HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide

The initial configuration consists of the following:
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Setting the user name TBD, password as TBD with the highest privilege level of 15
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Configuring the static IP address and the default gateway
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Configuring the SNMP read/write community strings
Before applying the initial configuration procedure, please obtain the following information from the
network administrator:
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The IP address to be assigned to a VLAN through which the device is managed.
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The IP subnet mask for the network
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The default gateway
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The read and write SNMP community strings
Static IP Address and Subnet Mask
Before assigning a static IP address to the PC Blade Switch, obtain the following information:
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A specific IP address that has been allocated to the PC Blade Switch for it to be configured
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Network mask for the network
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Default gateway
You can configure IP interfaces on each VLAN of the switch. After entering the configuration commands,
HP recommends checking that a VLAN was configured with the IP address by typing the enable show
ip interface command. The commands to configure the PC Blade Switch are VLAN-specific.
To manage the PC Blade Switch from a remote network, you must configure an interface with a valid
address and mask, which is an IP address to where packets are sent when no entries are found in the
switch tables.
To configure a static address, type the command at the system prompt as shown in the following
configuration example, where:
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192.168.1.123/24 is the specific management station
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The IP address is defined on the appropriate VLAN
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The default gateway is defined as 192.168.1.1
Odd ports 1-41, 42, 45, and 46 are in VLAN 1. Even ports 2-40, 43, and 44 are in VLAN 2.
console# > enable
console# configure
console(config)# interface vlan 1
console(config-if)# ip address 192.168.1.123 255.255.255.0
console(config-if)# exit
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