Managing ICX Switches from SmartZone

In this section:

  1. ICX-Management Feature Support Matrix
  2. Overview of ICX Switch Management
    Beginning with SmartZone release 5.0, the SmartZone administrator can monitor and manage switches and routers in the ICX 7000 series. SmartZone release 5.1.1 introduced the capability to configure switches.
  3. ICX Switch Behavior with SmartZone
  4. Enabling an ICX Device to Be Managed by SmartZone
  5. Configuring the ICX Source Address to Be Used by SmartZone
  6. Setting up Switch Registrar Discovery
    The switch registrar is a RUCKUS-hosted cloud service that enables SmartZone discovery from ICX devices.
  7. Preparing Stacking Devices to Connect to SmartZone
  8. Configuring DHCP to Provide SmartZone IP Addresses to an ICX Switch
    A DHCP server can be configured to send SmartZone IP addresses to ICX devices using DHCP Option 43.
  9. Manually Configuring the SmartZone IP Address on an ICX Switch
    Perform this task to configure a list of SmartZone IP addresses on the ICX device.
  10. Displaying the SmartZone Connection Status
  11. Disconnecting the Switch Connection with SmartZone
    The manager disconnect command can be used to disconnect the ICX switch from SmartZone and initiate a new connection based on the currently available list of SmartZone IP addresses.
  12. Disabling SmartZone Management on the ICX Switch
    When SmartZone management is disabled on the switch, the switch will not initiate a connection with SmartZone even if a SmartZone IP address is available.