HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide - HP Business ...

EBIPA assigns IP addresses for the iLO processors that are bridged through the Onboard Administrator and
must not be used for port mapping for the server blade NICs or for network routers or switches. EBIPA does
not assign IP addresses for any other device on the network and cannot be used as a DHCP server on the
network.
The server blade iLO ports and interconnect module management ports can obtain IP addresses on the
management network in three ways: dynamic IP addressing, static IP addressing, or EBIPA. If your network
has a DHCP service or if you want to manually assign static IP addresses one by one to the server blades and
interconnect modules, click Skip. When manually configuring IP addresses, you do not have to set IP
addresses in sequential order. You can set the IP addresses individually at any time after initially configuring
EBIPA.
The server blade iLO defaults to DHCP IP addressing, obtained through the network connector of the active
Onboard Administrator. Interconnect modules that have an internal management network connection to the
Onboard Administrator might also default to DHCP address.
The Onboard Administrator GUI lists the IP address for the server blade iLO port and interconnect module
management port.
If your facility prefers static IP address assignment, you can individually change each of the server blade iLO
ports and interconnect module management ports to unique static addresses or use EBIPA to assign a range
of static IP addresses to individual server blade and interconnect module bays.
To set up your enclosure without an active network connection using EBIPA:
1. Configure a static IP for each Onboard Administrator using Insight Display, and note the active OA
Service IP address on the Insight Display Enclosure Info screen. Attach the client PC to the enclosure
Service Port (Enclosure Link Up connector) between the OA bays with a standard Ethernet patch cable.
The client PC NIC must be configured for DHCP because it acquires an IP address in the range
169.254.x.y approximately 1 minute later.
2. Launch a web browser (or alternatively a Telnet or SSH session), and select the Onboard Administrator
Service IP address as displayed in the enclosure Insight Display on the Enclosure Info screen.
3. Using the administrative password attached to the active Onboard Administrator, log in to the Onboard
Administrator as Administrator.
4. During the First Time Setup Wizard, enable Device Bay EBIPA with a starting static IP address and
enable Interconnect Bay EBIPA with a different starting IP address. After running the First Time Setup
Wizard, you can modify the EBIPA settings at any time by selecting Enclosure Bay IP Addressing in the
Enclosure Settings list.
Clicking the Autofill button creates 16 sequential IP addresses for the device bays and eight sequential
IP addresses for the interconnect bays. The Subnet Mask, Gateway, Domain, DNS Servers, and NTP
Servers are also copied to each of the consecutive bays in the list. Alternatively, you can assign
individual IP addresses by manually entering the desired IP address in the EBIPA Address field for the
specific bay. The Subnet Mask, Gateway, DNS, Domain can be same or different for each bay.
Servers in the device bays automatically acquire the Device Bay EBIPA addresses within a minute, but
the interconnect switch modules must be manually restarted by clicking the Virtual Power button on each
Onboard Administrator Interconnect Module information page.
5. To verify that the server blade iLO addresses have been set according to the EBIPA starting IP address
and range, use the Onboard Administrator Device list.
When a server blade or interconnect module is inserted into a device bay that has EBIPA enabled, the
management port receives the specific static IP address from the Onboard Administrator if the device is
configured for DHCP. If the device is configured for static IP, then it must be manually reconfigured to DHCP
to change the EBIPA IP address.
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