Ethernet interfaces

You must configure the Ethernet interfaces on your IBM® MQ Appliance to enable communications.

The IBM MQ Appliance provides two management ports and up to eighteen Ethernet ports:
  • The management ports are mgt0 and mgt1. You can use either port for management traffic.
  • The Ethernet ports are provided in modules:
    • The M2002 appliance has one module with eight 1 Gb ports (eth10 - eth17), one module with four 10 Gb ports (eth20 - eth23), and two modules with two 40 Gb ports (eth30 - eth33).
    • The M2003 appliance has one module with eight 1 Gb ports (eth10 - eth17), one module with four 10 Gb ports (eth20 - eth23), two modules with two 40 Gb ports (eth30 - eth33), one module with two 100 Gb ports (eth40 - eth41).
Note:
  1. You must not disable Ethernet links that are used for high availability or disaster recovery configurations. If you do disable such links, high availability operation or disaster recovery operation are no longer available, and you might have to set up the configuration again.
  2. You must not change IP addresses for Ethernet links that are used for high availability or disaster recovery configurations. If you do change IP addresses, high availability operation or disaster recovery operation are no longer available, and you might have to set up the configuration again. See Changing IP addresses in high availability configurations and Changing IP addresses in disaster recovery configurations.
  3. You must not aggregate Ethernet links that are used for high availability or disaster recovery configurations. If you do aggregate such links, high availability operation or disaster recovery operation are no longer available, and you might have to set up the configuration again.