5. RST button
6. PG LED indicator
7. HB LED indicator
Remote LAN connection to the RMC
If you have an Integrity MC990 X system and wish to use a remote or local system to administer the
system via LAN, you can connect via Ethernet cable to the RMC node WAN port identified in
RMC Ethernet LAN (WAN port) location
on page 17.
• The terminal should be set to the operational modes described in the previous subsection.
• If you intend to use a LAN-connected administrative server to communicate with the RMC, the RMC
will either need to be assigned a DHCP IP address, or you will need to configure it with a static IP
address. See the following subsections for more information.
Establishing RMC IP hardware connections
For IP address configuration, there are two options: DHCP or static IP. The following subsections provide
information on the setup and use of both.
NOTE:
Both options require the use of the RMC micro-USB serial port, refer to
LAN Network (LAN RJ-45) connections to the RMC are always made via the WAN port.
For DHCP, you must determine the IP address that the RMC has been assigned; for a static IP, you must
also configure the RMC to use the desired static IP address.
To use the serial port connection, you must attach and properly configure a micro-USB interface cable to
the RMC CNSL port. Configure the serial port as described in
USB-connected console hardware
on page 17.
When the serial port session is established, the console will show an RMC login, and the user can login to
the RMC as user "root". Note that there is not (by default) a password required to access the RMC via the
CNSL port.
Using DHCP to establish an IP address
To obtain and use a DHCP generated IP address, plug the RMC external RJ-45 network port (WAN) into
a network that provides IP addresses via DHCP; the RMC can then acquire an IP address.
To determine the IP address assigned to the RMC, you must first establish a connection to the RMC serial
LAN port (as indicated in the section
USB-connected console hardware requirements
and run the command "
ifconfig eth1
". This will report the IP address that the RMC is configured to
use.
NOTE:
Running the RMC with DHCP is not recommended as the preferred option for Integrity MC990 X
systems. The nature of DHCP makes it difficult to determine the IP address of the RMC, and it is
possible for that IP address to change over time, depending on the DHCP configuration usage. The
exception would be a configuration where the system administrator is using DHCP to assign a
"permanent" IP address to the RMC.
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Remote LAN connection to the RMC