Users Guide

• Navigate to the Network >Switch > Summary tab > Tabular view and click Launch Active Link. The
Active Link displays the selected switch view and performance charts.
1. From the menu, click Administration and then click the Settings tab.
2. Navigate to the Active Link Settings area and click Edit.
3. In the Active Link Type area, select the Integrate to Dell OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM)
check box to display additional performance statistics.
4. In the Active Link System IP Address field, enter the Active Link server IP address for the element
management system. In the
Communication Protocol area, select one of the following options:
• Use HTTP protocol to connect through AFM Server
• Use HTTPS protocol to connect through AFM Server
5. In the User Name, enter the Active Link user name.
6. In the Password field, enter the Active Link user password.
7. Click OK.
CLI Credentials
To provision the fabric, enter the CLI user’s credential and enable the configuration credentials for all the
switches in the fabric. This option allows you to remotely make configuration changes to the switches in
the fabric.
NOTE: If you change the password on a switch in a currently deployed fabric, the switch reboots
and redeploys. Re-deploy the fabric using the pre-deployment wizard and update the password on
the
CLI Credentials screen.
To configure the CLI credentials and enable the configuration credentials for all the switches in the
fabric:
1. From the menu, click Administration and then click the Settings tab.
2. In the CLI Credentials area, click the Edit button.
3. In the Protocol drop-down menu, select one of the following options:
• Telnet
• SSHv2
4. In the User Name field, enter the user name.
5. In the Password field, enter the password.
6. In the Confirm Password field, confirm the password.
7. In the Enable Password field, enter a password for the privilege level. The privilege level is 15 and is a
read-only field.
8. In the Confirm Enable Password field, confirm the enable password for the privilege level.
9. Click OK.
Client Settings
To configure the polling interval and the maximum number of browser windows for each user’s
session:
1. From the menu, click Administration and then click the Settings tab.
2. In the Client Settings area, click Edit.
3. From the GUI Polling Interval (in Seconds) drop-down menu, select one of the following options.
The default value is 60 seconds.
• 15 Seconds
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