Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Web Tools Administrator’s Guide

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Switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Enabling and disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Enabling and disabling switch persistent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Changing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Changing the switch domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Viewing and printing a switch report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting a principal switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Switch restart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Performing a fast boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Performing a reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

System configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

WWN-based Persistent PID assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Configuring fabric settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Enabling insistent domain ID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring virtual channel settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring arbitrated loop parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Configuring system services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Configuring signed firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Licensed feature management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Activating a license on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Assigning slots for a license key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Removing a license from a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Universal time-based licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

High Availability overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Launching the High Availability window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Synchronizing services on the CP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Initiating a CP failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Event monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Displaying Switch Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Filtering Switch Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Filtering events by event severity levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Filtering events by message ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Filtering events by service component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Displaying the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Printing the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Displaying Name Server information for a particular device . . 51
Displaying zone members for a particular device . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Physically locating a switch using beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Locating logical switches using chassis beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Selecting a logical switch from the Switch View . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Viewing logical ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Chapter 4

Maintaining Configurations and Firmware

Creating a configuration backup file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Uploading and downloading from USB storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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