Nortel Networks 4050 About the IP addresses, Management IP address, Portal Virtual IP address

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4Establish a console connection to the Nortel SNAS 4050 (see “Establishing a console connection” on page 770).

About the IP addresses

Management IP address

The Management IP address (MIP) identifies the Nortel SNAS 4050 in the network. In a multi-Nortel SNAS 4050 solution, the MIP is an IP alias to one of the Nortel SNAS 4050 devices in the cluster and identifies the cluster. The MIP always resides on a master Nortel SNAS 4050 device. If the master Nortel SNAS 4050 that currently holds the MIP fails, the MIP automatically migrates to a functional master Nortel SNAS 4050. In order to configure the Nortel

SNAS 4050 or Nortel SNAS 4050 cluster remotely, you connect to the MIP using Telnet (for the CLI) or SSH (for the CLI or the SREM).

Portal Virtual IP address

The portal Virtual IP address (pVIP) is the address assigned to the Nortel SNAS 4050 device’s web portal server. The pVIP is the address to which clients connect in order to access the Nortel SNA network. While the client is in the Red VLAN and the Nortel SNAS 4050 is acting as DNS server, the pVIP is the DNS server IP address. Although it is possible to assign more than one pVIP to a Nortel SNAS 4050 device, Nortel recommends that each Nortel SNAS 4050 have only one pVIP. When the Nortel SNAS 4050 portal is configured as a captive portal, the pVIP is used to load balance logon requests.

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