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CHAPTER 5
Configuring the Fabric Interconnects
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Initial System Setup, page 65
• Performing an Initial System Setup for a Standalone Configuration, page 67
• Initial System Setup for a Cluster Configuration, page 69
• Enabling a Standalone Fabric Interconnect for Cluster Configuration, page 72
• Ethernet Switching Mode, page 72
• Configuring Ethernet Switching Mode, page 73
• Fibre Channel Switching Mode, page 74
• Configuring Fibre Channel Switching Mode, page 74
• Changing the Properties of the Fabric Interconnects, page 75
• Determining the Leadership Role of a Fabric Interconnect, page 76
Initial System Setup
The first time that you access a fabric interconnect in a Cisco UCS domain, a setup wizard prompts you for
the following information required to configure the system:
• Installation method (GUI or CLI)
• Setup mode (restore from full system backup or initial setup)
• System configuration type (standalone or cluster configuration)
• System name
• Admin password
• Management port IP address and subnet mask
• Default gateway IP address
• DNS Server IP address
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