Technical Note: Switch VLANs via CLI for Ubiquiti Unifi switches

[cmaheu]

Description
Unable to switch VLANs on some Ubiquiti Unifi switches via SNMP.  This can occur when the device doesn't support SNMP writes.

Scope
Versions 8.3.6 and later

Solution
Set attribute for the Ubiquiti Unifi switch model such that the CLI method will be used to switch the VLAN.  If the CLI method fails, SNMP will be used.

To enable CLI management for Ubiquiti Unifi switches, run the following command in the Control Server CLI.

Device -ip <switch IP Address> -setAttr -name USE_CLI -value "true"

Example:

Device -ip 10.1.1.1 -setAttr -name USE_CLI -value "true"

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