Bull NovaScale 5000 Series, User Manual

Page: 114 / 240

5-16
User’s Guide
EFI Network Setup and Configuration
The EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) Utilities delivered with the system provide a
complete set of TCP/IPv4 network stack and configuration tools. Ethernet adapters utilizing
6 bit UNDI option ROMs are supported.
Important:
To access this feature, please connect the Enterprise network to the embedded
Ethernet board on the IOR (IOB #0). Intel PRO 1000 T and 1000 F adapters are not
supported.
Note:
These utilities are installed in the EFI partition of the system disk in the EFI\Tools directory.
The list and respective manual pages for each utility can be found on the Bull NovaScale
Server Resource CD–Rom.
Network stack configuration commands must be executed after booting to EFI Shell. To
simplify network setup, these commands should be grouped, via an EFI batch script, to form
a single one–line command.
Manual EFI Network Configuration
1. Load the TCP/IP protocol via the EFI load command.
Note:
As the load command does not use the search path to locate protocols, specify the path
and the .efi extension.
fso:\efi\tools\tcpipv4.efi
2. Configure the network interfaces with the ifconfig command:
The simple form of the command is:
ifconfig
<interface>
inet <
ip address
> up
where < ip address > is the address assigned to the system. If the system is connected to
a network that uses subnetting, a subnet mask would also need to be specified as
follows:
ifconfig sni0 inet <
ip address
> netmask <
netmask
> up
where < netmask > is the network mask assigned to the network.
Note:
The TCP/IP stack contains a “lo0” loopback interface which can be optionally be configured
with the “sni0” Ethernet interface if a compatible UNDI Ethernet adapter is installed.
Configuration is performed with the ifconfig command.
3. If multiple network or subnetwork networking is required, set a gateway address for the
appropriate gateway(s) attached to the network, via the route command as follows:
route add <
destination
> <
gateway ip address
>
where < destination > specifies the target network or host and < gateway ip address >
specifies the network gateway address responsible for routing data to the destination.
If default is used for < destination >, a default route will be set.