This section describes how to choose IP addresses for devices to be set on the admin LAN.
IP address used by the admin server for management purposes
Choose an IP address for the network interface used to communicate with managed servers.
This IP address will be asked during the manager's installation.
Note that clients can also access the manager via IP addresses other than this admin LAN IP address, as long as those addresses were set within the admin server operating system.
IP addresses used by managed servers for management purposes
These IP addresses are used to communicate with the admin server.
They are specified when a managed server is registered.
For details on how to register managed servers, refer to "7.3.2 Registering Blade Servers" and "7.4.1 Registering Rack Mount or Tower Servers" in the "User's Guide VE".
When registering a server that will be used as a spare server, assign an IP address that does not conflict with IP addresses of other managed servers.
Configure routing or gateway settings to enable communication with the admin server when placing the admin server in the different subnet.
IP addresses used by other devices for management purposes
Configure routing or gateway settings to enable communication with the admin server when placing the admin server in the different subnet.
LAN Switch Blades
Server management units such as management blades or IPMI controllers
Power monitoring devices
When using a LAN switch blade which operates in Converged Fabric mode, set an admin IP address that belongs to a different subnet from the one that the representative virtual IP address of the fabric and the representative virtual IP address of the domain belong to.
Information
The maximum value of the subnet mask of the network that Resource Orchestrator supports is 255.255.255.255 (32-bit mask).
The minimum value is 255.255.0.0 (16-bit mask). However, 255.255.255.254 is not supported.
A management IP address must also be chosen for each of the following devices if they are to be registered into Resource Orchestrator. For the following components, IP addresses can be chosen either within or outside of the admin LAN.
VM management software
IP address of the server which was installed using VM management software.
LAN switches other than LAN switch blades
IP address used by the admin server to track network connections (topology) between managed servers (PRIMERGY BX) and their adjacent LAN switches, and display them in the NetworkViewer.
