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Configuration of the Dedicated Network Port “M”
The dedicated network port of a 7063-CR2 HMC is the port between the two USB ports and the VGA port. It is labeled “M” on the case. In the image below, this port is also marked “M“:
Configuring this port for the BMC is possible via Petitboot. To do this, the HMC must be booted by Reboot, Ctrl-Alt-Del or switching it off and on.
The menu item “Exit to shell” must then be selected in Petitboot:
An IP address can be configured with the ipmitool command. The dedicated network port is addressed by ipmitool as “lan 2” (“lan 1” is the shared network port).
The current configuration can be displayed using “ipmitool lan print”:
# ipmitool lan print 2
Set in Progress : Set Complete
Auth Type Support :
Auth Type Enable : Callback :
: User :
: Operator :
: Admin :
: OEM :
IP Address Source : Static Address
IP Address : 10.0.0.1
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.192
MAC Address : 08:94:ef:81:c5:46
Default Gateway IP : 0.0.0.0
802.1q VLAN ID : Disabled
Cipher Suite Priv Max : Not Available
Bad Password Threshold : Not Available
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First, a static IP address should be set, in our case 172.168.99.17 with netmask 255.255.255.0 and default gateway 172.168.99.1:
# ipmitool lan set 2 ipsrc static
# ipmitool lan set 2 ipaddr 172.168.99.17
Setting LAN IP Address to 172.168.99.17
# ipmitool lan set 2 defgw ipaddr 172.168.99.1
Setting LAN Default Gateway IP to 172.168.99.1
# ipmitool lan set 2 netmask 255.255.255.0
Setting LAN Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0
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The BMC should then be reachable via this IP address:
$ ping 172.168.99.17
PING 172.168.99.17 (172.168.99.17) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 172.168.99.17: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.735 ms
64 bytes from 172.168.99.17: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.483 ms
64 bytes from 172.168.99.17: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.521 ms
^C
--- 172.168.99.17 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2000ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.483/0.579/0.735/0.114 ms
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