Creating a logical switch or base switch – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual
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3. Enter n at the prompts to configure system and cfgload attributes. Enter y at the prompt to
configure custom attributes.
System (yes, y, no, n): [no] n
cfgload attributes (yes, y, no, n): [no] n
Custom attributes (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
4. Enter the appropriate value at the Config Index prompt. Contact your switch service provider to
determine the appropriate value.
Config Index (0 to ignore): (0..1000) [3]:
Creating a logical switch or base switch
When the logical switch is created, it is automatically enabled and is empty—that is, it does not
have any ports. After creating the logical switch, you must disable the switch to configure it and set
the domain ID. You then assign ports to the logical switch.
Optionally, you can define the logical switch to be a base switch. Each chassis can have only one
base switch.
NOTE
Domain ID conflicts are detected before fabric ID conflicts. If you have both a domain ID conflict and
a fabric ID conflict, only the domain ID conflict is reported.
Use the following procedure to create a logical switch or a base switch:
1. Connect to the physical chassis and log in using an account with the chassis-role permission.
2. Enter the lsCfg command to create a logical switch:
lscfg --create fabricID [ -base ] [ -force ]
In the command syntax, fabricID is the fabric ID that is to be associated with the logical switch.
Specify the -base option if the logical switch is to be a base switch.
Specify the -force option to execute the command without any user prompts or confirmation.
3. Set the context to the new logical switch.
setcontext fabricID (or switchname)
The fabricID parameter is the FID of the logical switch you just created. The switchname
parameter is the name assigned to the logical switch.
You can only use one parameter at a time.
4. Disable the logical switch.
switchdisable
5. Configure the switch attributes, including assigning a unique domain ID.
configure
6. Enable the logical switch.
switchenable
7. Assign ports to the logical switch, as described in