Enabling management over external ports

Enabling management over external ports

To access and manage your GbE switch module through external interfaces, you must enable the external ports and the ability to manage them. Use the information in the following table to configure your ports.

External management

External ports

Description

 

 

 

Disabled

Disabled

The switch must be managed

 

 

through the management

 

 

module. No traffic is allowed

 

 

on external ports.

 

 

 

Disabled

Enabled

The switch must be managed

 

 

through the management

 

 

module. Data traffic is allowed

 

 

on external ports.

 

 

 

Enabled

Disabled

The switch can be managed

 

 

through the management

 

 

module or a blade server. No

 

 

traffic is allowed on external

 

 

ports.

 

 

 

Enabled

Enabled

The switch can be managed

 

 

through the management

 

 

module, a blade server, or a

 

 

management station connected

 

 

through an external port. Data

 

 

traffic is allowed on external

 

 

ports.

 

 

 

To enable management over external ports, complete the following steps:

1.Log on to the management module as described in the User’s Guide or Command Line Interface Reference Guide for your management module. If necessary, obtain the IP address of the management module from your system administrator. The management-module window opens.

2.Click I/O Module Tasks → Configuration and click the bay number that corresponds to the location of the GbE switch module that you installed.

3.Click Advanced Configuration and ensure that the external management is enabled.

4.Click I/O Module Tasks → Admin/Power/Restart and ensure that the ports are enabled for the GbE switch module that you installed.

Configuring the GbE switch module using Telnet

Your GbE switch module supports a command line interface (CLI) that you can use to configure and control the GbE switch module over the network using the Telnet program. You can use the CLI to perform many basic network management functions. In addition, you can configure the GbE switch module

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