Changing Switch Setup Parameters
You can modify the following switch parameters by using the switch-setup-modify command:
- Switch name
- Management IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
- Management IPv4 and IPv6 netmasks
- Management IPv4 and IPv6 address assignments
- In-band IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
- In-band IPv4 and IPv6 netmasks
- Gateway IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
- Loopback IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
- Primary and secondary IPv4 addresses for DNS services
- Domain name
- NTP server and NTP secondary server
- Timezone
- End User License Agreement (EULA) acceptance and timestamp
- Password
- Date
- Enable or disable host ports
- Message of the Day (MOTD)
- Banner
- Management interface LAG: enable or disable
- LACP mode of the management interface
- NTP enable or disable
- IEEE 802.1X authentication of the management interface (when not part of a LAG)
For example if you want to change the date and time on the switch, use the command:
CLI (network-admin@switch-1) > switch-setup-modify date 2020-01-28 T22:14:27
To view the changed date (see bold in output), use the show command:
CLI (network-admin@sw-leaf1) > switch-setup-show
switch-name: sw-leaf1
mgmt-ip: 10.0.0.01/23
mgmt-ip-assignment: static
mgmt-ip6: aa80::aab4:bbff:fffc:aa65/64
mgmt-ip6-assignment: autoconf
mgmt-link-state: up
mgmt-link-speed: 1g
in-band-ip: 10.168.0.02/24
in-band-ip6: aa80::640a:94ff:ff52:aa9d/64
in-band-ip6-assign: autoconf
gateway-ip: 10.0.0.1
dns-ip: 10.10.0.13
dns-secondary-ip: 172.10.0.4
domain-name: pluribusnetworks.com
ntp-server: 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
ntp-secondary-server: 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
timezone: America/Los_Angeles
date: 2020-01-28,22:14:27
hostid: 184556370
location-id: 6
enable-host-ports: yes
banner: * Welcome to Arista Networks Inc. Netvisor(R). This is a monitored system. *
* ACCESS RESTRICTED TO AUTHORIZED USERS ONLY *
* By using the Netvisor(R) CLI, you agree to the terms of the Arista Networks *
* End User License Agreement (EULA). The EULA can be accessed via *
* http://www.arista.com/eula or by using the command "eula-show"