Configuring An Explicit Server Ip Address - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Installation Manual

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Configuring an explicit server IP address

Configuring an explicit server IP address

If you selected a specific IP address from the Server IP Configuration screen during installation and
the selected IP address changes, you will not be able to connect to the server. To connect to the
new IP address, you must manually update the IP address information.
To change the IP address, complete the following steps.
1. Choose one of the following options:
2. Click Next on the Welcome screen.
3. Click Yes on the confirmation message.
4. Click Next on the FTP Server screen.
5. Complete the following steps on the Server IP Configuration screen.
6. Click Next on the Server Configuration screen.
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8. Verify your Server Name on the Server Configuration Summary screen and click Next.
9. Click Finish on the Start Server screen.
10. Click Yes on the restart server confirmation message.
11. Enter your user name and password and click Login.
12. Click OK on the Login Banner.
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On Windows systems, select Start > Programs > Network Advisor 12.0.0 > Network
Advisor Configuration.
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On UNIX systems, execute sh Install_Home/bin/configwizard in terminal.
a. Select an address from the Server IP Configuration list.
b. Select an address from the Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list.
NOTE
The host name does not display in the list if it contains invalid characters. Valid characters
include alphanumeric and dash (-) characters. The IP address is selected by default. If the
an IPv6 address is selected, server startup will fail.
If DNS is not configured for your network, do not select the "hostname" option from either
the Server IP Configuration or Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list.
Selecting the "hostname" option prevents clients and devices from communicating with
the server.
c. Click Next.
(SAN with SMI Agent or SAN with SMI Agent + IP packages) Click Next on the SMI Agent
Configuration screen.
The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively.
NOTE
Do not enter Domain\User_Name in the User ID field for LDAP server authentication.
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