Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual page 492

Appendix I
Managing Switches
Deployment Solution
To administer roles and configurations for network servers, it is necessary to discover
and modify the network switch settings for the connected network servers. Deployment
Solution provides the Switch Add-On program to discover and manage Virtual Local
Area Networks (VLAN) settings on a LAN switch or to run commands from the
command-line. This utility allows you to directly discover and provision the port settings
of a LAN switch.
To open the Switch Management tool, click Tools > Altiris Tools >
Switch Management. The Deployment Solution Switch Add-On utility
tool appears. Network switches will be identified in the left pane. Click the
star icon to Add New Switches.
Switch Management Features
Typically, a VLAN setting is port based — it is a LAN switch port that can be configured
as a member of a specific VLAN. As such, client and server computers connected to that
LAN switch port are members of the VLAN and can communicate with other member
client and server computers of that VLAN. By changing the VLAN setting of a switch port,
you can move client and server computers between logical VLAN groupings without
actually changing the physical network infrastructure.
Often, when modifying server roles or configurations, it will be necessary for you to
change the grouping or VLAN for the server's network. This can be accomplished by
changing the VLAN setting on the switch port that the server is connected to.
The Deployment Solution Switch Add-On allows you to perform the following
functions:
Discover the LAN switch MIB II system information (command-line and GUI)
Discover the switch ports of a LAN switch (command line and GUI)
Discover the VLAN setting for each switch port (command line and GUI)
Modify the VLAN setting of a switch port (command line and GUI)
Assign physical connectivity of a workstation/server to a switch port (GUI)
About Switch Add-On for Deployment Solution
Switch Add-On will assume port-based VLANs (not MAC-based VLANs), managing only
VLANs for a specified port setting on the switch. For this release, it will assume only one
VLAN per port. (Switch Add-On will not perform any type of VLAN trunking management
in its initial release.) Deployment Solution Switch Add-On will only support VLAN
management based on the list of supported devices in
(page 569).
Deployment Solution Switch Add-On will only support SNMP v1. You will need the SNMP
read community name to discover a LAN switch (along with its port/VLAN mappings)
and the SNMP write community name to manage the port/VLAN settings.
LAN Switch Support List
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