Brocade Virtual ADX Installation and Deployment Guide (Supporting ADX v03.1.00) - Manual (Page 62)

Single IP address for Management Port
In order to eliminate the redundancy of reserving two IP address for each ADX device (the IP address
owned by operating system and the IP address owned by the Virtual ADX management interface), this
feature enables the use of single IP address, routing table and ARP table between the Virtual ADX
and Linux guest OS. A single NIC interface is shared between the Virtual ADX management interface
and Linux kernel.
A typical deployment will have four interfaces which include three data ports and one management
port. You can add more data ports based on the requirement.
The Linux interface can be configured in the following three ways (in the order of preference):
• Enable DHCP for configuring IP address and default gateway.
When the Linux boots up, the management interface (mgmt1) gets the IP address and gateway
through the DHCP server. Later on, when the Virtual ADX management interface comes up, it reads
the IP address, MAC address, ARP table and route table from the Linux kernel.
• Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-mgmt1 script for configuring static IP addresses and
default gateway. Restart the network interface after editing the above script to retain the port
configuration across the reboots.
• Use ifconfig commands. Reconfigure the port after every reboot.
For more information on configuration commands, refer section Using the Management Port in the
Brocade Virtual ADX Administration Guide.
Accessing Linux console from Brocade Virtual ADX Management
Interface
Authorized users connected to Brocade Virtual ADX management interface via Telnet or SSH can
access the Linux console. As an authorized user, you can access the Linux console using the key
combination "ctrl + y + m" method when connected via a console. When connected through SSH or
Telnet, use the linux-console command. The Linux console considers /opt/ADX/ as the current
working directory. Access is provided only to those users who have provided credentials (username
and password) during the Telnet/SSH login. All user activities are captured using event logs. Session
management functions such as displaying the currently active session, configuring the idle time out
and terminating the active session can be managed from the Brocade Virtual ADX management
interface.
Executing Linux application commands from Virtual ADX
Management Interface
The Virtual ADX CLI supports some Linux commands in privileged mode for your convenience. Use
"Ctrl+c" to interrupt the execution of Linux commands. Following is a list of supported commands:
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