HP Onboard Administrator - Manual (Page 124)

Configuring the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure and enclosure devices 124
addresses one by one to the server blades and interconnect modules, bypass configuring Enclosure Bay IP
Addressing.
Difference between the BladeSystem network and the management network used by the Onboard
Administrator
There is an important difference between the network the BladeSystem is connected to and the management
network the Onboard Administrator uses. EBIPA assigns IP fixed DHCP addresses for the iLO processors that
are bridged through the Onboard Administrator. Do not confuse EBIPA with port mapping for the server
blade NICs, network routers, or switches. EBIPA is used for management interfaces only; EBIPA does not
assign IP addresses for any other device on the network and cannot be used as a DHCP server on the data
network.
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 the 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 IPv4 address 16.100.226.21 for EBIPA bay 1, then using the Autofill feature,
bays 1 through 16 are assigned consecutive IP addresses in the range 16.100.226.21 to 16.100.226.36.
If you specify 16.200.139.51 for interconnect bay 3 and use the feature, interconnect bays 3 through 8 are
assigned consecutive IP addresses in the range 16.200.139.51 to 16.200.139.56.
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 use fixed IP addresses for management processors, then the Onboard Administrator hponcfg
command can be used to send the iLO network settings RIBCL script to an iLO if that iLO already has an IP
address. EBIPA can be used to bootstrap IP addresses to iLOs, so that Onboard Administrator hponcfg
command can be used to send configuration scripts to those iLOs. Changes to iLO network settings results in
that iLO resetting the network interface and breaking the current connections for a few seconds.
If you have double dense server blades, do not configure EBIPA settings for the base bays. You must
configure EBIPA 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 the bay
where you specify the first IP address in the range (for example, if you specify the IP address for bay 1A and
use the Autofill feature, bays 2A, 3A, and so on are assigned consecutive addresses).
To specify IP addresses for interconnect module management bays, use the Interconnect Bays tab.
To apply all settings, click Apply.