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40 FastIron Configuration Guide
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Basic port parameter configuration
As with the banner motd command, you begin and end the message with a delimiting character; in
this example, the delimiting character is $(dollar sign). The delimiting character can be any
character except “ (double-quotation mark) and cannot appear in the banner text. The text in
between the dollar signs is the contents of the banner. Banner text can be up to 4000 characters,
which can consist of multiple lines.
Syntax: [no] banner incoming <delimiting-character>
To remove the banner, enter the no banner incoming command.
Local MAC address for Layer 2 management traffic
By default, Brocade Layer 2 devices use the MAC address of the first port as the MAC address for
Layer 2 management traffic. For example, when the Brocade device receives an ARP request for its
management IP address, it responds with the first port MAC address. This may cause problems in
some configurations where the Brocade device uses the same MAC address for management
traffic as for switched traffic.
You can configure the Brocade device to use a different MAC address for Layer 2 management
traffic than for switched traffic. When you issue the use-local-management-mac, the Brocade
device changes a local bit in the first port MAC address and uses this MAC address for
management traffic. The second bit of the first port MAC address is changed to 2. For example, if
the MAC address is 00e0.5201.9900 after the feature is enabled, the switch uses
02e0.5201.9900 for management functions. Switched traffic will continue to use the first port
MAC address without the local bit setting.
Example
Brocade(config)# use-local-management-mac
Brocade(config)# write memory
Brocade(config)# end
Brocade# reload
Syntax: [no] use-local-management-mac
NOTE
You must save the configuration and reload the software to place the change into effect.
NOTE
This feature is only available for the switch code. It is not available for router code.
Basic port parameter configuration
The procedures in this section describe how to configure the port parameters shown in Table 8.
All Brocade ports are pre-configured with default values that allow the device to be fully operational
at initial startup without any additional configuration. However, in some cases, changes to the port
parameters may be necessary to adjust to attached devices or other network requirements.
Assigning a port name
A port name can be assigned to help identify interfaces on the network. You can assign a port
name to physical ports, virtual interfaces, and loopback interfaces.