Automatically Assigning A Dynamic Storage System Management Port Ip Address - Dell EMC Unity 480/F Installation And Service Manual

Installation Procedures
Automatically assigning a dynamic storage system
management port IP address
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NOTICE
If you use DHCP to assign IP addresses to any EMC Secure Remote Services (ESRS)
components (ESRS Virtual Edition servers, Policy Manager, or managed devices),
they must have static IP addresses. Leases for the IP addresses that Dell EMC devices
use cannot be set to expire. It is recommended that you assign static IP addresses to
those devices you plan to have managed by ESRS.
Assigning an IP address to a storage system management port dynamically requires
the following:
Network DNS server (with dynamic DNS services enabled)
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Network DHCPv4 server and/or a DHCPv6 server and/or a router advertising
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DNS servers
Connectivity between the storage system, the DHCP server, and the DNS server
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The DHCP server must be configured to automatically register DHCP clients with
Dynamic DNS services. By default, storage systems are configured to use DHCP for IP
assignment and will accept an IP address offered by a network DHCP server.
Perform the following steps to automatically assign an IP address to your storage
system management port:
Procedure
1. After you power up the storage system, check the SP Fault LED.
If the SP Fault LED is solid blue, a management IP address has been
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assigned.
If the SP Fault LED is solid blue for three seconds and then flashes amber
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for one second intervals, no management IP address has been assigned.
Check the connectivity between the system, the DNS server, and the DHCP
server.
2. Open a web browser and access the Unisphere management interface
specifying the following as a URL in the browser's address bar:
serial_number.dns_zone
where
URL string
serial_number
dns_zone
Based on the examples provided in this table, the URL to the storage system
would be FNM00131800283.mylab.emc.com.
Description
Serial number of your storage system. You
can find this in the packing materials that
came with your system (for example,
FNM00131800283). It is also on the PSNT tag
on the front of the DPE.
Network DNS zone on which the storage
system is located (for example,
mylab.emc.com).