Users Guide
You can also perform certain tasks using the OpenManage Enterprise - Modular graphical user interface, including:
• Congure 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 conguration settings and should be used for switch conguration in SmartFabric
mode.
SmartFabric mode supports all OS10 show commands and this subset of CLI conguration commands. Other CLI conguration commands
are not available.
• clock — Congure clock parameters.
• end — Exit to the EXEC mode.
• exit — Exit from the current mode
• help — Display available commands.
• hostname — Set the system hostname.
• interface — Congure the management interface, a VLAN interface, or a range of interfaces.
• ip name-server — Congure the IP address of a name server; up to 3 name servers are supported.
• logging — Congure system logging.
• management route — Congure the IPv4/IPv6 management route.
• no — Delete or disable commands in Conguration mode.
• ntp — Congure the network time protocol.
• snmp-server — Congure 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 — Congure multiple spanning-tree (MST) mode.
– rstp — Congure rapid spanning-tree protocol (RSTP) mode.
– vlan — Congure spanning-tree on a VLAN range.
• username — Create or modify user credentials.
Dierences between operating modes
Full Switch mode
SmartFabric mode
All conguration changes you save are retained after you
reload the switch.
Only the conguration changes that you make using these OS10 administrative
commands (supported in both modes) are saved and retained. All other CLI
conguration commands are disabled.
clock
hostname
ip name-server
logging
management route
ntp
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