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Setting HMC Default Gateway Address and Gateway device

How To


Summary

This document provides procedure to change HMC network settings for HMC Default Gateway Address and Gateway device.

Objective

Having HMC default gateway interface being set to "any" can cause communication problems - especially with RMC, PEP, snmptraps, and vterms.

Environment

 7063-CR1, 7063-CR2 or ppc641e vHMC on PowerVM
 7042-*, or x86 vHMC

Steps

Use the HMC GUI or chhmc command to set the default gateway interface to eth1

 then reboot the HMC.

 

You can change the network setting from HMC command line:

 chhmc - change Hardware Management Console (HMC) configuration information

To change network settings:

chhmc -c network

-s modify

[-h host-name]

[-d network-domain-name]

[-g gateway [-i interface]]

[--help]

 

For HMC Classical GUI

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 Configuring HMC Classic View for Use on a Private and Open Network

Select HMC Management => Change Network Settings.

Customize Network Settings ==> Routing

Default Gateway Information

Gateway address (enter Gateway IP)

The gateway device should be eth1 (eth1 specifies the open network and is used for remote HMC access, call home, and dual HMC and/or HMC/partition communications)

 

 For Enhanced GUI

==================

  Configuring HMC Enhanced View for Use on a Private and Open Network

HMC Management > Console Settings > Change Network Settings

 Routing Information

 Default Gateway Information

Gateway address (enter Gateway IP)

The gateway device should be eth1 (eth1 specifies the open network and is used for remote HMC access, call home, and dual HMC and/or HMC/partition communications)

Document Location

Worldwide


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Document Information

More support for:
Hardware Management Console V9

Component:
Howto

Software version:
All Version(s)

Document number:
6398298

Modified date:
27 December 2022

UID

ibm16398298

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