Re: HMC and Second iSeries

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

is your network setup in such a way that the other site can participate in
the dhcp that the local HMC is dishing out.

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Chris Bipes
<chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I have a HMC with 4 ports running V7.3.0  I have it connected to one new
> iSeries, 8203-E4A, a power 6 box.  It is connected using Eth2 @
> 192.168.128.1 providing DHCP and a direct connect Ethernet cable.
>
> I also had Eth3 cabled to an older 9406-520, a power 5 box but to the
> HMC2 port.  (The HMC1 port is attached to a switch with the default IP
> address of 192.168.2.147.)
>
> I cannot shut down this older production box easily, especially remove
> power to have it pick up an IP address as it is 2000 miles away.  I was
> trying to put the Eth3 adapter on the HMC into the 192.168.3.147 subnet
> but it does not offer that when you select private and DHCP.  If I
> select open, I can enter the hardcoded IP address.
>
> Now since this is cabled direct, what is the proper way to get the HMC
> and 520 talking?  I have access to ASM via the HMC1 port.  Is it
> possible to set the HMC 2 port to pull the IP address from the HMC Eth3
> if I configure that for DHCP?  Again I cannot remove power from the 520
> server to reset the FSP so I need to do this live without crashing the
> server too.
>
> Chris Bipes
> Director of Information Services
> CrossCheck, Inc.
>
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