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Ethernet Management Ports and Redundant Management Processor Modules
Page 6-7
Ethernet Management Ports and Redundant
Management Processor Modules
If redundant
MPXs
both have Ethernet management ports (
EMPs
), both
EMPs
in the switch will
have the same
IP
address if automatic file synchronization is enabled. If both
EMPs
are
plugged into the same subnet, the
UI
will show that there are duplicate
IP
addresses on the
network.
To get around this duplicate
IP
address problem, you must disable automatic file synchroniza-
tion and then you must configure different IP addresses for the two
EMPs
. To do this, perform
the following steps:
1. On the primary management module, enter
syncctl
at the system prompt. (See Setting Automatic Config Synchronization on page 6-15 for
more information on the
syncctl
command.)
2. If automatic file synchronization is already disabled, simply press
<Enter>
. If it is enabled,
enter
disable
at the prompt.
3. Enter
ethernetc
at the prompt. (See Configuring the Ethernet Management Port on page 6-5 for more
information on the
ethernetc
command.)
4. Enter
2=
followed by the
IP
address for the
EMP
on the primary management module.
5. Enter
save
at the prompt to save the
IP
address.
6. Enter
renounce
at the prompt to make the primary management module the secondary module and the
secondary module primary.
7. Log into the now primary management module.
8. On the now primary management module, enter
syncctl
at the system prompt.
9. If automatic file synchronization is already disabled, simply press
<Enter>
. If it is enabled,
enter
disable
at the prompt.
10. Enter
ethernetc
at the prompt.
11. Enter
2=
followed by the
IP
address for the
EMP
on the management module.