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NVIDIA Networking Documentation

  • Cumulus Linux 5.13 User Guide
    • What's New
      • Cumulus Linux 5.13 Packages
      • Cumulus Linux 5.13 Release Notes
    • Quick Start Guide
      • Installation Management
        • Upgrading Cumulus Linux
        • Installing a New Cumulus Linux Image with ONIE
        • Managing Cumulus Linux Disk Images with ONIE
        • Adding and Updating Packages
        • Zero Touch Provisioning - ZTP
        • Factory Reset
      • System Configuration
        • NVIDIA User Experience - NVUE
          • NVUE Object Model
          • NVUE CLI
          • NVUE Snippets
          • NVUE API
        • Date and Time
          • Setting the Date and Time
          • Network Time Protocol - NTP
          • Precision Time Protocol - PTP
          • Pulse Per Second - PPS
          • Synchronous Ethernet - SyncE
        • Authentication Authorization and Accounting
          • SSH for Remote Access
          • User Accounts
          • Role-Based Access Control
          • Using sudo to Delegate Privileges
          • LDAP Authentication and Authorization
          • TACACS
          • RADIUS AAA
        • Access Control Lists
          • Firewall Rules
          • Access Control List Configuration
        • Services and Daemons in Cumulus Linux
        • Configuring switchd
        • Configuring a Global Proxy
        • In Service System Upgrade - ISSU
        • CLI Configuration
        • System Power
        • Erase all Data from the Switch
      • Layer 1 and Switch Ports
        • Interface Configuration and Management
          • Switch Port Attributes
          • ifplugd
        • Quality of Service
          • RDMA over Converged Ethernet - RoCE
        • DHCP
          • DHCP Relays
          • DHCP Servers
          • DHCP Snooping
        • 802.1X Interfaces
        • Prescriptive Topology Manager - PTM
        • Port Security
      • Layer 2
        • Ethernet Bridging - VLANs
          • VLAN-aware Bridge Mode
          • Traditional Bridge Mode
        • Link Layer Discovery Protocol
        • Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree - STP
        • Storm Control
        • Bonding - Link Aggregation
        • Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation - MLAG
        • LACP Bypass
        • Virtual Router Redundancy - VRR
        • IGMP and MLD Snooping
        • MAC Address Translation
      • Network Virtualization
        • Ethernet Virtual Private Network - EVPN
          • Basic Configuration
          • EVPN Enhancements
          • Inter-subnet Routing
          • EVPN Multihoming
          • EVPN BUM Traffic with PIM-SM
          • Troubleshooting EVPN
          • Configuration Examples
        • VXLAN Devices
        • VXLAN Routing
        • Static VXLAN Tunnels
        • VXLAN Active-active Mode
        • Bridge Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
        • VXLAN Tunnel DSCP Operations
        • QinQ and VXLANs
      • Layer 3
        • Routing
          • Static Routing
          • Forwarding Table Size and Profiles
          • Route Filtering and Redistribution
          • Policy-based Routing
          • Equal Cost Multipath Load Sharing
          • BGP Weighted Equal Cost Multipath
          • Redistribute Neighbor
        • Border Gateway Protocol - BGP
          • Basic BGP Configuration
          • Optional BGP Configuration
          • Troubleshooting BGP
          • Configuration Example
        • Open Shortest Path First - OSPF
          • Open Shortest Path First v2 - OSPFv2
          • Open Shortest Path First v3 - OSPFv3
          • OSPF Configuration Example
        • VRFs
          • Virtual Routing and Forwarding - VRF
          • Management VRF
        • FRRouting
        • Protocol Independent Multicast - PIM
        • Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol - VRRP
        • GRE Tunneling
        • Network Address Translation - NAT
        • Bidirectional Forwarding Detection - BFD
        • Address Resolution Protocol - ARP
        • Neighbor Discovery - ND
      • Monitoring and Troubleshooting
        • Monitoring System Hardware
          • Network Switch Port LED and Status LED Guidelines
        • Understanding the cl-support Output File
          • Troubleshooting Log Files
          • Troubleshooting the etc Directory
        • Troubleshooting Network Interfaces
          • Troubleshoot Layer 1
          • Monitoring Interfaces and Transceivers with NVUE
          • Monitoring Interfaces and Transceivers with ethtool
        • Network Troubleshooting
          • What Just Happened (WJH)
          • Monitoring System Statistics and Network Traffic with sFlow
          • SPAN and ERSPAN
        • Simple Network Management Protocol - SNMP
          • Configure SNMP
          • Configure SNMP Traps
          • Supported MIBs
          • Troubleshoot SNMP
        • Log Files with NVUE
        • Syslog
        • Single User Mode - Password Recovery
        • Resource Diagnostics
        • ASIC Monitoring
        • Open Telemetry Export
        • gNMI Streaming
        • Monitoring Best Practices
        • switchd Log Message Reference
        • FRRouting Log Message Reference
      • Try It Pre-built Demos
        • Reference Topology
          • Cumulus Linux in a Virtual Environment
            • NVUE Command Reference
              • NVUE Format Reference

            System Configuration

            This section describes how to configure the following system settings:

            • NVIDIA User Experience (NVUE)
            • Date and time
            • Authentication, authorization, and accounting
            • Access Control Lists (ACLs)
            • Services and daemons
            • switchd
            • Configuring a Global Proxy
            • In Service System Upgrade (ISSU)
            • CLI configuration
            • System Power
            • Erase all data from the switch

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