Data Center Fabric Manager Professional User Manual v10.3.X (53-1001355-01, November 2009)

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Changing the seed switch
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To change the seed switch, complete the following steps.
1. Select Discovery > Setup.
The Discover Setup dialog box displays.
2. Select the fabric for which you want to change the seed switch from the Discovered Addresses
table.
If a device joins or merges with a fabric and fabric tracking is active, you must accept changes
to the fabric before the new devices display in the Change Seed Switch dialog box. For more
information about fabric tracking, refer to “Fabric tracking” on page 110.
3. Click Change Seed Switch.
If the fabric contains other switches that are running the latest version and are also
HTTP-reachable from the Management application, the Change Seed Switch dialog box
appears. Otherwise, a message displays that you cannot change the seed switch.
4. Select a switch to be the new seed switch from the Change Seed Switch dialog box.
You can select only one switch. Only switches that are running the latest Fabric OS version in
the fabric are displayed. The current seed switch is not displayed in this list.
5. Click OK.
If you are not already logged in to the seed switch, the Fabric Login dialog box displays.
If you are successfully authenticated, the fabric is deleted from the Management application
without purging historical data, and the same fabric is rediscovered with the new seed switch.
6. Click OK.