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Change Leaf Hostname/Name

You can change the hostname and/or name of a single leaf device or of multiple leaf devices simultaneously.

Change the Hostname and/or Name of a Single Leaf Device

  1. From the blueprint, navigate to Staged > Physical > Topology and select the applicable leaf.
    The Selection panel opens (on the right).
    Note:

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

  2. To change the leaf 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.)
  3. To change the leaf hostname - click the Device tab in the Selection panel, click the Edit button for Hostname, change the name accordingly, then click the Save button. (Notice you can change other various parameter values from the Device tab.)

If you changed leaf names in a leaf pair, the leaf pair name does not change. You can manually change the leaf pair name to correspond with the new leaf names. This is especially useful when assigning leaf pairs when you create virtual networks.

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 Leaf Devices

New feature in Apstra version 5.0.0.

  1. From the blueprint, navigate to Staged > Physical > Nodes and click the Edit Node Names button, above the table.
    The Batch rename nodes dialog opens.
  2. Change leaf hostnames and/or names, as applicable. If you're changing leaf names in a leaf pair, the leaf pair name doesn't change automatically. You can change the leaf pair name to correspond with the new leaf names from this same dialog. 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.
  3. Click Submit to stage the changes and return 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.