Saving And Restoring The Configuration File; Configuring An I/O Module; What To Configure - IBM eServer BladeCenter T8720 Installation And User Manual

v Specify the IP address to use for this interface. The IP addresses for the internal
v (Optional) Configure the locally-administered MAC address for this interface; the
Configuring management ports on I/O modules
Under I/O Module Tasks, click Management; then, click the bay number that
corresponds to the I/O module that you are configuring.
v In the New Static IP address fields, specify the IP address to use for this
v Click Advanced Management → Advanced setup. Enable the external ports.
v Click Advanced Management → Advanced setup. (Optional) Enable external

Saving and restoring the configuration file

After you have configured the management module, you can save the configuration
file to a drive attached to the system running the management-module Web
interface. Then, if the configuration in the management module becomes damaged
or if the management module is replaced, you can restore the saved configuration
file to the management module. Use the management-module Web interface to
save and restore the configuration file (MM Control → Configuration File).

Configuring an I/O module

To connect any of the blade servers to the network, you must have an Ethernet
switch module installed in I/O-module bay 1 or 2, or a pass-thru module in
I/O-module bay 1 or 2 connected to an external Ethernet switch. If you have an I/O
expansion option installed on one or more blade servers, you must have compatible
I/O modules (switch modules or other compatible modules) in I/O module bays 3 or
4. See "Removing and installing I/O modules" on page 44 for information about the
location and purpose of each I/O module.

What to configure

You must configure switch-module IP addresses and subnet masks through the
management-module Web interface to communicate with the management module
and remote management station. This is in addition to the IP addresses that are
configured on the management module. You might also have to use the user
interface on the switch module to configure the switch external ports to operate in
the correct link aggregation (trunking) mode, or to configure any VLANs or other
special conditions.
To allow blade servers to communicate with the network, make sure that the
External ports configuration item in the management module is set to Enabled. In
the management-module Web interface, under I/O Module Tasks, click
Management → Bay n → Advanced Management → Advanced Setup and enable
the item (where n is the number of the I/O bay).
To access the user interface using external ports on the switch module, make sure
that the External management over all ports configuration item is set to enabled.
See your network administrator before enabling this feature.
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Ethernet port (eth1) and external Ethernet port (eth0) must be on the same
subnet.
other fields (data rate, duplex mode, maximum transmission unit (MTU), and
burned-in MAC address) are read-only.
interface. The new static IP address must be on the same subnet as the internal
network interface (eth1).
management.