Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 User Manual page 1275

(6) How to set the ServerConductor/Blade Server Manager (BSM) Alert Port
Display the System Configuration screen. Place the cursor on the BSM Alert Port
and press Enter to display a subscreen. Enter the new SVP Alert Port Number in
the subscreen and press Enter.
You can set an alert port to a number ranging from 0 to 65535.
With Standard server blades with LPAR manager firmware
58-4X or later versions/ High-performance with LPAR
manager firmware 78-4X or later versions, operation with F10:
Update system Config is not required for update. It might take
about ten seconds for update.
(7) How to set the virtual NIC System Number
Display the System Configuration screen. Place the cursor on the VNIC System
No. and press Enter to display a subscreen. Enter the new virtual NIC Setting
Number on the subscreen and press Enter.
The initial setting of the virtual NIC System Number is 0. Set the new value except 0
at the first LPAR manager boot. Otherwise, the LPAR manager system will not boot.
The following table shows available VNIC System Numbers.
Item
57-1X or later/78-1X or later
Range of numbers
available for VNIC
System number
The value set for the virtual NIC System Number will be used as the fourth and fifth
bytes of the MAC address of the virtual NIC inside in the LPAR manager system
You can change the virtual NIC System Number only when all LPARs are
deactivated.
LPAR manager does not check if the entered value is used for another LPAR
manager system.
VNIC System No is used to create the MAC address to
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avoid creating the duplicate virtual NIC MAC address.
Specify a unique value to every LPAR manager system
including BladeSymphony 1000, Compute Blade 2000,
and Compute Blade 320.
Do not change LPAR manager VNIC System No when

the system is in operation. If you do, the following
problems might occur:
MAC address of shared NIC or virtual NIC assigned

to a guest OS on the LPAR manager is changed to
a different one.
When a VNIC System No used by another LPAR

manager is re-used, the same MAC address of
shared NIC or virtual NIC might be created.
LPAR manager firmware version
59-21 or later/79-21 or later
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