Configuring An Xrn Fabric - 3Com SuperStack 4 Configuration Manual

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HAPTER
Configuring an XRN
Fabric
Setting Unit IDs for
Switches
Setting Unit Names for
Switches
Setting a Fabric Name
for Switches
ABRIC
FTM provides user interfaces. You can configure VLAN unit IDs, Fabric name, and
the authentication mode between units by using the command.
Table 259 Configuring FTM
Device
Switch
You can use the command in the following table to set unit IDs for Switches. Make
sure to set different unit IDs for different Switches in a Fabric. On the Switches that
support auto numbering, FTM will automatically number the Switches to
constitute a Fabric, so that each Switch has a unique unit ID in the Fabric.
Perform the following configuration in System View.
Table 260 Setting unit IDs for Switches
Operation
Set unit IDs for Switches
By default, the unit ID of a Switch is set to 1. A unit ID can be set to a value in the
range from 1 to the maximum number of devices supported in XRN.
You can use the command in the following table to set a unit name for each
Switch.
Perform the following configuration in System View.
Table 261 Setting Unit Names for Switches
Operation
Set unit names for Switches
Only the Switches with the same Fabric name and XRN authentication mode can
constitute a Fabric.
You can use the commands in the following table to set a Fabric name for the
Switches.
Perform the following configuration in System View.
Table 262 Setting a Fabric Name for Switches
Operation
Set a Fabric name for Switches
Restore the default Fabric name
By default, the Fabric name is "5500G-EI".
Configuration Default Settings Comment
Set unit IDs for the The unit ID of a
Switches Switch is set to 1
Set a name for the The Fabric name
Fabric where the of the Switches is
Switches belong 5500
Command
change unit-id 1 to {1 | auto-numbering }
Command
set unit
Command
sysname
undo sysname
Make sure that you have set
different unit IDs to different
Switches, so that the Fabric can
operate normally after all the
Switches are interconnected.
Interconnected the Switches
with the same Fabric name to
form a Fabric.
unit-id name unit-name
sysname