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• When a switch boots up.
• When a new vCenter is configured on the VDX switch and activated (activation turns on the timer
processing, set to 180-second intervals.)
• When the discovery is explicitly initiated with the CLI.
Use the vnetwork vcenter command to trigger a vCenter discovery manually.
switch# vnetwork vcenter myvcenter discover
An invalid state or condition of a vCenter can cause the deletion of all auto-port-profiles in a system. To
prevent this from happening, configure the ignore-delete-all-response operand of the vcenter command
to ignore the “delete-all” responses from the vCenter.
switch(config)# vcenter MYVC discover ignore-delete-all-response 5
Viewing the discovered virtual assets
Enter one of the following show vnetwork asset commands:
switch# show vnetwork dvpgs datacenter
datacenter_name
vcenter
vcenter_name
switch# show vnetwork dvs datacenter
datacenter_name
vcenter
vcenter_name
switch# show vnetwork hosts datacenter
datacenter_name
vcenter
vcenter_name
switch# show vnetwork pgs datacenter
datacenter_name
vcenter
vcenter_name
switch# show vnetwork vcenter status datacenter
datacenter_name
vcenter
vcenter_name
switch# show vnetwork vmpolicy
datacenter
datacenter_name
vcenter
vcenter_name
switch# show vnetwork vms datacenter
datacenter_name
vcenter
vcenter_name
switch# show vnetwork vss datacenter
datacenter_name
vcenter
vcenter_name
where:
• dvpgs — Displays discovered distributed virtual port groups.
• dvs — Displays discovered distributed virtual switches.
• hosts — Displays discovered hosts.
• pgs — Displays discovered standard port groups.
• vcenter status — Displays configured vCenter status.
• vmpolicy — Displays the following network policies on the Brocade VDX switch: associated media
access control (MAC) address, virtual machine, (dv) port group, and the associated port profile.
• vms — Displays discovered virtual machines (VMs).
• vss — Displays discovered standard virtual switches.
Refer to the Network OS Command Reference for detailed information about the show vnetwork
commands.
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