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Clearing the management server database, Topology discovery, Displaying topology discovery status – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

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Clearing the management server database

Use the following procedure to clear the management server database:

NOTE

The command msPlClearDB is allowed only in AD0 and AD255.

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the msplClearDb command.

3. Enter y to confirm the deletion.

The management server platform database is cleared.

Topology discovery

The topology discovery feature can be displayed, enabled, and disabled; it is disabled by default.
The commands mstdEnable and mstdDisable are allowed only in AD0 and AD255.

Displaying topology discovery status

Use the following procedure to display the status of the topology discovery:

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.

2. Enter the mstdReadConfig command.

switch:admin> mstdreadconfig
*MS Topology Discovery is Enabled.

Enabling topology discovery

Use the following procedure to enable topology discovery:

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.

2. Enter the appropriate following command based on how you want to enable discovery:

For the local switch, enter the mstdEnable command.

For the entire fabric, enter the mstdEnable all command.

Example of enabling discovery

switch:admin> mstdenable

Request to enable MS Topology Discovery Service in progress....
*MS Topology Discovery enabled locally.

switch:admin> mstdenable ALL

Request to enable MS Topology Discovery Service in progress....