Creating a maintenance label

Before you create a maintenance intent, you must create and apply an identifying label to each of the objects intended to be the target of the intent. Objects are one or more nodes within a single fabric.

Labeling objects is a powerful tool in the Fabric Services System. In the specific case of labels for a maintenance intent, you create and apply a label with the predefined key "Maintenance," and a value of your choosing.

To create a label you can use to identify a node for maintenance:

  1. From the main menu, click Label Factory.
  2. Click CREATE A LABEL.
  3. In the Label Key drop-down list, click Maintenance.
    Maintenance is a predefined key that is specifically intended to flag objects as the targets of maintenance intents.
  4. In the Value field, enter text that identifies the maintenance activity.
    This value cannot include spaces or special characters.
  5. Optional: Enter information in the Comments field that helps uniquely identify this label.
  6. Click CREATE. The system adds your label to the library of available labels.