Configure BMC LAN Interface

BMC firmware ships with the well known default configuration for the BMC's LAN interface. This information being well know, is a huge vulnerability and the best practice is to change the default configuration as early as possible.

Keep the IPv4 address, the Netmask, and the Gateway IPv4 address ready.
To
  1. From the prompt, set the IP source configuration to static.
    SLX# bmc lan ipsrc static
    SLX# 

    You can also choose to use DHCP to configure the IP address for the BMC's LAN interface. In such as case, no additional configuration is required.

    Note

    Note

    Only IPv4 address can be assigned to the BMC's LAN interface.
  2. Configure the IPv4 address.
    SLX# bmc lan ipaddr 10.10.10.10
    SLX# 
  3. Configure the netmask for this IPv4 address.
    SLX# bmc lan netmask 255.255.255.0
    SLX#
  4. Configure the default gateway IPv4 address for this configuration.
    SLX# bmc lan gateway 10.10.10.123
    SLX# 

This example consolidates the above steps.

SLX# bmc lan ipsrc static
SLX# bmc lan ipaddr 10.10.10.10
SLX# bmc lan netmask 255.255.255.0
SLX# bmc lan gateway 10.10.10.123
SLX#