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.


  1. 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.
  2. 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.



  1. Begin the initial configuration using the initialization procedure displayed.
  2. 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


root@switch-new:~# cli


Netvisor OS Command Line Interface 6.0

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 (switch-new):pn-switch-01

network-admin Password:password <return>

Re-enter Password:password <return>

Mgmt IP/Netmask (10.13.27.218/23):

Mgmt IPv6/Netmask:

In-band IP/Netmask (192.168.10.8/24):

In-band IPv6/Netmask:

Gateway IP (10.13.26.1):

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):


Switch Setup:

Switch Name          : pn-switch-01

Switch Mgmt IP       : 10.13.27.218/23

Switch Mgmt IPv6     : fe80::aa2b:b5ff:febc:c78e/64

Switch In-band IP    : 192.168.10.8/24

Switch In-band IPv6  : fe80::640e:94ff:feba:f719/64

Switch Gateway       : 10.13.26.1

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    : 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org

Switch Timezone      : America/Los_Angeles

Switch Date          : 2020-07-20,19:48:20

Enable host ports    : yes

Analytics Store      : optimized

Fabric required. Please use fabric-create/join/show

Connected to Switch ghspine01-new; nvOS Identifier:0xb001dba; Ver: 6.0.0-6000016292

CLI (network-admin@switch-new) >


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 6.0.0

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


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