Configuring the SMM on a Switch Board of a VCM5010 Server
You can manage and maintain switch boards using serial ports. Alternatively, you can configure a management IP address for a switch board to remotely manage and maintain the switch board using a switch.
Hardware ConnectionUse a serial cable to connect a PC to the RS232 serial port on the VCM5010 switch board, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Serial port connection
Configuring the SMM Module IP AddressesUse a serial port login tool to set Speed(baud) to 115200, Data bits to 8, Stop bits to 1, Parity to None, and Flow control to None.
For example, Figure 2 shows the serial setting using PuTTY.
Choose Connection > Serial and set the serial port, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 Setting the serial port
To view the COM serial port, perform the following operations: On the Windows desktop, right-click Computer and choose Manager from the shortcut menu. In the Computer Manager (Local) window that is displayed, choose System Tools > Device manager > Ports (COM & LPT) to view the specific serial port information.
Choose Session > Serial and click Open.
On the SMM CLI of the switch board, enter the guest user name and press Enter.
login: guest
You are trying to access a restricted zone. Only Authorized Users allowed.
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password: Enter the password. The default password is Visit@7*24. If the following information is displayed, the guest user has successfully logged in:
~ $
Run the su -l command to switch to the root user.
~ $ su -l
Password: Enter the password. The default password is Admin@7*24. If the following information is displayed, switching to the root user succeeded:
~ #
Change the IP address of eth0 on the SMM of the switch board in slot 2.
For example, to set the IP address of eth0 on the SMM of the switch board in slot 2 to 192.168.0.100 and subnet mask to 255.255.255.0, run the ipmate eth0 set ip 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0 command.
Run the ipmate eth0 command to verify that the IP address is successfully changed.
~ # ipmate eth0
DEVICE IPADDR MASK
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eth0 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0
Configuring the Switch Module IP Addresses
The SMM and switch module on a VCM5010 switch board share the CPU. After the SMM IP address is changed, the switch module IP address is also changed.
