Is the SOL IP address range (BSMP) already being used on the external network?
The default SOL BSMP address range starts at 10.1.1.80 and ends at 10.1.1.93 for all 14 blades in the chassis. If any blades or other external devices use this range of addresses for production traffic then an IP conflict will occur and SOL traffic may be blocked. The SOL BSMP starting address can be changed in the MM browser and any IP address range can be used as long as the same addresses are not used for production traffic. • If the blade is booted to an operating system then verify that the Broadcom NIC drivers are loaded and up to date. A downlevel NIC driver under Linux can cause SOL to go into the Not Ready state. • Is the blade powered up? Some blades need to be powered up for SOL to go Ready. It can take up to 60 seconds after some blades are powered up for SOL to go Ready. • Can the MM communicate with the switch module in Bay 1? Verify this through the MM browser; select I/O Tasks, select Configuration, select Advanced, and then select Ping switch module. • Is the network s
