MSA1000 Internal Switch

[Rob Holden]

For some reason I am not able to change the default Switch Name which is switch1. The command is switchname "newname" but whenever I try it there is no error but shows me the switchname as switch1 still.

Does anyone know how to get around this?

Thanks,

Rob

[Rico Lenherr_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi Rob

you can't set the switchname on a MSA SAN Switch 2/8.
Each switch is assigned a system-generated name, dependant on the slot in which
it is installed.
example: Primary MSA1000 =>Controller Name-switch1

it should be documented in the MSA SAN Switch install guide.

regards

rico

[Uwe Zessin]

This behaviour is somewhat documented, but I can't find a note that you cannot change the default name assignment.

It might be possible to create fabric-wide unique names if you assign a name to your MSA1000 box, too (CLI> set globals system_name="XYZ"), but I would prefer if I had full control over the entire switch name :-(