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e1200-320 4Gb Fibre Channel Interface Card user and service guide 27
4 Interface card management
The HP e1200-320 4Gb FC Interface Card can be managed over the following user interfaces:
• Over the serial port via a terminal or a terminal emulation utility.
• Over Ethernet via a Telnet utility or an HTTP-based interface called Visual Manager. Additionally, FTP
support provides additional management functionality.
Before attempting to configure the interface card, a basic understanding of Fibre Channel and SCSI
devices is recommended.
NOTE: For information on SCSI standards, refer to publications from the X3T10 committee of ANSI
(American National Standards Institute). For information on Fibre Channel standards, refer to publications
from the X3T11 committee of ANSI. For those who are interested in purchasing approved American
National Standards and Technical Reports, you can contact ANSI at (212) 642-4900.
Configuration methods
The interface card can be configured over the serial port via a terminal or terminal emulation utility, over
Ethernet via a Telnet utility or Web browser. FTP is also supported on Ethernet, to update firmware
revisions.
Serial port management access
The serial port allows for configuration of device characteristics from an attached terminal or terminal
emulator.
NOTE: A Serial connection cannot be made if a Telnet session (discussed later) is already open. If a user
attempts to open a serial connection while a Telnet session is already open, the following message
appears over the serial interface:
System in use via Telnet. Shell restarted.
The serial interface resumes working when the Telnet session closes.
Out-of-band Ethernet management access
DHCP is enabled by default, and the default network settings that are currently shown are only the values
that are pre-loaded if you disable DHCP. The first time you use the interface card, use the serial interface
to identify the network settings that were assigned from the DHCP server, or to set a new static setting.
When DHCP is disabled, the pre-filled in values are IP address 1.1.1.1, a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0,
and a gateway address of 0.0.0.0. HP recommends that at a minimum, the IP address should be
changed.
CAUTION: HP strongly recommends not having two interface cards using the pre-filled in static IP
address on the same network, as this causes a conflict.
When setting the IP address for the interface card, there are two options:
• The first option is to enter a fixed, or permanent, IP address for the interface card.
• The second option is to enable DHCP on the interface card, so that a DHCP server (on the Ethernet
network used by the interface card) can assign a dynamic IP address to the interface card.
Your DHCP server may also allow you to set up an extended lease reservation for an IP address, by
providing the server with the Ethernet MAC address of the interface card. This configures the DHCP server