Re: HMC Question, Private LAN netmask

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So I understand, are you saying that you only use one network for the 
HMC, you remotely access the HMC and FSP on the same network?  If that 
is so, then you must manually set the FSP address?  Am I missing something?

Jim Oberholtzer
CEO/Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects, LLC


On 12/16/2010 10:46 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I know that some feel that the connection between the HMC and the FSP
> should be on some private network.  I've never been that paranoid.  I put
> all my FSP's on the same subnet (while they are in the same building) that
> the HMC's (and some other equipment) are on.
>
> I can ping the FSP's and HMC's from any PC in our intranet.
>
> Doing this makes it easier to share HMC's between racks.  And, finally,
> we're planning on moving our backup rack offsite.  We'll have one hmc in
> one city and one in another and want to be able to control either rack
> from either HMC.
>
> Rob Berendt
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