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Chapter 3
Connecting the Switch to the Network
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The private subnet and VLAN information appear at the top of the output of
the
show running-config command. The private subnet information is
bolded in the following example.
; ARX ‐ 2500
; Version 6.02.000.14353 (Apr 6 2012 20:12:43) [nbuilds]
; Database version: 602000.33
; Generated running ‐ config Wed Apr 11 03:36:09 2012
; System UUID 05d5a0fa ‐ f2fb ‐ 11df ‐ 8daf ‐ af50d57e388e
; ip private subnet 169.254.150.0 255.255.255.0
Entering the Private Subnet
Enter the private subnet as shown in the following example.
The switch's internal subnet requires an IP address and mask.
6. Enter the switch's private IP address
in the format nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn.(default=169.254.62.0) # 169.254.94.0
7. Enter the switch's private subnet mask
in the format nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn.(default=255.255.255.0) # <Enter>
Finding the UUID of the Failed Switch
When a switch imports storage from back-end file servers, it marks each
share with its UUID (Universally-Unique ID). A replacement switch must
use the same UUID or it will reject all shares imported by its predecessor.
Also, you must set the UUID if the switch is brought back to its factory
defaults. A
Manufacturing Installation by F5 personnel resets the switch
and its UUID.
The UUID appears at the top of the output of a show running-config
command as in the following example from a switch named stoweA . The
UUID is highlighted in bold.
stoweA# show running ‐ config
; ARX ‐ 2500
; Version 6.02.000.14353 (Apr 6 2012 20:12:43) [nbuilds]
; Database version: 602000.33
; Generated running ‐ config Wed Apr 11 03:36:09 2012
; System UUID 05d5a0fa ‐ f2fb ‐ 11df ‐ 8daf ‐ af50d57e388e
; ip private subnet 169.254.150.0 255.255.255.0;
If the failed switch was a member of a RON, you can enter the show ron
command from any other RON member. The output from this command
shows the UUID even if the chassis is no longer online.
In the following example, the show ron command (run on another switch in
the RON) shows the UUID for a failed (offline) chassis, stoweA .
bstnA# show ron
Switch Name HA Peer Switch Uptime