Enable the BMC Management Interface

To enable the BMC Management Interface:

  1. Navigate to the BMC Management Interface context.
    SLX# configure terminal
    SLX (config)# bmc
    SLX (config-bmc)# 
    Note

    Note

    Only the BMC Management Interface with interface ID of 0 (zero) can be configured.
    You are now within the BMC configuration mode.
  2. From within the BMC configuration mode, navigate to the BMC Management Interface configuration mode.
    SLX (config-bmc)# interface management 0
    SLX (config-bmc-mgmt-0)# 
    You are now within the BMC Management Interface configuration mode.
  3. Enable the interface.
    SLX (config-bmc-mgmt-0)# no shutdown
    SLX (config-bmc-mgmt-0)# 
    The BMC Management Interface is now enabled and ready to be configured for out-of-band access.
  4. Optional: Verify if the BMC Management Interface is enabled.
    SLX (config-bmc-mgmt-0)# do show bmc interface management 0 status 
    Status: Enabled 
    
    SLX (config-bmc-mgmt-0)#