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Management Port not active?
We recently move the EqualLogic over to another rack and switch.
I connected the Ethernet console ports.
I plugged in the a cable from the management port to the switch but see no green lights on the switch or the management port,.
Do I need to reactivate the management port?
If I log on as grpadmin via the console cable, is there a command to show the IP address of the management port?
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October 10th, 2017 11:00
Hello,
It sounds like the Management port feature wasn't actually configured. The ETH2 was simply put on another IP subnet
You can do GrpName>member select MEMBERNAME eth sel 2 ipaddress x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x to change it.
Then go to the GUI and you can actually set it as the Dedicated Management interface.
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Don
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October 9th, 2017 13:00
Hello,
No, you should not need to re-enable the management port after a move. Did you plug in both controller management pots? Each controller has its own management port.
To see the network IP addresses of a member you can use this command:
GrpName>member select MEMBERNAME show eths
If you are not sure of the member name, do show member first
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Don
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October 9th, 2017 13:00
The use of the dedicated MGMT is optionial in EQL land. So are your 101% sure that you have enable it?
You can ask the group if MGMT is enabled by using:
group01> show grpparams
and look to Management-Ipaddress in the lower right. Otherwise you can select a member and try show eths
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Joerg
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October 10th, 2017 07:00
show grpparams show a blank field for managemetn IP
member select MEMBERNAME show the following
eth0 192.168.10.10 up
eth1 192.168.10.11 dn
eth2 192.168.1.14 dn
192.168.1.14 was what i used to start the GroupMgr GUI. This is the IP that should be set to the management IP and It is connected to our management VLAN.
I assume i need to issue a command to activate it ?
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October 10th, 2017 07:00
Your eth1 also shown the status "down". It looks more like there is something wrong on the switch/cable side? Are the pyhs. switchports the same or new ports and switches and there is a chance that its misconfigurated there?
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Joerg
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October 10th, 2017 07:00
This is a new Nexus Switch. There are other connections to other ports that are active.
I do believe all ports have been activated,. I will double check and report back.
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October 10th, 2017 07:00
Hello,
There should be no need to re-enable it, as it's already set up. However, you can run:
GrpName>member select MEMBERNAME eth select 2 up
The fact that it's showing as down, suggest a problem on the physical side. Cable, switch port not configured, etc...
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Don
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October 10th, 2017 08:00
excellent point on the speed....
this is a 10g / 40g switch. a Cisco command had to be issued to set the speed to 1 gb for the majority of the ports,,,
i don't recall the command to set the speed or even if it can be set down to 100mb on this switch...
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October 10th, 2017 08:00
There are "modern" switches out there for today that doesnt support Fast Ethernet anymore. Its a real surprise if you doesnt expect this.
But again.... eth1 is a 10G port and also "down" at the moment.
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Joerg
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October 10th, 2017 08:00
Also the management ports on these controllers only supports 10/100Mb. So if the port it set to 1000 fixed that might be the problem.
Don
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October 10th, 2017 08:00
What model Nexus are you using?
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October 10th, 2017 09:00
Thanks.
Depending on the exact model it seems like it's still capable of 100Mb connections.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-3000-series-switches/data_sheet_c78-729483.html
But as Joerg pointed out, even one of your 10GbE ports (ETH1) is also down. Making if very likely a switch configuration issue.
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Don
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October 10th, 2017 09:00
i think it is a NEXUS 3172P
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October 10th, 2017 11:00
It was the port. It was set 1gb and i set it down to 100mb and was able to login to the Mgt GUI,
However, a few itesm
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When I did the show grpparams, i did not see 192.168.1.14 listed fro Management-Ipaddress,,it is blank
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I need to change 192.168.1.14 to a different IP as it is assigned to an ESXi Server in the new environment which will be powered up soon
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October 10th, 2017 11:00
Its on the last tab.
Group Config ->Adv. -> Configure Management
and on the first :)
Regards,
Joerg