Hello all,
I need a clarification about how VSF OoBM MAD on our Aruba 5400R zl2 were setup...actually there is a direct link between both OoBM ports and I recall I've set IP addressing on both OoBM using appropriate VSF OoBM commands.
What I actually see is this:
VSF# show oobm vsf member 1
VSF Member 1
OOBM Port Type : 100/1000T
OOBM Interface Status : Up
OOBM Port : Enabled
OOBM Port Speed : Auto
MAC Address : f40343-XXXXXX
VSF# show oobm vsf member 2
VSF Member 2
OOBM Port Type : 100/1000T
OOBM Interface Status : Up
OOBM Port : Enabled
OOBM Port Speed : Auto
MAC Address : f40343-YYYYYY
VSF# show oobm ip
IPv4 Status : Enabled
IPv4 Default Gateway :
| Address Interface
VSF-member | IP Config IP Address/Prefix Length Status Status
---------- + --------- ------------------------- -------- ---------
Global | dhcp Active Up
1 | dhcp 10.100.100.1/24 Active Up
2 | manual 10.100.100.2/24 Active Up
VSF# show oobm ip vsf member all
IPv4 Status : Enabled
IPv4 Default Gateway :
| Address Interface
VSF-member | IP Config IP Address/Prefix Length Status Status
---------- + --------- ------------------------- -------- ---------
1 | dhcp 10.100.100.1/24 Active Up
2 | manual 10.100.100.2/24 Active Up
VSF# show oobm ip vsf member 1
IPv4 Status : Enabled
IPv4 Default Gateway :
| Address Interface
VSF-member | IP Config IP Address/Prefix Length Status Status
---------- + --------- ------------------------- -------- ---------
1 | dhcp 10.100.100.1/24 Active Up
VSF# show oobm ip vsf member 2
IPv4 Status : Enabled
IPv4 Default Gateway :
| Address Interface
VSF-member | IP Config IP Address/Prefix Length Status Status
---------- + --------- ------------------------- -------- ---------
2 | manual 10.100.100.2/24 Active Up
And the running configuration reports:
VSF# show running-config oobm
Running configuration:
oobm
ip address dhcp-bootp
vsf member 1
ip address 10.100.100.1 255.255.255.0
ip default-gateway 10.100.100.2
exit
vsf member 2
ip address 10.100.100.2 255.255.255.0
ip default-gateway 10.100.100.1
exit
exitWhat make me feel uncomfortable is seeing (a) that VSF Member "1" seems to have a DHCP assigned IP Address for its OoBM Port...and (b) I don't understand what is the role of VSF Member "Global" with regard to OoBM...looking at the running configuration I thought I should have simply ended up instead with something like (granted that Global is something I still need to understand [*]):
VSF# show oobm ip
IPv4 Status : Enabled
IPv4 Default Gateway :
| Address Interface
VSF-member | IP Config IP Address/Prefix Length Status Status
---------- + --------- ------------------------- -------- ---------
Global | dhcp Active Up
1 | manual 10.100.100.1/24 Active Up
2 | manual 10.100.100.2/24 Active Up
VSF# show oobm ip vsf member all
IPv4 Status : Enabled
IPv4 Default Gateway :
| Address Interface
VSF-member | IP Config IP Address/Prefix Length Status Status
---------- + --------- ------------------------- -------- ---------
1 | manual 10.100.100.1/24 Active Up
2 | manual 10.100.100.2/24 Active Up
VSF# show oobm ip vsf member 1
IPv4 Status : Enabled
IPv4 Default Gateway :
| Address Interface
VSF-member | IP Config IP Address/Prefix Length Status Status
---------- + --------- ------------------------- -------- ---------
1 | manual 10.100.100.1/24 Active Up
VSF# show oobm ip vsf member 2
IPv4 Status : Enabled
IPv4 Default Gateway :
| Address Interface
VSF-member | IP Config IP Address/Prefix Length Status Status
---------- + --------- ------------------------- -------- ---------
2 | manual 10.100.100.2/24 Active Up
where the VSF Member "1" uses a statically assigned IP Address - 10.100.100.1 - for its OoBM Port...
Should I remove all and redo the VSF OoBM MAD configurations for Global, 1 and 2 VSF Members? Any idea?
[*] Edit: this article clarifies things a bit even if looking at Management and Configuration Guide doesn't provide the very same explanation to deploy VSF OoBM MAD