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system switch ethernet modify

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