Users Guide
• Navigate to the Network >Switch > Tabular view and click Launch Active Link. The Active Link
displays the selected switch view and performance charts.
To configure active link settings:
1. Navigate to the Administration > Settings screen.
2. Navigate to the Active Link Settings area and click Edit.
3. In the Active Link area, check the Integrate to Dell OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM)
checkbox 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 protocols:
• 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 FTOS 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. Navigate to the Administration > Settings screen.
2.
In the CLI Credentials area, click the Edit button.
3. In the Protocol pull-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. Navigate to the Administration > Settings screen.
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