SPBM Script

Table 1. run spbm installation script product support
Feature	Product	Release introduced
run spbm installation script	5420 Series	VOSS 8.4
	5520 Series	VOSS 8.2.5
	VSP 4450 Series	VOSS 4.1
	VSP 4900 Series	VOSS 8.1
	VSP 7200 Series	VOSS 4.2.1
	VSP 7400 Series	VOSS 8.0
	VSP 8200 Series	VOSS 4.1
	VSP 8400 Series	VOSS 4.2
	VSP 8600 Series	VSP 8600 8.0
	XA1400 Series	Not Supported

You can use a CLI script to quickly configure the SPB and IS-IS infrastructure to enable Fabric Connect on a switch. You can use the SPB script, rather than manually configure the minimum SPBM and IS-IS parameters.

You can use the command run spbm to quickly configure the following:

Configure the SPB Ethertype.
Create an SPB instance.
Create an SPBM backbone VLAN and associate it to the SPB instance.
Create an SPBM secondary backbone VLAN and associate it to the SPB instance.
Add an SPB nickname.
Create a manual area.
Enable IS-IS on one of the switch interfaces.
Enable IS-IS globally.
Configure the IS-IS system name.
Configure the IS-IS system ID.
Configure SPBM port and MLT interfaces.
Clean up any SPBM configuration.

The following table displays the default values applied if you use the run spbm command. The SPB script creates some of the default values based on the MAC address of the switch, including the nickname and System ID value.


Parameter	Default values
Ethertype	0x8100
Primary B-VLAN	4051
Secondary B-VLAN	4052
Manual area	49.0000
Nickname	Derived from the chassis MAC
System name	Derived from the command line prompt
System ID value	Derived from the chassis MAC, using a different algorithm from that for the Nickname

Note

The SPB script only creates the SPBM instance, VLAN, or other parameters if they do not already exist. For example, if the SPBM instance and VLAN already exist, the SPB script does not create them. If the SPB script cannot create one of the parameters because the parameter is already configured, the script stops and an error message displays.