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Change Superspine Hostname/Name

You can change the hostnames and/or names of superspines.

Change the Hostname and/or Name of a Single Superspine

To change the hostname and/or name of one superspine using the GUI:

  1. From the blueprint, navigate to Staged > Physical > Topology and select the applicable superspine.
    Network topology interface showing staged uncommitted changes in physical view. Displays superspine, spine, and leaf nodes in pods. Allows filtering by network hierarchy.
    The Selection panel opens (on the right).
    Note:

    You can also get to the Selection panel by clicking the name of the superspine in the Nodes table (Staged > Physical > Nodes).

  2. To change the superspine name - From the Properties tab in the Selection panel, click the Edit button for Name, change the name accordingly, then click the Save button. (Notice you can change other various parameter values from the Properties tab.)
    Network topology interface showing selected node sspine2 connected to spine1, spine2, spine3, and spine4 via Ethernet ports. Properties panel displays node name, logical device slicer-7x10-1, interface mapping Cisco_NXOSv__slicer, and device profile. Dashed lines represent connections. Filters include plane, pod, rack, and node options. Yellow indicator shows uncommitted changes.
  3. To change the superspine hostname - click the Device tab in the Selection panel, click the Edit button for Hostname, change the hostname accordingly, then click the Save button. (Notice you can change other various parameter values from the Device tab.)
    Network management interface showing topology with node sspine2 as Superspine connected to spine nodes. Device tab details sspine2 Management IP 10.28.167.14 OS version NXOS 10.2.5 with uncommitted changes.

When you're ready to activate your changes, go to the Uncommitted tab to review and commit (or discard) your changes.

Change Hostnames and/or Names of Multiple Superspines

To change the hostnames and/or names of multiple superspines using the GUI:

  1. From the blueprint, navigate to Staged > Physical > Nodes and click the Edit Node Names button, above the table.
    User interface screenshot of a network management tool with tabs for Dashboard, Analytics, Staged, Uncommitted, and Active. Features include toggles for physical and virtual management, node options for topology and editing names, and filters for planes, pods, and racks.
    The Batch rename nodes dialog opens.
  2. Change superspine hostnames and/or names. (Notice that you can change other various hostnames and names from this dialog as well.) To efficiently change the names to match the hostnames, after you've changed the hostnames click Copy hostnames to names. All names in the dialog change to match the hostnames.
    User interface for batch renaming network nodes with fields for spine, superspine, and rack configurations. Red circles highlight superspine hostname and name fields. Includes buttons for copying hostnames to names and submitting changes.
  3. Click Submit.
The changes are staged and you're returned to the Nodes table.

When you're ready to activate your changes, go to the Uncommitted tab to review and commit (or discard) your changes.