Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide v4.1.1 - Manual (Page 4)

Basic Switch Management....................................................................................................47
Switch management overview...................................................................... 47
Connecting to a switch......................................................................47
Telnet and SSH overview..................................................................48
SSH server key exchange and authentication.................................. 48
Feature support for Telnet.................................................................49
Feature support for SSH................................................................... 49
Firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations with Telnet
or SSH.........................................................................................49
Using DHCP Automatic Deployment (DAD)......................................49
Telnet and SSH considerations and limitations................................ 52
Ethernet management interfaces..................................................................52
Brocade VDX Ethernet interfaces..................................................... 53
Lights-out management.................................................................... 53
Stateless IPv6 autoconfiguration.................................................................. 53
Switch attributes............................................................................................54
Switch types..................................................................................................54
Operational modes........................................................................................55
Logical chassis cluster mode............................................................ 55
Fabric cluster mode...........................................................................57
Standalone mode..............................................................................58
Modular platform basics................................................................................58
Management modules.......................................................................59
Switch fabric modules....................................................................... 60
Line cards..........................................................................................60
Supported interface modes...........................................................................60
Slot numbering and configuration................................................................. 61
Slot numbering..................................................................................61
Slot configuration.............................................................................. 61
Connecting to a switch..................................................................................61
Establishing a physical connection for a Telnet or SSH session...... 62
Telnet services..................................................................................62
Connecting with SSH........................................................................ 64
Using the management VRF.........................................................................66
Configuring and managing switches............................................................. 66
Configuring Ethernet management interfaces.................................. 66
Configuring a switch in logical chassis cluster mode........................ 72
Configuring a switch in fabric cluster mode.......................................82
Configuring a switch in standalone mode......................................... 82
Displaying switch interfaces..............................................................82
Displaying slots and module status information................................83
Replacing a line card ........................................................................84
Configuring high availability.............................................................. 85
Disabling and enabling a chassis......................................................86
Rebooting a switch............................................................................86
Troubleshooting switches..................................................................87
Configuring policy-based resource management......................................... 89
Configuring hardware profiles........................................................... 90
Guidelines for changing hardware profiles........................................91
Using hardware profile show commands.......................................... 92
Brocade support for Openstack.................................................................... 94
Configuring Openstack to access Network OS.................................94
Using Network Time Protocol.................................................................................................97
Network Time Protocol overview...................................................................97
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