Changing Default Gateway on Serenade? 1

[98Converter]

Our network folks have redesigned the WAN and we need to change the default gateways on our Aria's and Serenades.

I think I can figure out the Aria, but the Serenade has me for a loop.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also will these require a reboot after the change is made?

Thanks,
CJH

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. ARISTOTLE 384-322 B.C.

 

[cj38116]

You'll need to do the following:

1. Log in with the maint level password
2. @CDLAN to courtesy down the LAN card
3. @up to update mode
4. .m sys 234 to change sys param 234 which holds the gateway address
5. .exit back to @-prompt mode
6. @CULAN to bring up the new LAN card.

This will change the default gateway, but does the IP address/subnet mask of the Octel need to change as well? If so, you'll need to do .m loc MOD:self while the LAN card is down and change the system's information.

 

[98Converter]

Thanks cj38116 - I'll give it a try.

Will this require a reboot or can it be done live?

Thanks,
CJH

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. ARISTOTLE 384-322 B.C.

 

[cj38116]

No reboot required, if you're doing any digital networking to other systems of course that won't work while the LAN card is down.

Also, you will need to be direct-connected to the system or dialed in via modem. You can't use a telnet session to take down the LAN card

The CDLAN is immediate, the CULAN takes a few minutes for the card to upload its brain from disk, so be patient and don't freak when the LAN card doesn't come up immediately.

I have had one or two cases where issuing the CULAN caused a system restart, but that was on a heavy-use system with an older VCU/CPU. If your system is up-to-date and is running smoothly you should have no trouble.

@LANSTAT and @DCS will give you some diagnostic displays of the LAN card, and @CON <port# of LAN card> followed by LAN> L CFG will display what the LAN card currently thinks its settings are.

Hope this helps,

 

[98Converter]

What about a reboot on the Aria boxes? Would that be required?

Also, I think I must not have the Maint. Level login, because I don't get the @LANSTAT, @DCS or any other options.

Thanks,
CJH



We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. ARISTOTLE 384-322 B.C.

 

[cj38116]

I'm pretty sure an Aria restart is not necessary either, just a restart of the LAN card. I'd check the manual to be sure.

Nope, doesn't sound like you have the maint level. That's a shame because you get some very useful commands.