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Configuring the IP Management Interface 57
Out-of-band Management
To manage your system out-of-band, you need to
assign an IP address and subnet mask to the
out-of-band Ethernet port on your system. The
out-of-band Ethernet port is labeled “Ethernet 10BT”
on the system processor module.
An out-of-band IP management interface contains
the following parameters:
■
IP address
— Use this address, which is specific to
your network, for managing the system. The IP
address defines both the number of the network
to which the interface is attached and its host
number on that network.
■
Subnet mask
—
A 32-bit number that uses the
same format as IP addresses. The subnet mask
determines which bits in the IP address are
interpreted as the network number, which as the
subnet number, and which as the host number.
Each IP address that corresponds to a 1 in the
subnet mask is in the network and subnet part of
the address. Each IP address bit that corresponds
to a 0 is in the host part of the IP address.
To set the interface parameters using the
Administration Console, follow these steps:
1 From the top level of the Administration Console,
enter:
management ip interface define
2 Enter the IP address for the out-of-band port.
3 Enter the subnet mask. To accept the default or
current value displayed in brackets, press the Return
or Enter key.
Example:
Enter IP address: 158.101.1.1
Enter subnet mask [255.255.0.0]: 255.255.255.0
For more information on defining an IP management
interface or an IP routing interface, see the
Command
Reference Guide
.