Manual Switch Configuration

Some of the switch configuration is not generated by CANU and needs to be manually applied.

Prerequisites

The custom switch configuration is backed up. See Manual Switch Config.

SNMP Configuration

SNMP is currently only used on sw-leaf-bmc switches, these credentials can be retrieved from Vault. More information on SNMP credentials can be found in the Change SNMP Credentials on Leaf-BMC Switches procedure.

Once these credentials are retrieved from vault, fill in the xxxxxx fields below and paste the commands into the switch.

Aruba

conf t

Example output:

snmp-server vrf default
snmpv3 user testuser auth md5 auth-pass plaintext xxxxxx priv des priv-pass plaintext xxxxxx

Dell

conf t

Example output:

snmp-server group cray-reds-group 3 noauth read cray-reds-view
snmp-server user xxxxxx cray-reds-group 3 auth md5 xxxxxx priv des xxxxxx
snmp-server view cray-reds-view 1.3.6.1.2 included

Authentication Config

This is for all switches.

Aruba

conf t

Example output:

user admin group administrators password plaintext xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dell

conf t

Example output:

system-user linuxadmin password xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
username admin password xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx role sysadmin priv-lvl 15

Mellanox

conf t

Example output:

username admin password 0 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
username monitor password 0 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx