Ethernet port configuration

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Use this information to set up Ethernet port configuration.

Ensure that the Ethernet ports are physically attached in the back of the DS8A00 processor node enclosure. See Network requirements.

Use the setnetworkport DSCLI command to configure the two Ethernet ports. You can use the lsnetworkport command to view the ports that are available to configure.

Invoking the lsnetworkport command

dscli> lsnetworkport

The resulting output

Date/Time: November 4, 2016 10:22:04 AM MST IBM DSCLI Version: 7.7.90.64 DS: 
IBM.2107–75CFY71  
ID      IP address  Subnet Mask  Gateway Primary DNS    Secondary DNS   State
I9813   0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      0.0.0.0  0.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         Offline
I9814   0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      0.0.0.0  0.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         Offline
I9B13   0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      0.0.0.0  0.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         Offline
I9B14   0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      0.0.0.0  0.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         Offline

In this example, all four Ethernet ports are available for configuration.

setnetworkport -ipaddr 10.0.1.2 -subnet 255.255.255.0 I9814

setnetworkport -ipaddr 10.0.1.3 -subnet 255.255.255.0 I9B14

dscli> lsnetworkport
Date/Time: November 4, 2016 10:26:20 AM MST IBM DSCLI Version: 7.7.90.64 DS: 
IBM.2107–75CFY71
ID      IP address  Subnet Mask   Gateway   Primary DNS    Secondary DNS   State
I9813   0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0       0.0.0.0   9.0.000.10     0.0.0.0         Offline
I9814   10.0.1.2    255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0   9.0.000.10     0.0.0.0         Online
I9B13   0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0       0.0.0.0   9.0.000.10     0.0.0.0         Offline
I9B14   10.0.1.3    255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0   9.0.000.10     0.0.0.0         Online
Two ports, I9814 and I9B14 are both enabled and configured. When ports are configured for the first time, a firewall is automatically enabled on these IP addresses. Transparent cloud tiering uses only specific TCPIP ports for communication and is an outbound-only service. When you configure TCPIP addresses, those ports should not be able to be pinged or tested for available services externally.
Note: You can use the rmnetworkport command to remove an Ethernet port IP configuration.