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Controlling the topology discovery, Enable the ms topology discovery feature – HP StorageWorks MSA 2.8 SAN Switch User Manual

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Fabric OS Procedures Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide

Controlling the Topology Discovery

The Topology Discovery is an individual feature within the Management Server,
and can be displayed, enabled, and disabled separately.

Display the Status of MS Topology Discovery Service

To display the current status of the Management Server Topology Discovery
feature:

1. Login to the switch as the admin user.

2. At the command line enter the

mstdreadconfig

command.

3. View the list of displayed MS features.

Example:

Enable the MS Topology Discovery Feature

The Management Server Topology Discovery feature is enabled by default. To
enable the MS Topology Discovery feature:

1. Log into the switch as the admin user.

2. At the command line enter the

mstdenable

command.

A request is sent to enable the MS Topology Discovery Management Feature and
the feature is enabled.

Example:

switch86:admin > mstdreadconfig

*MS Topology enabled locally

switch86:admin > mstdenable

Request fabric to enable Topology Discovery Management Services

*MS feature enable locally