Re: V20z Hell

In article <VF5Df.15304$sA3.5998@fed1read02>, John Smith <john_smith274@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 1. Set SP IP address with the little buttons in the front (my fingers were
> hurting after setting the IP)
> 2. Get on console and set host IP addresses and other networking parameters.
>
> Is there a quick way to configure the SP IP and the answer all the questions
> on the networking parameter for the Server?

Yup. Set up a DHCP server. It will grab IPs by default via DHCP.

>From there, you can ssh setup@<dhcp'd IP>, set up user/pass, deposit a
RSA key, then have a script ssh in and set various settings up.

I'm familiar with the V20z; we've got couple dozens of them.

Unfortunately, the only thing we couldn't auto-provision were the BIOS
settings; we had to change these by hand. :( (A place where we were
really jonesing for OBP here.)

Biggest tip is to check firmware version for BIOS and NSV; if they are
not current, upgrade. If they are, all good. The firmware really does
fix various bugs that we saw with earlier versions. For instance, we
didn't have usable hardware flow control until the first BIOS/NSV upgrade.

-Dan
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