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Modify information about a back-end fibre-channel switch's configuration

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

Description

The system switch fibre-channel modify command enables you to modify certain parameters for identifying and accessing the back-end fibre-channel (FC) end switches added for monitoring in a MetroCluster configuration.

Parameters

-switch-name <text> - FC Switch Name

This parameter specifies the name of the switch.

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

This parameter specifies the SNMP version that ONTAP uses to communicate with the switch.

[-switch-ipaddress <IP Address>] - Switch IP Address

This parameter specifies the IP address of the switch.

{ [-snmp-community <text>] - (DEPRECATED)-SNMPv2c Community or SNMPv3 Username
Note This parameter is deprecated and may be removed in a future release of ONTAP. Use -snmp-community-or-username instead.

This parameter specifies the SNMPv2c community set or SNMPv3 username on the switch.

| [-snmp-community-or-username <text>] - SNMPv2c Community or SNMPv3 Username }

This parameter specifies the SNMPv2c community set or SNMPv3 username on the switch.

[-blades <integer>,…​] - Director-Class Switch Blades to Monitor

This parameter specifies the blades to monitor on the switch. It is only applicable to director-class switches.

Examples

The following command modifies Cisco_10.226.197.34 switch SNMP community to 'public':

cluster1::> system switch fibre-channel modify -switch-name Cisco_10.226.197.34 -switch-ipaddress 10.226.197.34 -snmp-community-or-username public
cluster1::>

The following command modifies the blades monitored on a director-class switch:

cluster1::> system switch fibre-channel modify -switch-name Cisco_10.228.56.208 -blades 3,4
cluster1::>

The following command modifies Brocade 6505 switch SNMP version to SNMPv3 and SNMPv3 username to 'snmpuser1':

cluster1::> system switch fibre-channel modify -switch-name Brocade6505 -switch-ipaddress 10.226.197.34 -snmp-version SNMPv3 -snmp-community-or-username snmpuser1
    cluster1::>