Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System CLI Reference Guide

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set network-parameters


Description	Sets parameters for the network port in each controller module. You can manually set static IPv4 or IPv6 values for a network port, or you can specify that IP values should be set automatically for a network port through communication with a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. The addressing mode can be set differently on each controller. IPv4 and IPv6 can be used concurrently. This command can be used to configure use of IPv4. To configure use of IPv6, use the set ipv6-network-parameters command. Each controller has the following factory-default IP settings: DHCP: disabled Controller A IP address: 10.0.0.2 Controller B IP address: 10.0.0.3 IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway IP address: 10.0.0.1 When DHCP is enabled, the following initial values are set and remain set until the system is able to contact a DHCP server for new addresses. Controller IP addresses: 169.254.x.x (where the value of x.x is the lowest 16 bits of the controller serial number) IP subnet mask: 255.255.0.0 Gateway IP address: 10.0.0.1 169.254.x.x addresses (including gateway 169.254.0.1) are on a private subnet that is reserved for unconfigured systems and the addresses are not routable. This prevents the DHCP server from reassigning the addresses and possibly causing a conflict where two controllers have the same IP address. As soon as possible, change these IP values to proper values for your network To switch a controller from DHCP addressing to static addressing, you must set the IP address, netmask, and gateway values. NOTE:The following IP addresses are reserved for internal use by the storage system: 169.254.255.1, 169.254.255.2, 169.254.255.3, 169.254.255.4, and 127.0.0.1. Because these addresses are routable, do not use them anywhere in your network.
Minimum role	standard
Syntax	set network-parameters [controller a\|b\|both] [dhcp] [gateway <gateway>] [ip <address>] [netmask <netmask>] [ping-broadcast enabled\|disabled\|on\|off] [reset-link]
Parameters	[controller a\|b\|both] Optional. For IP-related parameters, this specifies whether to change controller A, B, or both. If this parameter is omitted and both controllers are set to use DHCP or are set to use ping-broadcast, changes affect both controllers. Otherwise, if this parameter is omitted and the ip parameter, netmask parameter, or gateway parameter is set, changes affect the controller being accessed. [dhcp] Optional. Specifies to use DHCP to set network-port IP values for both controllers, unless one controller is specified by using the controller parameter. [gateway <gateway>] Optional. A gateway IP address for the port. [ip <address>] Optional. An IP address for the port. Specify the address in dot-decimal format, where the four octets of the address use decimal values and the octets are separated by a period; for example, 10.132.2.205. The first octet may not be zero, with the exception that 0.0.0.0 can be used to disable the interface (stop I/O). This is the default. [netmask <netmask>] Optional. An IP subnet mask for the port. [ping-broadcast enabled\|disabled\|on\|off] Optional. Enables the storage system to respond when a ping to a broadcast address is issued on the system subnet. This is disabled by default. reset-link Optional. Returns network port addressing to the default settings. This parameter runs only on the local controller and cannot run with any other parameter. Allow up to two minutes for the operation to complete.
Examples	Manually set network-port IP values for each controller (disabling DHCP for both controllers, if it was enabled) using IPv4 addressing. Then enable DHCP for controller A without affecting controller B. # set network-parameters ip 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 controller a # set network-parameters ip 192.168.0.11 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 controller b # set network-parameters dhcp controller a
See also	set ipv6-network-parameters show network-parameters