HP Onboard Administrator - Manual (Page 130)

Configuring the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure and enclosure devices 130
NOTE: The Onboard Administrator documentation refers to EBIPA IP addresses as "fixed IP
addresses" or "fixed DHCP addresses," meaning that each of these addresses is an IP address
permanently associated with a specific bay number independent of the actual device currently
attached to the bay.
NOTE: EBIPA enforces unique IP addresses for all bays, even if bays are on a different VLAN.
If the server blade iLO is configured for an EBIPA fixed IP address, it carries that address when the blade is
moved to another enclosure.
If the server blades are set for DHCP and Onboard Administrator is configured for EBIPA addressing for that
bay, iLO will obtain an EBIPA configured IP address when it is plugged into that enclosure.
The server blade iLO defaults to DHCPv6 addressing, which is obtained through the network connector of the
Active Onboard Administrator. Interconnect modules that have an internal management network connection
to the Onboard Administrator might also default to DHCPv6 addressing.
The Onboard Administrator GUI lists the IPv6 address for the server blade iLO bay and the interconnect
module management bay.
Configuring fixed IP addresses for server blade and interconnect bays
NOTE: For EBIPA IPv6 fixed addresses to be successfully configured, the Enable IPv6 setting must
be enabled. To enable this setting, use the First Time Setup Wizard Network IPv6 Settings screen
or the Enclosure Settings IPv6 Settings tab.
The Enable SLAAC and Enable DHCPv6 settings have no effect on EBIPA IPv6 functionality.
If your facility prefers fixed IP address assignment, you can specify unique fixed addresses individually for
each of the server blade iLO bays and interconnect module management bays, or you can use EBIPA to
assign a range of fixed IP addresses to individual server blade and interconnect module bays. If you specify
fixed addresses individually, the subnet mask, gateway, DNS servers, NTP servers, and domain can be the
same or different for each bay. If you use EBIPA to assign a range of fixed addresses, you must specify the
first IP address in a range (and subnet mask); when you click the Autofill down arrow button for that bay, the
bays listed below that bay are automatically assigned consecutive IP addresses. The subnet mask, gateway,
DNS servers, NTP servers, and domain are also copied to each of the consecutive bays in the list.
For example, if you specify IPv6 address 12002:1064:fa85::1064:fa85/64 for EBIPA bay 1, then using the
Autofill feature, bays 1 through 16 are assigned consecutive IP addresses in the range
2002:1064:fa85::1064:fa85/64 to 2002:1064:fa85::1064:fa94/64. If you specify
2002:1064:fa85::1064:fa95/64 for interconnect bay 3 and use the feature, interconnect bays 3 through
8 are assigned consecutive IP addresses in the range 2002:1064:fa85::1064:fa95/64 to
2002:1064:fa85::1064:fa9a/64.
IMPORTANT: Do not use the fe80::/10 prefix when configuring EBIPA-assigned addresses, as
this network prefix is reserved for link local SLAAC addresses.
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.
If you have double dense server blades, do not configure EBIPA settings for the base bays. You must
configure EBIPA settings in the Device Bay Double Dense Side A and Device Bay Double Dense Side B tabs,
using the double dense convention (for example, assigning addresses to 1A, 2A, and so on; 1B, 2B, and so
on). Using the Autofill feature in either of these tabs assigns consecutive IP addresses to the bays listed below