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Modify information about an Ethernet switch's configuration

Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

The ` system switch ethernet modify ` command modifies information about an Ethernet switch (cluster, management or storage). The Ethernet switch health monitor uses this information to monitor the switch.

Parameters

-device <text> - Device Name

Specifies the device name of switch that you want to monitor.

[-address <IP Address>] - IP Address

Specifies the IP address of the switch's management interface.

[-snmp-version {SNMPv1|SNMPv2c|SNMPv3}] - SNMP Version

Specifies the SNMP version that ONTAP uses to communicate with the switch. The default is SNMPv2c.

{ [-community <text>] - DEPRECATED-Community String or SNMPv3 Username
Note This parameter is deprecated and may be removed in a future release of ONTAP. Use -community-or-username instead.

Specifies the community string for SNMPv2 authentication or SNMPv3 username for SNMPv3 security.

| [-community-or-username <text>] - Community String or SNMPv3 Username }

Specifies the community string for SNMPv2 authentication or SNMPv3 username for SNMPv3 security.

[-type {cluster-network|management-network|storage-network}] - Switch Network

Specifies the switch type.

[-is-monitoring-enabled-admin {true|false}] - Enable Switch Monitoring

Specifies the switch admin monitoring status.

Examples

cluster1::> system switch ethernet modify -device SwitchA -address 2.3.4.5

Modifies the IP address for the switch named SwitchA.

cluster1::> system switch ethernet modify -device SwitchB -snmp-version SNMPv3 -community-or-username snmpv3u1

Modifies the SNMP parameters for the switch named SwitchB.