Configuring Mergepoint Sp5300 Appliance Network Settings - Avocent MERGEPOINT 53XX SP MANAGER Installer/User Manual

After Bridge mode is enabled, the bridged Ethernet interfaces are referred to as br0; the eth0, eth1
and priv0 are not accessible at the same time.
NOTE: If Bridge mode is enabled, security settings are no longer managed by the MergePoint SP manager.
Instead, the user must configure any required security settings from the service processor attached to the
MergePoint SP manager.

Configuring MergePoint SP5300 appliance network settings

In the Appliance Network Setting window, you can set IP addresses for the Ethernet ports and
configure a DNS server.
A primary and a secondary DNS server may be configured to allow the use of target device names
instead of IP addresses.
You can also set VLAN for each Ethernet interface.
To configure network settings for the MergePoint SP5300 appliance (Admin users
only):
1. Click the Network tab.
2. In the top navigation bar, click Network.
3. Select Eth0 or Eth1 as the default gateway and click Apply.
4. Configure the following fields for the Domain Name System (DNS) server:
a. In the Primary server field, type the IP address of the primary server.
b. In the Secondary server field, type the IP address of the secondary server.
c. In the Domain name field, type the domain name.
d. Click Apply.
5. Click a device link. Configure IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses by entering the following
information in the respective areas.
a. In the MTU field, accept or change the existing value.
b. For the DHCP method, select DHCP.
-or-
For the Static method, select Static and enter the address, subnet mask, gateway in the
fields provided. For IPv4 only, also enter the broadcast in the field provided.
c. Click Apply.
To enable VLAN for the MergePoint SP5300 appliance (Admin users only):
1. Click the Network tab.
2. Click a device link. Configure VLAN for the device:
a. In the ID field, type the ID for the VLAN.
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