Isilon: PowerScale: Remote Management Is Not Supported On PowerScale Backend Switches

Summary: Remotely accessing and monitoring is not supported on backend switches currently.

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Symptoms

Connecting to the mgmt1/1/1 on Dell switches, when they are configured as PowerScale (Isilon) backend switches can cause the switch to not initialize properly after rebooting.

Cause

The address configuration competes with the internal address management that Isilon uses.

Resolution

Do not connect any devices to the management port on PowerScale backend switches.

Affected Products

Isilon, PowerScale OneFS
Article Properties
Article Number: 000187571
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 08 Sep 2022
Version:  4
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