SL8500 - Network Clone Command Fails Using Invalid Netmask Format

Asset ID:	1-71-1665634.1
Update Date:	2018-05-17
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Solution 1665634.1 : SL8500 - Network Clone Command Fails Using Invalid Netmask Format

Applies to:

Sun StorageTek SL8500 Modular Library System - Version All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

The network clone command was issued in the following form which resulted in a syntax error.

SL8500> network clone 10.240.55.132/24 10.240.56.132/24
ERROR! syntax error at 10

Here is the outcome:

SL8500> network ip address show

2A:
Interface Status: UP
IPv4 Address/Netmask: 10.240.56.32/24
IPv6 Address/Netmask:
MAC Address: 00:10:4f:08:76:b5

2B:
Interface Status: UP
IPv4 Address/Netmask: 10.240.55.32/24
IPv6 Address/Netmask:
MAC Address: 00:10:4f:08:76:b4

Goal

SL8500 IP Config Change with network clone command.

Solution

Here is the correct syntax that lead to a successful reconfiguration although there is an error message "Write failed: Broken pipe".

SL8500> network clone 10.240.55.132/255.255.255.0 10.240.56.132/255.255.255.0

Cloning /mnt/idcard/etc/sysconfig/network...

Success

root: /etc/init.d/alias_int: Stopping int-LAN (eth1:0 eth1:1) active RE aliases

root: /etc/init.d/network: Shutting down interface: eth0

root: /etc/init.d/network: Shutting down interface: eth1

Write failed: Broken pipe

requestId

requestId 1

Error Number 3061

Text Changes were saved but could not copy changes to target side. Reboot will be required for changes to take effect.

Done

Failure Count 1

Success Count 0

COMPLETED

References

<NOTE:1631735.1> - SL8500 - The Host IP Address is Changing. What Changes Are Needed to the SL8500?

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