Administrator Guide

Data Center Technology Commands 1191
mode
Use the mode command to configure the selection of interfaces used to
assign the IP address utilized for controller connections. Use the no form of
the command to return the setting to the default.
Syntax
mode { auto | static | oob }
no mode
• auto—Automatically select the switch IP address
• static—Use the configured static IP address
• oob—Use the OOB interface IP address
Default Configuration
By default, the switch selects an IP address automatically (auto mode).
Command Mode
OpenFlow Configuration
User Guidelines
This command configures the switch to select an IP address from a particular
type of interface. The selected IP address is used as the local end-point of the
IP connections to the OpenFlow controllers.
The administrator can allow the switch to automatically assign an IP address
to the OpenFlow feature or to specifically select which address should be
used. The administrator can also direct the OpenFlow feature to always use
the out-of-band interface.
When in auto mode, the switch selects an IP address from an interface in this
order:
1 The loopback interfaces.
2 The routing interfaces.
3 The out-of-band interface.