Intel SBX82 manual Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers

The service processor in your blade server provides the following features:

•Continuous health monitoring and control

•Configurable notification and alerts

•Event logs that are timestamped, saved in nonvolatile memory, and can be attached to e-mail alerts

•Remote graphics console redirection

•Point-to-point protocol (PPP) support

•Remote power control

•Remote firmware update and access to critical server settings

•Around-the-clock access to the blade server, even if the server is turned off

At some time, you might have to flash the service processor to apply the latest firmware. Download the latest firmware for your blade server service processor from the Intel Support Web site. Use the management-module Web interface to flash the service processor. The Web interface is described in

the Intel® Server Management Module SBCECMM: Installation and User’s Guide.

Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers

Two Ethernet controllers are integrated on the blade server system board. Each controller provides a 1000-Mbps full-duplex interface for connecting to one of the Ethernet-compatible switch modules in I/O module bays 1 and 2, which enables simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet local area network (LAN). Each Ethernet controller on the system board is routed to a different switch module in I/O module bay 1 or bay 2. The routing from Ethernet controller to I/O module bay will vary based on blade server type and the operating system that is installed. See “Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration” on page 55 for information about how to determine the routing from Ethernet controller to I/O module bay for your blade server.

You do not have to set any jumpers or configure the controllers for the blade server operating system. However, you must install a device driver to enable the blade server operating system to address the Ethernet controllers. For device drivers and information about configuring your Ethernet controllers, see the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Software CD that comes with your blade server.

Your Ethernet controllers support failover, which provides automatic redundancy for your Ethernet controllers. Without failover, you can have only one Ethernet controller from each server attached to each virtual LAN or subnet. With failover, you can configure more than one Ethernet controller from each server to attach to the same virtual LAN or subnet. Either one of the integrated Ethernet controllers can be configured as the primary Ethernet controller. If you have configured the controllers for failover and the primary link fails, the secondary controller takes over. When the primary link is restored, the Ethernet traffic switches back to the primary Ethernet controller. (See your operating system device driver documentation for information about configuring for failover.)

Important: To support failover on the blade server Ethernet controllers, the Ethernet switch modules in the SBCE unit must have identical configurations to each other.

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