Table of Contents
Advertisement
Alternatively, you can set the initial IP address for an individual appliance using
the command line. If a browser is not available and you plan to connect a
keyboard and display to the xSeries Hosting Appliance, you can log into the
xSeries Hosting Appliance, run the setup script, and answer questions to create the
initial network configuration. After you restart the xSeries Hosting Appliance, it is
ready to use with no further network configuration required.
Notes:
1. Although many management tasks, such as setting an IP address, can be
2. After you have configured the IP Address of the appliance and set up
Setting the initial IP address using the Advanced Appliance
Configuration Utility
Complete the following steps to configure the IP address of the xSeries Hosting
Appliance using the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility:
1. Select a management workstation located on the same physical subnet as the
2. Install the IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration utility by navigating to the
3. Create a group for the xSeries Hosting Appliance. Select Yes, allow group to
4. When the appliance starts for the first time on this subnet, it should
5. Select the xSeries Hosting Appliance in the left pane, and click Start Web
6. Continue with HostingDirector setup information contained in "Installing and
Note: The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility configures and reports the
Setting the initial IP address using the command line
A command-line script is provided if a browser is not accessible. This script can be
initiated through a Telnet session or from the appliance console. To use the
command line to assign the initial IP address from the console, do the following:
1. Turn off the xSeries Hosting Appliance.
22
IBM Eserver xSeries Appliances: Installation Guide for xSeries Hosting Appliance
accomplished by establishing a telnet session with the appliance and using
native operating system utilities, you should perform administration tasks
using HostingDirector and the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility.
HostingDirector, you should not change the IP address of the appliance. Doing
so will require you to perform a complete system restore.
appliance and insert the Supplementary CD. This workstation must have one of
the following Web browsers installed:
v Internet Explorer 4.x or higher
v Netscape 4.6 or 6.2
IAAConfig directory on the CD and executing the setup.exe file.
assign network settings, and then configure a range of IP addresses for the
group. See "Creating a group" on page 32.
automatically be assigned to the first matching group and receive an IP
address. If it does not, refer to "Moving an xSeries Hosting Appliance into a
group" on page 33 and assign the appliance to a group manually.
Management. Type a user id of root and a password of password. An initial
HostingDirector configuration window opens.
Configuring HostingDirector" on page 23.
TCP/IP settings of the first adapter on each xSeries Hosting Appliance only.
The first adapter is the port 1 Ethernet controller. Be sure to connect the
built-in Ethernet connector to the same subnet as your system running the
Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility. Refer to the diagram listed in
Figure 3 on page 7.
Advertisement
Table of Contents
