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Configuring Automatic Fabric Configuring Automatic Fabric
page 14-26 OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Switch Management Guide March 2015
By default, the discovery interval timer is set to zero, which means the timer is disabled. However, when a
switch boots up without a configuration file, discovery is automatically started for a one time, initial run
even when the interval timer is disabled.
To change the discovery interval time, use the use the auto-fabric discovery-interval command. For
example:
-> auto-fabric discovery-interval 60
In this example, the timer value is changed to 60 minutes. So every 60 minutes the switch will
automatically start discovery for the Automatic Fabric protocols.
Manually Starting the Discovery Process
It is possible to manually start the Automatic Fabric Discovery process at any time after the switch boots
up and there is no active discovery process (the discovery window is closed). To manually start the
discovery process, use the
auto-fabric discovery start command. For example:
-> auto-fabric discovery start
Saving the Discovered Configuration
The LACP, SPB, MVRP, and IP protocols configuration can be saved to the switch configuration file. For
MVRP, only the CLI configuration is saved. MVRP VLANs must be converted to static VLANs to be
saved.
The discovered configuration remains in switch memory until one of the following occurs:
• The administrator does a write memory command to save the discovered configuration to the switch
configuration file.
• The discovered configuration is automatically saved to the switch configuration file after a
configurable amount of time. This automatic save functionality can be enabled or disabled.
By default the automatic save function is disabled. Use the auto-fabric config-save admin-state
command to enable automatically saving the discovered configuration to the switch configuration file. For
example:
-> auto-fabric config-save admin-state enable
Once this capability is enabled, the switch will save the discovered configuration every 300 seconds (the
default). To change this time interval, use the
auto-fabric config-save interval command. For example,
the following command configures the switch to save the discovered configuration to the switch
configuration file every 600 seconds:
-> auto-fabric config-save interval 600
If the discovered configuration is not saved to the switch configuration file, the discovered configuration is
lost on the next switch reboot.
Configuring the Default SPB SAP profile
The default SAP profile can be configured for the switch or for a specific port or range of ports. There are
two options for this type of profile: automatic VLAN (the default) or single service.