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Stinger® MS+ Getting Started Guide
Configuring the Control Module and System Timing
Providing a basic system IP configuration
198.5.248.40/32
Host routes are routes to a single host, rather than to a network or subnet. This is
determined by the fact that a 32-bit netmask does not allow for any host addresses on
the network, other than the single address that is specified. It is, in effect, a
one-address subnet.
Assigning the Ethernet IP addresses
A Stinger unit creates an IP interface for the Ethernet port of the control module. Use
the Dir command to list the IP interfaces, as follows:
admin> dir ip-interface
18 03/06/2003 16:36:32 { { any-shelf any-slot 0 } 0 }
29 03/06/2003 16:27:57 { { shelf-1 first-control-module 1 } 0 }
The IP interface profile identified as,
first-control-module 1
, refers to the IP
interface of the first (and only) physical Ethernet port on the control module in the
Stinger MS+ chassis. The IP-Interface profile with the zero index (the default
any-shelf any-slot
index) is reserved for the soft interface of the unit, which is
described in “Defining the soft IP interface” on page 5-12.
Note
The designation,
first-control-module
, refers to the slot position of the
control module in Stinger units that support redundant control modules. There is
only one control module slot in Stinger MS+ units. This slot is referred to as slot
8
or
first-control-module
in the TAOS interface to maintain the uniformity of the
TAOS interface across the Stinger product line.
The following commands assign the address 1.1.1.56/24 to the ethernet interface on
the control module:
admin> read ip-interface { { shelf-1 8 1 } 0 }
IP-INTERFACE/{ { shelf-1 first-control-module 1 } 0 } read
admin> set ip-address = 1.1.1.56/24
admin> write
IP-INTERFACE/{ { shelf-1 first-control-module 1 } 0 } written
After you assign IP addresses, you can verify that the Stinger unit is a valid IP host on
its configured network by pinging other network hosts, as shown in the following
example:
admin> ping 1.1.1.56
PING 1.1.1.56: 56 Data bytes
64 bytes from 1.1.1.56: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.56: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0 ms
^C
--- 1.1.1.56: Ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/0 ms
Defining the soft IP interface
A Stinger unit supports a soft IP interface that can be assigned its own IP address. the
address of the soft IP interface becomes a second (proxy) address for Ethernet port on
the primary or only control module in the unit. In Stinger models that support
redundant control modules, this soft address can be reached through the Ethernet
interface of whichever control module is the primary control module. Therefore,
