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Address Configuration for Connected Devices
404 AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide
• Bringing the management application up from the service
processor’s command line.
• The console of the server on which the service processor resides, in one of
the following two ways:.
• Invoking ssh with the devconsole command in the following
format
ssh -t allSPs:sp2@172.20.0.1 devconsole
OR
• In the Web Manager on the OnBoard, clicking the “Device Console”
link on the Access Devices screen.
Options for Assigning IP Addresses to Connected
Devices
After the addressing scheme is planned as described in “Address
Configuration for Connected Devices” on page 372, the OnBoard
administrator must do both of the following:
• Assign an IP address in the planned range of addresses when configuring
each device on the OnBoard, as described in “Parameters for Configuring
Devices” on page 50.
• Assign the same IP address on the device itself.
The available options for assigning IP addresses on the connected devices are
summarized in the following bulleted list:
• A device may have a default IP address already assigned.
In most cases, such a default IP address would not be used. Instead an IP
address of the OnBoard administrator’s choosing would probably be
assigned from the site’s private-side device IP addressing scheme, using
one of the other available methods.
• The OnBoard administrator may directly configure a device with a static
IP address.
Configuration of a device’s static IP address would be done using
whatever means are available (such as a service processor’s console port,
the server’s firmware setup, or software running on the server).
• If connected devices are running DHCP client software, then the OnBoard
administrator can assign the desired fixed IP address to the device’s MAC