Assigning A Unit Name To A Switch; Assigning An Xrn Fabric Name To A Switch - 3Com 5500-EI PWR Install Manual

Unit IDs in an XRN fabric are not always arranged in order of 1 to 8.
Unit IDs of an XRN fabric can be inconsecutive.
After you change the unit ID of switches, the following operations are performed.
If the modified unit ID does not exist in the XRN fabric, the system sets its priority to 5 and saves it
in the unit Flash memory.
If the modified unit ID is an existing one, the system prompts you to confirm if you really want to
change the unit ID. If you choose to change it, the existing unit ID is replaced and the priority is set
to 5. Then you can use the fabric save-unit-id command to save the modified unit ID into the unit
Flash memory and clear the information about the existing one.
If auto-numbering is selected, the system sets the unit priority to 10. You can use the fabric
save-unit-id command to save the modified unit ID into the unit Flash memory and clear the
information about the existing one.
Priority is the reference for FTM program to perform automatic numbering. The value of priority can be
5 or 10. Priority 5 means the switch adopts manual numbering, and priority 10 means the switch adopts
automatic numbering. Manual numbering has a higher priority than automatic numbering.
After the configuration of numbering, you can use the following command in the table to save the local
unit ID in the unit Flash memory. When you restart the switch, it can load the unit ID configuration
automatically.
Follow these steps to save the unit ID of each unit in the XRN fabric:
To do...
Save the unit ID of each unit in
the XRN fabric

Assigning a Unit Name to a Switch

Follow these steps to assign a unit name to a switch:
To do...
Enter system view
Assign a unit name to a switch

Assigning an XRN Fabric Name to a Switch

Only the switches with the same XRN fabric name can form an XRN fabric.
Use the command...
fabric save-unit-id
Use the command...
system-view
set unit unit-id name unit-name
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Remarks
Optional
Remarks
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Required