Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System CLI Reference Guide

The network port IP address.

The network port gateway IP address.

The network port IP subnet mask.

The controller’s unique Media Access Control address.

• Manual: Network settings are set manually (statically).
• DHCP: DHCP is used to set network parameters.

• Unknown: For a system operating in Single Controller mode, this controller module is not present.
• 10mbps: The network port link speed is set to 10 Mb/s.
• 100mbps: The network port link speed is set to 100 Mb/s.
• 1000mbps: The network port link speed is set to 1000 Mb/s.

• Undefined: For a system operating in Single Controller mode, this controller module is not present.
• half: The network port duplex mode is set to half duplex.
• full: The network port duplex mode is set to full duplex.

• Disabled: Either the network port has not been set, or it has been unset because the controller module was removed from its enclosure, or the port is connected to a switch and is set to use the link speed and duplex mode shown by the Link Speed and Duplex Mode fields.
• Enabled: The network port is set to auto-negotiate a link speed (up to the maximum speed shown by the Link Speed field) and duplex mode with a connected Ethernet switch.

The health of the network connection.

• OK
• Degraded
• Fault
• N/A
• Unknown

If Health is not OK, this field shows the reason for the health state.

If Health is not OK, this field shows recommended actions to take to resolve the health issue.

• Enabled: The system will respond to a broadcast ping.
• Disabled: The system will not respond to a broadcast ping.

# show network-parameters

network-parameters

status