Switches installation configuration

Consistent port selection across the campus switching infrastructure will result in increased ease of configuration management, monitoring, reporting, and troubleshooting tasks throughout the network.

Document all connections and ensure distance limitations are observed for endpoint connections, AP connections, and between switches. In most cases, a structured cabling vendor should be consulted. In large campus environments, the ESP network may be deployed in phases. For each phase, complete all layer 1 interconnects between switches prior to beginning the configuration process in Central. Aruba CX 8xxx model switches have configurable hardware addressing a range of performance requirements at the core and aggregation layers of a campus network.

This ensures a predictable IP address for local management connections, such as SSH, while also enabling the switch to immediately contact Aruba Central on boot. When switches are unpacked and prepared for bench configuration or rack mounting, access the orange luggage tag on the switch and record the base MAC address. Sending instructions to an MSI-based software installation requires learning only a single syntax.

That syntax looks generally like this:. This command can similarly be used for patching or uninstalling software as well. This is the most important switch for instructing an installation to run silently. You can insert a full path into logfile. While this switch is functionally optional, the log file data it produces becomes invaluable in troubleshooting an installation that doesn't complete correctly.

Since the installation is silenced, the data in this log file often contains the only clues you'll ever get about what problems the installation is experiencing. This UNC path support is extremely useful, because it enables you to store your software installation files on a file server somewhere and invoke them over the network.

While every MSI leans on a universal structure for sending commands to the Windows Installer, every installation is obviously different. Installing Adobe Acrobat, for example, requires an entirely different set of questions than does installing Microsoft Exchange. This final switch identifies those specific characteristics that are unique to each MSI installation by name and value, and enables you to set them at the command line.

So, for example, if you wanted to install the Adobe Flash Player to your desktop and had the correct MSI available, you might do so with the following syntax:. Where did that come from? As I mentioned earlier, each MSI has its own custom name and value pairs that answer questions the installation requires. Those pairs might identify an install folder, or add a license key, or in this case instruct the installer to prevent a post-installation reboot.

The hard part with these name and value pairs, as you can surmise, is in discovering what they actually are. One published method to do this requires downloading the Orca database editor from Microsoft. This database editor has the ability to peer into an MSI to identify its characteristics. It can also edit those characteristics as a highly-advanced function, although doing so is an exceedingly complex activity. In fact, even getting the Orca software requires multiple steps.

NET Framework 4. Once downloaded, install the SDK's debugging tools. Double-click this file to install it to your management desktop. Once within Orca, you can open an MSI and peer around to locate its custom settings. Remember that MSIs are above all big databases of content and configurations that apply files to disk drives and keys and values to registries. Orca exposes these databases for what they really are.

Inside every MSI is a table called Property. That table identifies all the properties that are tagged to an installation. The name and value pairs discussed above are in fact properties along with their values as seen in Orca.

Its value defaults to Yes. For this one, change its value to No. Just about any property you see in this table can be adjusted at the command line as you execute msiexec to kick off an installation. While this method is the comprehensive approach, it is also the time-consuming approach.

Another alternative is to simply search the Internet for clues that others have found. A popular website that contains installation hints for many common software packages is www. A growing number of software companies also recognize the need to provide silencing information about their installation packages.

If you download the NetApp-supported version of the software, then you must also download the NetApp Cluster Network Switch Reference Configuration File and merge it with the configuration you saved in Step 5. You can download the file and the instructions from the Cisco Ethernet Switches page. Check the software version on the network switches and, if necessary, download the NetApp-supported version of the software to the switches.

If you have your own switches, refer to the Cisco site. If you download the NetApp-supported version of the software, then you must also download the NetApp Management Network Switch Reference Configuration File and merge it with the configuration you saved in Step 5. You can download the file and instructions from the Cisco Ethernet Switches page. Available PDFs. Home BES Switches. Migrate to a two-node switched cluster with Cisco Nexus YC switches.

Set up the switches.