Information requirements

You will need the following information before you can configure the initial base configuration for your blade appliance.

The operating modes to set up for your blade appliance. Make these selections carefully: if you configure a wrong mode for your environment, you will need to re-initialize the blade appliance. See the IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances: Administrators Guide for information about operating modes and their use.
Note: The Ethernet interface information in this section is for establishing the initial management network configuration for connecting to the blade appliance. The Ethernet interfaces used for management access after initial setup and for all other blade appliance access are set up at a later time.
The Ethernet interface and its IP address to be used for appliance management access during initial setup. Since the appliance does not provide security while performing initial setup, this interface should be on a private, internal part of the customer network. If the device you will be using to configure the blade appliance is not on the same subnet as the appliance, you will need the IP address and subnet mask for the default gateway (router) that supports the subnet for the selected Ethernet interface.

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During normal blade appliance operation, additional Ethernet interfaces might be available when using a VLAN. Use of a VLAN is not supported during initial blade appliance setup.
By default, the ETH1, ETH2, ETH7, and ETH9 Ethernet interfaces for the blade appliance are associated with BladeCenter H unit I/O-module bays 1, 2, 7, and 9, respectively. For additional information about how Ethernet interfaces are associated with I/O modules installed in the BladeCenter unit, see the blade server configuration information in the IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module User's Guide.