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specified gateway. If no gateway is specified, it is assumed that the management station is on the
same subnet as the external GE IP address, so no route is created on the GE port processor. Only a
route on the CP is created with the internal GE port processor inband device address as the
gateway.
The routes configured using the portCfg inbandmgmt command behave differently than the normal
routes configured using the portCfg iproute command, but the routes still use entries from the
routing table. There is a limit of 40 total routes allowed to be configured for each GE port. Also note
that the portCfg inbandmgmt <port> routeadd command must be configured even if the
management station is attached to the same subnet as an IPIF on the GE port specified. This is
because a route entry is still needed for the CP to be able to communicate.

Setting the IP address for the 7500s

Setting the IP address on the GE port allows the 7500 to talk to the management station.
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the portCfg ipif command to configure an IP address on the GE interface of each of the
7500s.
switch:admin> portcfg ipif ge0 create 192.168.3.10 255.255.255.0 1500

Setting the IP address for the CP Inband Management interface

The portCfg inbandmgmt command stores the IP address of the CP Inband Management interface
and routes in the configuration database and updates the current configuration to use these new
settings. To add the IP address to the internal interface on the CP, use the cp option for the
portCfg inbandmgmt ipaddrset command.
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the portCfg inbandmgmt command to configure an IP address on the CP.
switch:admin> portcfg inbandmgmt ge0 ipaddrset cp 192.168.255.1 255.255.255.0

Setting the IP address for the GE Inband Management interface

To set the IP address on the internal interface for the GE port processor, use the ge option for the
portCfg inbandmgmt ipaddrset command. This command sets the appropriate interface based on
the GE port number entered.
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the portCfg inbandmgmt command to configure an IP address to the internal interface
on the GE port processor.
switch:admin> portcfg inbandmgmt ge0 ipaddrset ge 192.168.255.2 255.255.255.0

Adding an Inband Management route on the CP

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the portCfg inbandmgmt command to add a route to the Management Station.
switch:admin> portcfg inbandmgmt ge0 routeadd 192.168.3.0 255.255.255.0