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6.
Specify the number of ports on the tiered appliance using the Web interface, the VCS, or the
OSCAR interface.
7.
Repeat steps 2 to 6 for all appliances.
Configuring tiering for the maximum number of target devices
Tiering the maximum number of 2048 target devices requires you to connect 16 IBM Local 2x8
Console Manager (LCM2) appliances to the ARI ports of one GCM2 or GCM4 appliance.
From the eight ARI ports on the LCM2 secondary appliances, you can either tier eight IBM 2x16
Console Switch appliances or you can daisy-chain 16 target devices.
Table 2.1: Earlier model switches configuration for the (2048(maximum number of target devices
Primary
GCM2 or GCM4
To configure the maximum number of 2048 target devices, complete the following steps:
1.
Use a Cat5 cable to connect each of the 16 ARI ports on a single GCM2 or GCM4 appliance to
the ACI port on each of the 16 LCM2 appliances.
2.
Tier additional appliances or chain additional target devices to the ARI ports on each of the
LCM2 appliance.
•
To tier another level of appliances: Use a Cat5 cable to connect each of the eight ARI ports
on each tiered LCM2 appliance to the ACI port on each of the eight 2x16 Console Switch
appliances
•
To daisy-chain target devices from the secondary tier: Connect a chain of 16 target devices
to each of the eight ARI ports on each tiered LCM2 appliance.
Configuration options and default authentication
This section compares the local and remote configuration options and the default authentication
needed for accessing each option. The appliance has a default user account configured with
username Admin and no password.
NOTE: For security, assign a password to the Admin account immediately the first time you access any of the
configuration options.
Configure user access to the target devices in the switching system by using one or a combination
of the local and remote options.
Secondary
Up to 16 LCM2 2x8 appliances
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Tertiary
Eight 2x16 console switch appliances (each
with 16 target devices connected)
-or-
16 target devices daisy-chained from each of
the ARI ports
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