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For example, for the large scale five-server, seven-slot Meet Me
Conferencing configuration, a total of 11 IP addresses are require:
•
two for each of the two management modules (four total)
•
one for each of the two Ethernet switch modules (two total)
•
one for each of the three single-slot blade servers (three total)
•
one for each of the two dual-slot blade servers (two total)
Table 28 "IP Requirements summary for the IBM eServer BladeCenter or
BladeCenter T" (page 97)
summarizes the IP requirements for the IBM
eServer BladeCenter.
Table 28
IP Requirements summary for the IBM eServer BladeCenter or BladeCenter T
IBM eServer
BladeCenter or
BladeCenter T
Component
IP address
Subnet
Subnet mask
Gateway
Management
module external
interface
Site specific
static IP address
Management
module internal
interface
Static IP address
Use the same
subnet as for
the management
module external
interface
Same as for the
Management
Module External
Interface
Ethernet Switch
Module
Static IP address
Use the same
subnet as for
the management
module
Use the same
subnet mask
as for the
management
module
Use the IP
address of the
management
module internal
interface
Blade servers
Static IP address
Use a different
subnet that the
one used for the
management
module
Use the IP
address of the
first-hop router
SNMP and the Media Application Server
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a network
management standard widely used in TCP/IP networks. Using SNMP
network management clients (running anywhere in the network), SNMP
provides a method of managing network devices running SNMP agents.
For security reasons, Microsoft SNMP Service is turned off on Media
Application Servers by default. If an SNMP Management Server IP address
and SNMP Community String are provisioned in the MAS Console (see
Nortel Media Application Server
Media Application Server Planning and Engineering
NN42020-201
01.04
Standard
4.0
27 July 2007
Copyright © 2007, Nortel Networks
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