There never was any requirement or designation of a
"management" port in ONTAP. Most filers pre-3000
series
had a single on-board 100Mb port that many decided would be
a management port, but it possesed no special
privledges or function other than it was the port that the
filer would obtain its first address via DHCP if the filer
booted
and was not configured. For filers with multiple
on-board ports, that port is the "e0a" port (same as the FAS
250/270).
But that's really the only thing special about the on-board
port. If you CHOOSE to make one of the ports a
management
port, you can, but you don't have to. You could use
vlan tagging as specified below so you don't chew up a port. Or if
by "management" port you just want a separate port to login
to the port, consider using the RLM port (if your filer has
one, I think you have to order a 3020 with one, but the
3050 and above have them standard) as the management port.
Just a thought.
-- Adam Fox
NGS Tools Developer
adamfox@netapp.com
Blake,
Thanks! So which one is managment then?
I see dedicated
managemnet iterface on all filers but 3020.
Or do you manage over the data
IP?
Thanks
On 1/3/07, Blake
Golliher <thelastman@gmail.com> wrote:
You
can use vlan tagging on it that final multi mode trunk vlan.
There should
be 3 slots available for expansion cards if you need a
dedicated interface
for managment. Depending on how much storage is
attached to this
config, you should be able to use one of those slots
for a network
card.
-Blake
On 1/3/07, Linux Admin <sysadmin.linux@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Folks,
> Not familiar with 3020 series at all. I see 4
nics (e0a, e0b, e0c,e0d) on
> the back of each head.
> Does it
mean I have sacrifice one to be management and only 3 are available
> as
data?
> Have NetApp change things? Or can I used all 4 in single/multi
vips?
> I was going to do e0a and e0c in single A, e0b and and e0d in
single B, and
> Multi VIP C on top of Sinlge A and Single B.
>
Not sure what to do about management.
> Thanks for
help
>