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Defining the command view management port, Enabling bonding – HP StorageWorks 8000 NAS User Manual

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56 Configuring Your System and Network

Defining the Command View Management Port

The Command View Management Port lets you define a secure port through

which the NAS server and the Command View NAS web interface can

communicate. The port is defined by port designation such as eth0 and eth1;

it is not defined by IP address. eth0 is

always

the on-board port and is the

default management port.
To define the management port you must use the command line interface

rather than Command View NAS (see Appendix E, Command View NAS

Command Line Interface for directions on accessing the command line

interface).
To set the management port:
setSystemManagementNetworkCard ethX
To verify that the management port has been set up correctly:
getSystemManagementNetworkCard
This command will return the name of your management port.

Note

You will be able to communicate with the Command View

NAS only through the designated management port with the IP

configuration that you have designated for that port.

If you change the port to a non-configured port, you will not

be able to communicate with the server.

Enabling Bonding

When you configure NIC ports, you may enable bonding through the

command line interface rather than Command View NAS (see Appendix E for

directions on accessing the command line interface). The bonding mechanism

allows for failover of NIC ports when one of the NIC ports fails or abnormally

terminates.
To bond the ports take the following steps:

Configure the first port manually (this can be done through the Command

View NAS or using the command line interface)

setNetworkCardIpAddress ethX X.X.X.X (first parameter is the port

designation and second parameter is the IP address).

setNetworkCardBroadcastAddress ethX X.X.X.X (first parameter is

the port designation and second parameter is the broadcast address).