HP ProCurve 6600 manual J-16

Network Out-of-Band Management (OOBM) for the 6600 Switch

Tasks

The CLI commands that follow would accomplish those tasks. (The first time through the process you might easily make the omission shown near the end of the example.)

Switch	41# config
Switch	41(config)# vlan 1
Switch 41(vlan-1)# ip address 10.1.129.7/20				Set up IP address on data network.
Switch 41(vlan-1)# end					Exit back to manager context.
Switch 41# show oobm				Look at default OOBM configuration.
Global Configuration		: Yes
OOBM	Enabled
OOBM	Port Type	: 10/100TX
OOBM	Interface Status	: Up			Defaults look appropriate.
OOBM	Port	: Enabled
OOBM	Port Speed	: Auto
Switch	41# config
Switch	41(config)# oobm				Go to OOBM context and
Switch	41(oobm)# ip address 10.255.255.41/24				add IP address and
Switch	41(oobm)# ip default-gateway 10.255.255.1				default gateway.
Switch	41(oobm)# end				Exit back to manager context.
Switch 41# ping 10.1.131.44			Ping server in this rack (on data network).
10.1.131.44 is alive, time = 19 ms
Switch 41# ping 10.1.131.51					Ping server in adjacent rack.
10.1.131.51 is alive, time = 15 ms
Switch 41# ping 10.255.255.42					Ping switch in adjacent rack.
The destination address is unreachable.			Oops! It’s on the management network.
Switch 41# ping source oobm 10.255.255.42				Go through the management port
10.255.255.42 is alive, time = 2 ms					and it works fine.
Switch	41#

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