Re: Change the FSP IP address

Paul,

So, there is only one instance of the vHMC and it's running on my laptop.  I don't have anything to RDP into through the VPN. Well, no, I take that back.  I did copy the VM to my desktop at work but I also cannot connect to the FSP with that vHMC either. So, I have done a little sleuthing and it *seems* to be a network/routing issue (which is good news because that can usually be solved).  Here is what I have so far:

When I am physically present at the office I CAN connect to the FSP on a CAT6 cable and the vHMC works like a champ.  But I connect *almost* directly to it because I am on a VLAN (10.0.10.xxx network) which the 9009 is on as well.

The vHMC running on my desktop at the office is on a different network (192.168.50.xxx) and it cannot connect to the FSP.  But I can connect to the IBMi on the 10.x.x.x network using ACS or just plain old 5250 telnet.  So, the routing from the 192.168.50.xxx network to the 10.x.x.x network is OK.  Just don't know what would be in the way of connecting to the FSP.

The interesting thing is:  I can connect to the web interface for FSP/ASMI IP on any network.  The HMC port is set to 10.0.10.2 subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and I can connect to that IP when the laptop is cabled on the VLAN, signed into my desktop, or from home over VPN.  So, it doesn't seem to be a general routing issue.  It may have something to do with running within the VMWare environment....I just need to work through that.

Thanks.

Pete Helgren
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On 12/30/2020 4:59 PM, Steinmetz, Paul via MIDRANGE-L wrote:

Pete,

For all my remote work, I first connect to our corporate network via Sonic Wall VPN.
Then I remote desktop desktop from my home laptop to work PC.
>From there I access what ever I need, LPARs, HMC, etc.

We found if you try connecting directly from home laptop, (no RDP) you run into routing issues, etc.

Hope this helps.

Paul