter a password for accessing the switch
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MORE Tab |
Message of the day
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Enter a message of the day.
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Beacon LED
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Configure the beacon LED on the switch as on or off (enable/disable).
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Load-balancing method
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Choose the load balancing method to be used by all the port channels configured on the switch.
Note
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The default value is SrcDstMac.
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Image
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Choose an image to run on the switch. Image changes will not be applied until the switch is explicitly upgraded.
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Extra CLI commands
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Enter CLI commands for switch features that are not managed by Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager.
Note
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CLI commands containing semicolons must be on the last line. Otherwise, an error occurs and all CLI configurations coming after a semicolon will fail.
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The Extra CLI configuration is applied after saving the switch. To determine that the configuration was applied successfully, see the CLI commands field when viewing the switch details. For more information, see Viewing Switch Details.
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The Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager does not perform validation checking on the commands entered in the Extra CLI commands field. Any errors that occur will appear in the Faults window. For more information about viewing faults, see Viewing Fault Details.
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A reboot must be performed manually for commands that required a reboot.
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See the logs to determine the user who triggered the commands entered in the Extra CLI commands field. The logs show the user defined in the Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager switch object as the owner of the Extra CLI command changes.
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SYSLOG Tab |
Remote server
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Specify the IP address of the remote syslog server.
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Facility
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Specify the outgoing facility for all the messages sent to the remote server.
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Severity
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Send only messages with the specified severity level or higher.
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SNMP Tab > Server
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Community
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Specify the SNMP community.
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Read-write
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Controls read/write to the SNMP server.
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SNMP Tab > Traps destination
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Community
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Specify the SNMP community.
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Host
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Specify the IP address of the SNMP traps receiver.
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Version
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Choose the SNMP protocol version.
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CDP Tab |
Hold time
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Set CDP hold time advertised (in seconds).
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Timer
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Set CDP refresh time interval (in seconds).
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LLDP Tab |
Hold time
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Set LLDP hold time advertised (in seconds).
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Timer
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Set the LLDP refresh time interval (in seconds).
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Reinit
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Set delay for LLDP initialization on any interface (in seconds).
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TLV DCBXP
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Enable/disable Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol (DCBXP) TLV.
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TLV port description
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Enable/disable port description TLV.
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TLV port VLAN
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Enable/disable VLAN ID TLV.
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TLV system capabilities
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Enable/disable system capabilities TLV.
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TLV system description
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Enable/disable system description TLV.
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NTP Tab |
Server IP Address
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Enter the NTP server IP.
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ADVANCED Tab |
Telnet service |
Enable/disable switch Telnet feature.
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