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Manual Host OS Configuration Guidelines for Local Interconnect Interface

If you chose to manually configure a non-routable IPv4 address for the ILOM SP connection point on the Local Interconnect Interface, you will also need to manually configure a non-routable IPv4 address for the host OS connection point on the Local Interconnect Interface. General guidelines, per operating system, for configuring a static non-routable IPv4 address for the host OS connection point are provided in this appendix. For additional information about configuring IP addresses on the host operating system, consult the vendor operating system documentation.

Note - ILOM will present the internal USB Ethernet device installed on your server as an USB Ethernet interface to the host operating system.

TABLE D-1 General Guidelines for Configuring Internal USB Ethernet Device on Host OS
Operating System | General Guidelines
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Windows Server 2008 | After Windows discovers the internal USB Ethernet device, you will most likely be prompted to identify a device driver for this device. Since no driver is actually required, identifying the `.inf` file should satisfy the communication stack for the internal USB Ethernet device. The .`inf` file is available from the Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.1.0 software distribution. You can download this management pack software from the Oracle software product download page (`www.oracle.com`) as well as extract the `.inf` file from the Management Pack software. For additional information about extracting the `.inf` file from the Management Pack software, see the Oracle Server Hardware Management Pack User’s Guide (821-1609). After applying the `.inf` file from the Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.1.0 software distribution, you can then proceed to configure a static IP address for the host OS connection point of the Local Interconnect Interface by using the Microsoft Windows Network configuration option located in the Control Panel (Start --> Control Panel). For more information about configuring an IPv4 address in Windows 2008, see the Microsoft Windows Operating System documentation or the Microsoft Tech Net site (`http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754203%28WS.10%29.aspx`).
Linux | Most supported Linux operating system installations on an Oracle Sun server include the installation of the device driver for an internal Ethernet device. Typically, the internal USB Ethernet device is automatically discovered by the Linux operating system. The internal Ethernet device typically appears as `usb0`. However, the name for the internal Ethernet device might be different based on the distribution of the Linux operating system. The instructions below demonstrate how to configure a static IP address corresponding to `usb0`, which typically represents an internal USB Ethernet device found on the server: `\>lsusb usb0` `\> ifconfig usb0 169.254.182.77` `\> ifconfig usb0 netmask 255.255.255.0` `\> ifconfig usb0 broadcast 169.254.182.255` `\> ifconfig usb0` `\> ip addr show usb0` Note - Rather than performing the typical `ifconfig` steps, it is possible to script the configuration of the interface. However, the exact network scripts vary among the Linux distributions. Typically, the operating version of Linux will have examples to model the network scripts. For more information about how to configure an IP address for device using a Linux operation system, see the Linux operating system documentation.
Solaris | Most Solaris Operating System installations on a Oracle Sun platform server include the installation of the device driver for an internal USB Ethernet device. If this driver was not supported, you can extract this driver from the Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.1.0 or later software. For information about how to extract the Solaris-specific OS driver for the Ethernet interface, see the Oracle Server Hardware Management Pack User’s Guide (821-1609). Typically, the internal USB Ethernet device is automatically discovered by the Solaris Operating System. The internal Ethernet device typically appears as `usbecm0`. However, the name for the internal Ethernet device might be different based on the distribution of the Solaris Operating System. After the Solaris Operating System recognizes the local USB Ethernet device, the IP interface for the USB Ethernet device needs to be configured. The following instructions demonstrate how to configure a static IP address corresponding to `usbecm0`, which typically represents an internal USB Ethernet device found on the server. Type the following command to `plumb` the IP interface or `unplumb` the IP interface: `ifconfig usbecm0 plumb` `ifconfig usbecm0 unplumb` Type the following commands to set the address information: `ifconfig usbecm0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 169.254.182.255 169.254.182.77` To set up the interface, type: `ifconfig usbecm0 up` To bring the interface down, type: `ifconfig usbecm0 down` To show the active interfaces, type: `ifconfig -a` To test connectivity, ping the Solaris host or the SP internal USB Ethernet device. `ping <`IPv4 address of Solaris Host`>` `ping <`IPv4 address of SP-Ethernet USB`>` Note - Rather than performing the typical `ifconfig` steps, it is possible to script the configuration of the interface. However, the exact network scripts can vary among the Solaris distributions. Typically, the operating version will have examples to model the network scripts. For more information about how to configure a static IP address for a device using the Solaris Operating System, see the Solaris Operating System documentation.

Note - If the internal USB Ethernet device driver was not included in your operating system installation, you can obtain the device driver for the Ethernet device from the Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.1.0 or later software. For more information about extracting this file from the Management Pack, see the Oracle Server Hardware Management Pack User’s Guide (821-1609).

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