Concept Guide

The Host Name dialog box appears.

3. In the Host Name field, enter a new host name for the device. The new host name must have a

minimum of one character and a maximum of 32.

4. Click Apply.

Editing Network Settings

You can configure the IP address of the management interface in the IOA module from the Summary tab

on the

Dashboard page.

Make sure that the configured IP address is in the same subnet as the management device.

1. From the navigation menu, click Dashboard.

2. In the Network Settings section of the Summary tab, click Edit.

The Network Settings dialog box appears.

3. In the IP Address Source field select what type of IP address the management interface has: Static IP

or Dynamic IP.

IP Version and VLAN ID settings appear by default.

4. (Static IP only) In the IP Address field, enter the IP address of the management interface. Dell Blade

I/O Manager only supports IPv4 addresses.

5. (Static IP only) In the Subnet Mask field, enter the subnet mask of the management interface.

6. (Static IP only) In the Gateway field, enter the gateway IP address for the management interface.

7. Click Apply.

8. Reboot the I/O Aggregator device.

NOTE: The Dell Blade I/O Manager user interface might be unreachable after changing network

settings. To refresh Dell Blade I/O Manager, close your web browser and start a new browsing

session.

Resources

The Resources section of the Dashboard page displays bandwidth information for the uplink ports of the

I/O Aggregator device.

This section displays:

• Bandwidth graph — Circle graph displaying the average daily bandwidth usage on the device.

• Average Daily Traffic — Average bandwidth of traffic traversing the uplink ports in the last 24 hours.

• Bandwidth Cap — Total bandwidth capacity of all uplink ports on the device.

Quick Tasks

The Quick Tasks section of the Dashboard page lists links to commonly used tasks in the Dell Blade I/O

Manager:

• VLAN Assignment

NOTE: This link is not available for I/O Aggregator devices in programmable multiplex mode or

FN MXL devices.

• Port Assignments

• Initial Setup