Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX200 S8, Upgrade And Maintenance Manual

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RX200 S8
Upgrade and Maintenance Manual 83
Basic software procedures
kudzu
, the hardware configuration tool for Red Hat Linux, will launch at boot
and detect the new and / or changed hardware on your system.
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kudzu may not launch at boot depending on the client’s environment.
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Select Keep Configuration and Ignore to complete the boot process.
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Use the vi text editor to specify the MAC address in the
HWADDR
section of
the ifcfg-eth<x> file:
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The MAC address can be found on the type label attached to the
system board or network controller.
Example:
In order to modify the definition file for network controller 1, enter the
following command:
# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
In vi , specify the new MAC address as follows:
HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
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Save and close the definition file.
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For the changes to take effect, you need to reboot the network by entering
the following command:
# service network restart
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If the system board or network controller offers multiple LAN ports, it is
necessary to update the remaining
ifcfg-eth<x> definition files
accordingly.
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Update the NIC configuration file to reflect the new card sequence and MAC
address.
5.2.13 Enabling BitLocker functionality
If BitLocker Drive Encryption has been disabled for maintenance purposes (see
section
"Disabling BitLocker functionality" on page 63 ), it has to be re-enabled
to complete the service task.