Disabling topology discovery – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

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Topology discovery

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*MS Topology Discovery enabled locally.
*MS Topology Discovery Enable Operation Complete!!

Disabling topology discovery

Use the following procedure to disable topology discovery:

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.

2. Enter the appropriate following command based on how you want to disable discovery:

For the local switch, enter the mstdDisable command.

For the entire fabric, enter the mstdDisable all command.

A warning displays stating that all NID entries might be cleared.

3. Enter y to disable the Topology Discovery feature.

NOTE

Topology discovery is disabled by default.

ATTENTION

Disabling discovery of management server topology might erase all node ID entries.

If Admin Domains are enabled, you must be in the AD0 or AD255 context. Refer to

Chapter 17,

“Managing Administrative Domains,”

for additional information.

Example of disabling discovery

switch:admin> mstddisable
This may erase all NID entries. Are you sure? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y

Request to disable MS Topology Discovery Service in progress....
*MS Topology Discovery disabled locally.

switch:admin> mstddisable all
This may erase all NID entries. Are you sure? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y

Request to disable MS Topology Discovery Service in progress....
*MS Topology Discovery disabled locally.
*MS Topology Discovery Disable Operation Complete!!

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