Change settings on your Azure Stack Hub switch configuration
You can change a few environmental settings for your Azure Stack Hub switch configuration. You can identify which of the settings you can change in the template created by your original equipment manufacturer (OEM). This article explains each of those customizable settings and how the changes can affect your Azure Stack Hub. These settings include password update, syslog server, simple network management protocol (SNMP) monitoring, authentication, and the access control list.
During deployment of the Azure Stack Hub solution, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) creates and applies the switch configuration for both TORs and BMC. The OEM uses the Azure Stack Hub automation tool to validate that the required configurations are properly set on these devices. The configuration is based on the information in your Azure Stack Hub deployment worksheet.
Warning
After the OEM creates the configuration, do not alter the configuration without consent from either the OEM or the Microsoft Azure Stack Hub engineering team. A change to the network device configuration can significantly impact the operation or troubleshooting of network issues in your Azure Stack Hub instance.
For more information about these functions on your network device, how to make these changes, contact your OEM hardware provider or Microsoft support. Your OEM has the configuration file created by the automation tool based on your Azure Stack Hub deployment worksheet.
However, there are some values that can be added, removed, or changed on the configuration of the network switches.
Password update
The operator can update the password for any user on the network switches at any time. There's no requirement to change any information on the Azure Stack Hub system, or to use the steps for Rotate secrets in Azure Stack Hub.
Syslog server
Operators can redirect the switch logs to a syslog server on their datacenter. Use this configuration to ensure the logs from a particular point in time can be used for troubleshooting. By default, the logs are stored on the switches, but their capacity for storing logs is limited. Check the Access control list updates section for an overview of how to configure the permissions for switch management access.
SNMP monitoring
The operator can configure SNMP v2 or v3 to monitor the network devices and send traps to a network monitoring app on the datacenter. For security reasons, use SNMPv3 since it's more secure than v2. Consult your OEM hardware provider for the MIBs and configuration required. Check the Access control list updates section for an overview of how to configure the permissions for switch management access.
Authentication
The operator can configure either RADIUS or TACACS to manage authentication on the network devices. Consult your OEM hardware provider for supported methods and configuration required. Check the Access control list updates section for an overview of how to configure the permissions for Switch Management access.
Access control list updates
Note
Starting in 1910, the deployment worksheet will have a new field for Permitted Networks which replaces the manual steps required to allow access to network device management interfaces and the hardware lifecycle host (HLH) from a trusted datacenter network range. For more information on this new feature, see Network integration planning for Azure Stack Hub.
The operator can change some access control lists (ACL)s to allow access to network device management interfaces and the hardware lifecycle host (HLH) from a trusted datacenter network range. With the access control list, the operator can allow their management jumpbox VMs within a specific network range to access the switch management interfaces and the HLH OS.