Setting Management And Configuration Program Options - IBM BladeCenter T Type 8730 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Setting management and configuration program options

From the management and configuration program main menu, you can select
settings that you want to view or change.
The navigation pane (on the left side of the management module window) contains
navigational links that you use to manage the BladeCenter T unit and check the
status of the components (modules and blade servers). The following information
describes the choices that you have to configure the external Ethernet port on the
management module, the internal Ethernet port on the management module, and
the external management port on each I/O module. See the BladeCenter T
Management Module User's Guide on the BladeCenter T Documentation CD that
comes with the BladeCenter T unit for a description of all the navigational links.
Configuring the external Ethernet port
Under MM Control, click Network Interfaces " External Network Interface (eth0).
This is the interface for the remote management and console port.
v Set Interface to Enabled to use the Ethernet connection.
v If you plan to use redundant management modules and want both to use the
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same IP address, disable DHCP and configure and use a static IP address (the
IP configuration information will be transferred to the redundant management