Chapter 3: DSM V6000 Hardware Appliance
Configuring a V6000 Appliance
DSM Installation and Configuration Guide
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Configuring IPMI
The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a computer interface specification for autonomous computer
subsystems. IPMI provides remote DSM access to users from different locations. It allows a system administrator to
monitor system health and manage computer events from a remote location. IPMI is not supported by the DSM virtual
appliance.
The IPMI Java console is recommended when setting a boot passphrase for the DSM.
Although not necessary for DSM maintenance and operation, some administrators may find the IPMI features useful.
See
Appendix C: "IPMI" on page 146
, for IPMI best practices in a DSM environment.
The DSM appliance has a dedicated IPMI Ethernet port that is pre-configured with the IP address, 192.168.10.10. The
DSM IPMI Ethernet port is separate from the other two DSM Ethernet ports, see the following figure.
Figure 3-3: IPMI Ethernet port
This section describes how to configure IPMI and access the IPMI management console.
IPMI Ports
To see which ports can be configured for IPMI on the V6000/V6100 DSM hardware appliance, see
Configuring IPMI on the DSM
Before you can use IPMI to configure your DSM V6000/V6100 appliance, you need to configure an IP address, and
enable the KVM port for remote Java console support.
If you want to configure the IPMI Ethernet port IP address to use an IPv6 address, you must do this via the IPMI
GUI—you cannot configure the IPMI Ethernet port IP address via the CLI.
Note
If the HTTP and HTTPS ports are both enabled for IPMI, IPv6 will not work for HTTPS. The workaround is
to either disable HTTP or use IPv4 rather than IPv6.
Configure IPMI IP address:
1. Access the DSM CLI and log on to the CLI console.
2. Enter the
ipmi
submenu, type:
0011:vormetric$ ipmi
0012:ipmi$
3. Set the IPMI IP address using the command
ip set
. Type:
0012:ipmi$ ip set <
ip address
>
4. Set the IPMI net mask using the command
mask set <net mask>
, type:
0013:ipmi$ mask set <
net mask
>
5. Enable the KVM port using the command
port enable kvm
. The KVM port is required for remote Java console
support. At the prompt, type:
0014:ipmi$ port enable kvm