Silicon Graphics Altix 350, Quick Start Manual

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3. To power up the system, enter the L2 command “pwr u”
001-L2>pwr u
001-L2>
4. When the L2 prompt returns, enter a “cntrl d” to break in to the console.
This will show the output of the power on boot process.
This will get you to a EFI SHELL prompt.
Connecting the L2 Controller to a Local Ethernet Network
The L2 controller can be configured with a static IP address or the L2 controller will obtain an IP
address from a DHCP server on the network.
Use the following steps to configure your optional L2 controller with a static IP address:
Step 1 can be omitted if the L2 controller will use DHCP.
1. From the L2 prompt, enter the command “ip”
001-L2>ip aaa.bb.cc.ddd 255.255.255.0 aaa.bb.cc.255
The first sting is the system IP address. Contact your network administrator for your system
IP address. The second string is netmask, and the third string is the broadcast address. The
first three sections of the broadcast address are the same as the system IP address.
2. Assign the system name using the command “sysname”
001-L2>sysname (your system name)
3. To prevent L2s from different systems from communicating with each other, enable the multi
system option “msys”
001-L2>msys on
4. Finally, reboot the L2 controller.
001-L2>reboot_l2