Users Guide

You can also perform certain tasks using the OpenManage Enterprise - Modular graphical user interface, including:
• Congure hostname and IP management protocols, such as SNMP and NTP.
• Set port status up/down.
• Monitor system logs, alerts, and events.
• Update and manage rmware.
• View the physical topology.
• Power control
SmartFabric Services mode
In SmartFabric Services mode, the PowerEdge MX switches operate as Layer 2 I/O aggregation devices. The OpenManage Enterprise -
Modular graphical user interface supports most switch conguration settings and should be used for switch conguration in SmartFabric
mode.
SmartFabric mode supports all OS10 show commands and this subset of CLI conguration commands. Other CLI conguration commands
are not available.
• clock — Congure clock parameters.
• end — Exit to the EXEC mode.
• exit — Exit from the current mode
• help — Display available commands.
• hostname — Set the system hostname.
• interface — Congure the management interface, a VLAN interface, or a range of interfaces.
• ip name-server — Congure the IP address of a name server; up to 3 name servers are supported.
• logging — Congure system logging.
• management route — Congure the IPv4/IPv6 management route.
• no — Delete or disable commands in Conguration mode.
• ntp — Congure the network time protocol.
• snmp-server — Congure the SNMP server.
• spanning-tree
– disable — Disable spanning tree globally.
– mac-flush-timer — Set the time used to ush MAC address entries.
– mode — Enable a spanning-tree mode, such as RSTP or MST.
– mst — Congure multiple spanning-tree (MST) mode.
– rstp — Congure rapid spanning-tree protocol (RSTP) mode.
– vlan — Congure spanning-tree on a VLAN range.
• username — Create or modify user credentials.
Dierences between operating modes
Full Switch mode
SmartFabric mode
All conguration changes you save are retained after you
reload the switch.
Only the conguration changes that you make using these OS10 administrative
commands (supported in both modes) are saved and retained. All other CLI
conguration commands are disabled.
clock
hostname
ip name-server
logging
management route
ntp
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