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Chapter 4 Fabric Extender Commands
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serial

To assign a serial number to a Fabric Extender, use the serial command. To remove the serial number,
use the no form of this command.
Syntax Description
serial_string
Command Default
None
Command Modes Fabric Extender configuration mode
Command History Release
4.0(1a)N2(1)
Usage Guidelines The serial number string you define with the serial command must match the serial number of the Fabric
Extender. If you configure a serial number and then you use the
corresponding chassis ID to the switch, the association will succeed only if the Fabric Extender reports
a matching serial number string.
Configuring a serial number other than that of the given Fabric Extender will force the Fabric Extender
Caution
offline.
Examples
This example shows how to specify a serial number for a Fabric Extender:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# fex 101
switch(config-fex)# serial Rack16_FEX101
This example shows how to remove a serial number from a Fabric Extender:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# fex 101
switch(config-fex)# no serial
OL-16599-01
serial serial_string
no serial
Serial number string for the Fabric Extender. The string is alphanumeric,
case sensitive, and has a maximum length of 20 characters.
Modification
This command was introduced.
fex associate command to associate the
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