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Figure 1-1 Switch management on the BladeCenter management module
4.
You can use the default IP addresses provided by the management module, or you can
assign a new IP address to the switch module through the management module. You can
assign this IP address through one of the following methods:
Manually through the BladeCenter management module
Automatically through the IBM Director Configuration Wizard (available in
Director release 5.20.1)
N
– If you change the IP address of the GbE Switch Module, make sure that the switch
OTE
module and the management module both reside on the same subnet.
5.
Enable the following features in the management module:
External Ports (I/O Module Tasks > Admin/Power/Restart > Advanced Setup)
External management over all ports (Configuration > Advanced Configuration)
This setting is required if you want to access the management network through the
external data ports (EXT1 - EXT6) and the external management port (EXT7) on the
GbE Switch Module.
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