Setting Static Ethernet Addresses - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Setting static Ethernet addresses

Use static Ethernet network interface addresses on HP StorageWorks 2/128, 4/256 SAN Director, DC
Director models, and in environments where DHCP service is not available. To use static addresses for the
Ethernet interface, you must first disable DHCP. You may enter static Ethernet information and disable
DHCP at the same time. Refer to
If you choose not to use DHCP or to specify an IP address for your switch Ethernet interface, you can do so
by entering none or 0.0.0.0 in the Ethernet IP address field.
IMPORTANT:
To set static addresses for the Ethernet network interface:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the following command to set the IPv4 address:
switch:admin> ipaddrset
Ethernet IP Address [192.168.74.102]:
Ethernet Subnetmask [255.255.255.0]:
Fibre Channel IP Address [220.220.220.2]:
Fibre Channel Subnetmask [255.255.0.0]:
Gateway IP Address [192.168.74.1]:
DHCP [OFF]: off
or to set an IPv6 address on a switch:
switch:admin> ipaddrset -ipv6 --add 1080::8:800:200C:417A/64
IP address is being changed...Done.
Example of setting logical switch (sw0)'s IPv6 address on a Director:
director:admin> ipaddrset -ipv6 -sw 0 --add 1080::8:800:200C:417B/64
IP address is being changed...Done.
Enter the network information in dotted decimal notation for the Ethernet IPv4 address and in semicolon
separated notation for IPv6. Enter the Ethernet Subnetmask and Gateway Address at the prompts. Skip
Fibre Channel prompts by pressing Enter. Disable DHCP by entering OFF.
On an AP blade, configure the two external Ethernet interfaces to two different subnets, or if two
subnets are not present, configure one of the interfaces and leave the other unconfigured. Otherwise
the following message will show up and also blade status may go into a faulty state after a reboot.
Neighbor table overflow.
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28 Standard features
"Configuring
IP address 0.0.0.0 is not supported in Fabric OS versions earlier than 5.2.0.
DHCP" on page 29 for more information.