HP Onboard Administrator - Manual (Page 125)

Configuring the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure and enclosure devices 125
Servers in the device bays automatically acquire the device bay EBIPA addresses within a few minutes, but
the interconnect switch modules must be manually restarted by clicking the Virtual Power button on each
Onboard Administrator Interconnect Module information page.
Setting up your enclosure using EBIPA without an active network connection
1. Configure a static IP for each Onboard Administrator using Insight Display, and note the active OA
Service IP address on the Insight Display Enclosure Info screen. Attach the client PC to the enclosure
Service Port (Enclosure Link Up connector) between the OA bays with a standard Ethernet patch cable.
The client PC NIC must be configured for DHCP because it acquires an IP address in the range
169.254.x.y approximately 1 minute later.
2. Launch a web browser (or alternatively a Telnet or SSH session), and select the Onboard Administrator
Service IP address as displayed in the enclosure Insight Display on the Enclosure Info screen.
3. Using the administrative password attached to the active Onboard Administrator, log in to the Onboard
Administrator as Administrator.
4. Enable Device Bay EBIPA with a starting fixed IP address and enable Interconnect Bay EBIPA with a
different starting IP address.
Clicking the Autofill button creates as many sequential, fixed IP addresses as needed. The subnet mask,
gateway, DNS servers, NTP servers, and domain are also copied to each of the consecutive bays in the
list. Alternatively, you can assign individual fixed IP addresses by manually entering the desired IP
address in the EBIPA Address field for the specific bay. The subnet mask, gateway, DNS servers, NTP
servers, and domain can be same or different for each bay.
NOTE: The Autofill button only fills all address fields if the associated address field with the first
address in the list is clicked. For example, Autofill for address 1 will fill addresses 1-16, Autofill for
address 2 will fill 2-16, and so on.
After you apply settings, servers in the device bays automatically acquire the device bay EBIPA
addresses within a few minutes, but the interconnect switch modules must be manually restarted by
clicking the Virtual Power button on each Onboard Administrator Interconnect Module information
page.
5. To verify that the server blade iLO addresses have been set according to the EBIPA starting IP address
and range, use the Onboard Administrator Device list.