Configure the Service Processor Network Management Port

Use this procedure only when:

• You are unable to use DHCP on your network.

• You need to modify the ILOM service processor network management port settings.

In this procedure, you connect to the ILOM service processor using the serial management port to manually reconfigure the network management port.

1. Set these network parameters according to the specific details of your network configuration:
   • /SP/network state – Specifies whether the service processor is on the network or not
   • /SP/network pendingipaddress – IP address of the service processor
   • /SP/network pendingipgateway – IP address of the gateway for the subnet
   • /SP/network pendingipnetmask – Netmask for the service processor subnet
   • /SP/network pindingipdiscovery - Specifies whether the service processor uses DHCP or static IP address assignment
   • /SP/network commitpending - Commits the service processor to use the pending settings

   Configure these parameters with the set command. The usage is as follows: set target property=value where /SP/network is the target and pendingipaddress=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, for example, is the property=value.

2. Configure the service processor using information from your network administrator.

   Your choices are:

   • dhcp - Set up the network connection with a dynamically created IP configuration.

   • static - Set up the network connection with a static IP configuration.

   1. If you choose to use a dynamically created IP address (use DHCP to retrieve the network setting), set pendingipdiscovery to dhcp.

      -> set /SP/network pendingipdiscovery=dhcp 
      Set 'pendingipdiscovery' to 'dhcp' 

   2. If you choose to configure a static IP configuration. set the parameters pendingipdiscovery, pendingipaddress, pendingipgateway, and pendingipnetmask as follows.
      1. Set the service processor

         -> set /SP/network pendingipdiscovery=static 
         Set 'pendingipdiscovery' to 'static' 

      2. to accept a static IP address.
      3. Set the IP address for the service processor.

         -> set /SP/network pendingipaddress=service-processor-IPaddr 
         Set 'pendingipaddress' to 'service-processor-IPaddr' 

      4. Set the IP address for the service processor gateway.

         -> set /SP/network pendingipgateway=gateway-IPaddr 
         Set 'pendingipgateway' to 'gateway-IPaddr' 

      5. Set the netmask for the service processor.

         -> set /SP/network pendingipnetmask=255.255.255.0 
         Set 'pendingipnetmask' to '255.255.255.0' 

         This example uses 255.255.255.0 to set the netmask. Your network environment subnet might require a different netmask. Use a netmask number most appropriate to your environment.

3. Use the show /SP/network command to verify that the parameters were set correctly.

   The following example shows parameters that have been set to convert a service processor from a dhcp configuration to a static configuration

   -> show /SP/network 
     /SP/network 
        Targets: 
        Properties: 
            commitpending = (Cannot show property) 
            dhcp_server_ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
            ipaddress = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
            ipdiscovery = dhcp 
            ipgateway = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
            ipnetmask = 255.255.252.0 
            macaddress = 00:14:4F:3F:8C:AF 
            pendingipaddress = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
            pendingipdiscovery = static 
            pendingipgateway = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
            pendingipnetmask = 255.255.255.0 
            state = enabled 
        Commands: 
            cd 
            set 
            show 
   -> 

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   Note - After setting the configuration parameters, you must enter the set /SP/network commitpending=true command for the new values to take affect.

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4. Commit the changes to the service processor network parameters.

   -> set /SP/network commitpending=true 
   Set 'commitpending' to 'true' 

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   Note - You can run the show /SP/network command again (after performing the set /SP/network commitpending=true command) to verify that the parameters have been updated.

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