[c-nsp] Catalyst Blade Switch 3012 inband management?

[Peter Rathlev]

On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 17:29 -0500, Eric Girard wrote: 
> I'm not familiar with the IBM, but when I deploy the 3x20 for the HP
> chassis, I just disable to the Fa0 port to cut it off from the HP
> Onboard Administrator, and then proceed to configure it as a 'regular'
> switch with a management VLAN that comes in on the regular uplinks to
> the rest of the network.  Hope that helps.

I'm apparantly not allowed to shut the interface, at least not with the
switch not in protected mode.

On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 19:22 -0500, Justin C Darby wrote:
> Enable protected mode on the AMM, then 'platform chassis-management
> protected-mode' on your switch. The switch will require a reload and sever
> the fastethernet management ports automatically.

As I wrote in the original post, the paperwork to get permission to do
this isn't trivial, but of course it is the only correct answer.

Thanks for the replies everyone. :-)

-- 
Peter