Configure the Out-of-Band Interface

Out-of-band management allows the network operator to establish trust boundaries in accessing the management function to apply it to network resources. This section describes how to configure the IPv4 address on the Out-of-Band (OOB) interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Log in to the web-based utility of the switch then choose IPv4 Configuration > IPv4 Interface.

The IPv4 Interface Table on the IPv4 Interface page contains the following information:

  • Interface — The Unit or interface for which the IP address is defined. This can also be a loopback interface.

  • IP Address Type — The available options are:

    • DHCP — Received from Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.

    • Static — Entered manually. Static interfaces are non-DHCP interfaces that are created by the user.

    • Default — The default address that exists on the device by default, before any configurations have been made.

  • IP Address — Configured IP address for the interface.

  • Mask — Configured IP address mask.

  • Status — Results of the IP address duplication check.

    • Tentative — There is no final result for the IP address duplication check.

    • Valid — The IP address collision check was completed, and no IP address collision was detected.

    • Valid-Duplicated — The IP address duplication check was completed, and a duplicate IP address was detected.

    • Duplicated — A duplicated IP address was detected for the default IP address.

    • Delayed — The assignment of the IP address is delayed for 60 seconds if DHCP Client is enabled on startup in order to give time to discover DHCP address.

    • Not Received — Relevant only for DHCP Address. When a DHCP Client starts a discovery process, it assigns a dummy IP address 0.0.0.0 before the real address is obtained. This dummy address has the status of Not Received.

Step 2

Click Add to manually assign a static IP address.

Step 3

From the Interface area, select Out of Band.

Step 4

Select Static IP Address from the IP Address Type area.

Step 5

Enter the IP address of the OOB interface in the IP Address field.

Step 6

Click a radio button from the Mask area then enter the corresponding subnet mask. The options are:

  • Network Mask — IP mask for this address.

  • Prefix Length — Length of the IPv4 prefix.

Step 7

Click Apply then click Close.

Your session will be automatically closed and connection to the switch will be lost as it will apply the new management IP address on the OOB port.

You should now have successfully configured the IPv4 management interface addresses on your switch.