PowerConnect B-DCX4S Backbone Hardware Reference Manual
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Setting the IP addresses
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1. Log in to the active CP as admin using the serial cable connection.
2. Set up the PowerConnect B-DCX-4S IP address by entering the ipaddrset -chassis command:
swDir:admin>
ipAddrSet -chassis
Enter the information at the prompts. Specify the -chassis IP address. The -sw 0 IP address is
no longer valid on this chassis.
NOTE
The addresses 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.0.255 are reserved and used internally by the
PowerConnect B-DCX-4S. External IPs must not use these addresses.
3. Set up the CP0 IP address by entering the ipaddrset -cp 0 command:
swDir:admin>
ipAddrSet -cp 0
Enter the information at the prompts.
4. Set up the CP1 IP address by entering the ipaddrset -cp 1 command:
swDir:admin>
ipAddrSet -cp 1
Enter the information at the prompts.
This is a sample IP configuration:
swDir:admin>
ipaddrset -chassis
Ethernet IP Address [0.0.0.0]: 123.123.123.120
Ethernet Subnetmask [0.0.0.0]: 123.123.123.123
Fibre Channel IP Address [0.0.0.0]:
Fibre Channel Subnetmask [0.0.0.0]:
Issuing gratuitous ARP...Done.
Committing configuration...Done.
swDir:admin>
ipaddrset -cp 0
Host Name [cp0]:
Ethernet IP Address [10.77.77.75]: 123.123.123.121
Ethernet Subnetmask [0.0.0.0]: 123.123.123.123
Gateway IP Address [0.0.0.0]: 123.123.123.124
IP address is being changed...Done.
Committing configuration...Done.
swDir:admin>
ipaddrset -cp 1
Host Name [cp1]:
Ethernet IP Address [10.77.77.74]: 123.123.123.122
Ethernet Subnetmask [0.0.0.0]: 123.123.123.123
Gateway IP Address [0.0.0.0]: 123.123.123.124
IP address of remote CP is being changed...Done.
Committing configuration...Done.
swDir:admin>
reboot
5. Type reboot to reboot the PowerConnect B-DCX-4S.
