SL500 - How to Enable Private Ethernet Port, 1A, on the RLC Card

Asset ID:	1-71-1019635.1
Update Date:	2017-11-28
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Solution 1019635.1 : SL500 - How to Enable Private Ethernet Port, 1A, on the RLC Card

Applies to:

Sun StorageTek SL500 Modular Library System - Version Not Applicable and later
All Platforms

Goal

Information on how to enable Private Port -1A on SL500.
12.01 code added support for the Private Ethernet port on the RLC Card

The Private Port is reserved for a connection to the optional Service Data Platform (SDP). The port can be configured via CLI by an authorized Service Engineer.
(Above taken from 12.01 release notes)

Solution

Steps to Follow
Use the following commands to enable Private Port 1A

 ADVSRV>> network ip address show
  Host Name:        T3-OS-Tape-SL500
  Gateway:          172.20.78.248
 Device: Public  (1B)
  IP Address:       172.20.78.83
  Netmask:          255.255.255.0
  MAC Address:      00.10.4F.07.CC.47
 Device: Private (1A)
  IP Address:
  Netmask:
  MAC Address:

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 OK
 ADVSRV>> network ip address add 172.20.78.84/255.255.255.0 dev private
 System files updated

 OK
 ADVSRV>> network ip address show
  Host Name:        T3-OS-Tape-SL500
  Gateway:          172.20.78.248
 Device: Public  (1B)
  IP Address:       172.20.78.83
  Netmask:          255.255.255.0
  MAC Address:      00.10.4F.07.CC.47

Device: Private (1A)

  IP Address:       172.20.78.84
  Netmask:          255.255.255.0
  MAC Address:

 OK
 ADVSRV>>

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Example of commands to add, delete or show:

1. network ip address add  dev

   Add an IP address for public or private port.

2. network ip address del  dev

   Delete an IP address for public or private port.

   NOTES:
   - If the netmask parameter in  is unspecified, then the default value of 32 (255.255.255.255) is used.
   - The allowed netmask values are 1 through 32.

3. network ip address show
   Display IP address information for public and private ports.

Note: In version 1232, I have to specify netmask as a value from 1 to 32. Using 255.255.255.0 was not working. (7-July-2014)

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