Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001763-02, Administrator'S Manual

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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 9
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Topology discovery
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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
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the mstdReadConfig command.
switch:admin> mstdreadconfig
*MS Topology Discovery is Enabled.
Enabling topology discovery
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the appropriate following command based on how you want to enable discovery:
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For the local switch, enter the mstdEnable command.
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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....
*MS Topology Discovery enabled locally.
*MS Topology Discovery Enable Operation Complete!!
Disabling topology discovery
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the appropriate following command based on how you want to disable discovery:
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For the local switch, enter the mstdDisable command.
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For the entire fabric, enter the mstdDisable all command.
A warning displays that all NID entries might be cleared.
3. Enter y to disable the Topology Discovery feature.
NOTE
Disabling discovery of management server topology might erase all node ID entries.
Example of disabling discovery
switch:admin> mstddisable
This may erase all NID entries. Are you sure? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
Request to disable MS Topology Discovery Service in progress....