HP BL460c Managing the HP BladeSystem c-Class systems, 2nd edition - Page 11

standby to increase overall enclosure power subsystem efficiency. When Dynamic Power Savings mode is disabled, all power supplies share the load equally. Enclosure bay IP addressing The Onboard Administrator significantly enhances the management network infrastructure by offering a single point from which to assign IP addresses to the server blade iLO 2 management ports and the interconnect module management ports. By default, the Onboard Administrator, iLO 2, and supported interconnect module management processors such as Virtual Connect Manager are configured to acquire an IP address using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on the external management network. For installations using static IP addressing, the Onboard Administrator offers Enclosure Bay IP Addressing (EBIPA) as an alternative to manual configuration. If EBIPA is enabled and the management ports are set to receive an IP address using DHCP, the IP address settings can be managed by the Onboard Administrator using EBIPA. Using the autofill feature, the administrator can input a range of IP addresses into the OA form (Figure 10). For example, if the address of bay 1 is input as 12.240.62.11, autofill creates consecutively numbered IP addresses for bays 2 through 16, starting with 12.240.62.12. IP addresses can be assigned to unpopulated bays. Once a server or interconnect module is inserted into an EBIPA-enabled bay, it will receive the pre-set IP address for that bay as well as the Shared Device Settings. EBIPA settings are also present in the First Time Setup Wizard. There they provide the same functionality; however, the wizard allows the address range to span multiple enclosures. Figure 10. Onboard Administrator web GUI - Device Bay EBIPA settings 11