Initializing Optional Physical Wwn And Mac Address; Confirmation For Wwn And Mac Address - Hitachi COMPUTE BLADE 500 SERIES Management Module Setup Manual

When N+M cold standby is operated in LP mode, WWN and MAC address,
which is selected for LPAR manager, is continued while switching the N+M
cold standby. The function that depend on WWN and MAC address is
continued to operate because of not changing WWN and MAC address after
switching the N+M cold standby.

Initializing Optional Physical WWN and MAC address

The Optional Physical WWN and MAC address can be continued to use on
other server blade. When the Optional Physical WWN and MAC address is
changed to the previous setting for some reason, you can operate initializing
the Optional Physical WWN and MAC address (reset to factory default setting)
or changing.
We recommend that initialize the Optional Physical WWN and MAC address
using the switching back N+M cold standby function of ServerConductor/
Blade Server Manager. If ServerConductor/Blade Server cannot initialize the
Optional Physical WWN/MAC address, operate this initializing the Optional
Physical WWN/MAC address.
Note: When operate this initializing the Optional Physical WWN and MAC
address, initialize both the active and standby of N+M cold standby at the
same time. Therefore, operate the initialization carefully to avoid duplicating
WWN and MAC address.
Tip: Initialization is performed simultaneously on all server blades in SMP
configuration.
Initializing the
Optional Physical WWN
address
Changing the Optional
Physical WWN address
Initializing the
Optional Physical MAC
address
Changing the Optional
Physical MAC address

Confirmation for WWN and MAC address

You can confirm the followings using the management module console.
• Default Physical WWN
• Optional Physical WWN
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Management Module Setup Guide
Table 2-69 Web console operation
Item
Resources tab > Systems > WWN Management > Server
blade x > Show details button > Optional Physical WWN >
Initialize button
Resources tab > Systems > WWN Management > Server
blade x > Show details button > Optional Physical WWN >
Optional Physical WWN List > Edit button
Resources tab > Systems > MAC Management > Server
blade x > Show details button > Optional Physical MAC >
Initialize button
Resources tab > Systems > MAC Management > Server
blade x > Show details button > Optional Physical MAC >
Optional Physical MAC List > Edit button
Functional detail
Operation
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