Users Guide

• (Optional) Active Link Settings

1. Start the browser..

2. To log in to AFM, enter the following information in the URL field using one of the following URL

syntaxes:

• http://vm_ip_address

• https://vm_ip_address

3. Enter your user name and password. The AFM Setup wizard starts and displays the Introduction

screen.

NOTE: Specify the user name as superuser.

4. Review the Introduction screen.

5. Click Next to go to the License Agreement screen.

6. Select the I Accept the terms of the license Agreement check box and click Next.

The System Screen appears.

7. From the System IP Address drop-down menu, select the IP address for managing AFM and click

Next.

NOTE: If there are multiple network interface card (NIC) adapter cards on the AFM server, select

an IP address to manage AFM.

The SNMP and CLI screen appears.

8. Configure the following settings in the Switch SNMP Configuration area:

a. Enter the read community string in the Read Community String field; for example, public.

b. In the Write Community String field, enter the write community string; for example, private.

9. Configure the following settings in the Switch CLI Credentials (FTOS CLI user credentials) area:

a. From the Protocol drop-down menu, select one of the following protocols: Telnet or SSHv2.

b. In the User Name field, enter the user name.

c. In the Password field, enter the password.

d. In the Confirm Password field, confirm the password.

e. In the Enable Password field, enter the enable password.

f. In the Confirm Enable Password field, confirm the enable password.

10. To go to the Service Protocols screen, click Next.

11. For Dell Networking OS switches in your fabric, select TFTP or FTP server to configure settings for

that type of server. For PowerConnect switches, you can only configure TFTP server settings.

TFTP is

set by default.

For PowerConnect switches, you can only configure TFTP server settings. TFTP is set by default.

12. For PowerConnect switches, select one of the following options in the PowerConnect TFTP

Configuration area:

• Local — Provision AFM as a TFTP server.

NOTE: To use the Local option, the TFTP server must be in the same subnet. For the local

TFTP server option, the TFTP server uses the AFM management IP address.

• Remote — Use an external TFTP server. Enter the TFTP server IPv4 address.

13. Select one of the following options in the FTP Configuration or TFTP Configuration area:

• Local — Provision AFM as an FTP/TFTP server.

NOTE: To use the Local option, the FTP/TFTP server must be in the same subnet. For the

local FTP or TFTP server option, the FTP or TFTP server uses the AFM management IP

address.

Step 4: Perform Initial Configuration