Using the Serial Console Port for Initial Configuration
This procedure assumes that you have installed the switch in the desired location and it is powered on.
Warning: Do not connect any ports to the network until the switch is configured. You can accidentally create loops or cause IP address conflicts on the network.
If you are going to cable host computers to the switch, there is an option to enable or disable host ports by default.
- Connect the console port on the rear or front (depending on the model) of the switch to your laptop or terminal concentrator using a serial cable.
- From the terminal emulator application on your computer, log into the switch with the username network-admin and the default password admin.
Note: Netvisor ONE supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for the in-band interface.
Warning: Be sure to type in a static IP address for the management interface during the initial configuration. Netvisor One initially uses DHCP to obtain an IP address, but DHCP is not supported after the initial configuration.
- Begin the initial configuration using the initialization procedure displayed.
- Enter the following details when prompted, an example is provided in the output below:
- Accept the EULA agreement
- Type-in the switch name. An example is provided in the output below.
- Enter and re-enter the password
- Enter the Management IP and netmask. An example is provided in the output below.
- Enter the In-band IP and netmask. An example is provided in the output below.
- Enter the IP address of the Gateway.
- Enter the IP address for the primary and secondary DNS.
- Enter the domain name.
switch console login: network-admin
Password: admin
Netvisor OS Command Line Interface 5.1.0
By ANSWERING "YES" TO THIS PROMPT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE TERMS OF THE PLURIBUS NETWORKS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (EULA) AND AGREE TO THEM. [YES | NO | EULA]?: yes
Switch setup required:
Switch Name (netvisor): pn-switch-01
network-admin Password: password <return>
Re-enter Password: ******** <return>
Mgmt IP/Netmask (dhcp): 10.14.2.42/23
Mgmt IPv6/Netmask:
In-band IP/Netmask: 12.1.165.21/24
In-band IPv6/Netmask:
Loopback IP:
Loopback IPv6:
Gateway IP (10.14.2.1):
Gateway IPv6:
Primary DNS IP: 10.135.2.13
Secondary DNS IP: 10.20.4.1
Domain name: pluribusnetworks.com
Automatically Upload Diagnostics (yes):
Enable host ports by default (yes):
nvOS system info:
serial number: 1918PN8500165
hostid: b001720
device id: 561TG02
Switch Setup:
Switch Name : pn-switch-01
Switch Mgmt IP : 10.14.2.42/23
Switch Mgmt IPv6 : fe80::4e76:25ff:feef:5140/64
Switch In-band IP : 12.1.165.21/24
Switch In-band IPv6 : fe80::640e:94ff:fe20:8787/64
Switch Loopback IP : ::
Switch Loopback IPv6 : ::
Switch Gateway : 10.14.2.1
Switch IPv6 Gateway : ::
Switch DNS Server : 10.135.2.13
Switch DNS2 Server : 10.20.4.1
Switch Domain Name : pluribusnetworks.com
Switch NTP Server :
Switch Timezone : America/Los_Angeles
Switch Date : 2019-09-20,11:30:49
Enable host ports : yes
Analytics Store : default
Fabric required. Please use fabric-create/join/show
Connected to Switch pn-switch-01; nvOS Identifier:0xb001720; Ver: 5.1.0-5010014980
When you setup a switch for initial configuration, the host facing ports are enabled by default. However, you can disable the host ports until you are ready to plug-in host cables to the switch. If Netvisor ONE does not detect adjacency on a port during the quickstart procedure, the ports remain in the disabled state.
To enable the ports after plugging in cables, use the port-config-modify port port-list host-enable command. Netvisor ONE enables host ports by default unless you specify NO during the quickstart procedure as displayed below.
Netvisor OS Command Line Interface 5.1.0
By ANSWERING "YES" TO THIS PROMPT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE TERMS OF THE PLURIBUS NETWORKS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (EULA) AND AGREE TO THEM. [YES | NO | EULA]?: yes
Switch setup required:
Switch Name (netvisor): pn-switch-01
network-admin Password: password <return>
Re-enter Password: ******** <return>
Mgmt IP/Netmask (dhcp): 10.14.2.42/23
Mgmt IPv6/Netmask:
In-band IP/Netmask: 12.1.165.21/24
In-band IPv6/Netmask:
Loopback IP:
Loopback IPv6:
Gateway IP (10.14.2.1):
Gateway IPv6:
Primary DNS IP: 10.135.2.13
Secondary DNS IP: 10.20.4.1
Domain name: pluribusnetworks.com
Automatically Upload Diagnostics (yes):
Enable host ports by default (yes): no
To verify, use the command:
CLI (network-admin@pn-switch-01) > port-show port 9,10
switch port bezel-port status config
------------ ---- ---------- -------------------- ------
pn-switch-01 9 3 phy-up,host-disabled 10g
pn-switch-01 10 3.2 phy-up,host-disabled 10g
To enable the port (s), use the command:
CLI (network-admin@pn-switch-01) > port-config-modify port 9,10 enable host-enable
CLI (network-admin@pn-switch-01) > port-show port 9,10
switch port bezel-port status config
------------ ---- ---------- ---------- ------
pn-switch-01 9 3 up,vlan-up fd,10g
pn-switch-01 10 3.2 up,vlan-up fd,10g
You cannot change (enable or disable) the host-ports by using the switch setup process after the initial configuration is done. If you try to modify the host-ports, Netvisor ONE displays an error as displayed in the example here:
CLI (network-admin@pn-switch-01) > switch-setup-modify disable-host-ports
switch-setup-modify: disable/enable host ports can be set only at initial switch-setup time
During the initial configuration of the switch, if the host ports are disabled, then all ports having the same port configuration will be disabled. This can be viewed using the following command:
<CLI (network-admin@pn-switch-01) > port-config-show port port-list host-enable
In this mode, when any port comes up physically, Netvisor ONE automatically sends and receives LLDP packets to look for peer switches. If Netvisor ONE does not detect an adjacency within 5 seconds, the port is flagged as host-disabled. With this flag set, Netvisor ONE only accepts LLDP packets and does not initiate packet transmission.
CLI (network-admin@pn-switch-01) > port-config-show port 9,10
switch port bezel-port status config
------------ ---- ---------- ----------------------- ------
pn-switch-01 9 3 up,vlan-up,PN-other,LLDP fd,10g
pn-switch-01 10 3.2 up,vlan-up fd,10g
After completing switch discovery and fabric creation, use the host-enable option to enable host, server, or router traffic switching, and ports:
CLI (network-admin@pn-switch-01) > port-config-modify port 9 host-enable