You can add, delete, or change the subnets in the Admin Network Subnet List of one or more nodes.
Before you begin
- You must have a service laptop.
- You must have the Passwords.txt file.
About this task
You can add, delete, or change subnets to all nodes on the Admin Network Subnet List.
Steps
- From the service laptop, log in to the primary Admin Node:
- Enter the following command: ssh admin@primary_Admin_Node_IP
- Enter the password listed in the Passwords.txt file.
- Enter the following command to switch to root: su -
- Enter the password listed in the Passwords.txt file.
When you are logged in as root, the prompt changes from $ to #.
- Start the Change IP tool by entering the following command: change-ip
- Enter the provisioning passphrase at the prompt.
The main menu screen appears.

- Optionally limit the networks/nodes on which operations are performed. Choose one of the following:
- Select the nodes to edit by choosing 1, if you want to filter on specific nodes on which to perform the operation. Select one of the following options:
- 1: Single node (select by name)
- 2: Single node (select by site, then by name)
- 3: Single node (select by current IP)
- 4: All nodes at a site
- 5: All nodes in the grid
- 0: Go back
- Allow “all” to remain selected.
After the selection is made, the main menu screen appears. The Selected nodes field reflects your new selection, and now all operations selected will only be performed on this item.
- On the main menu, select the option to edit subnets for the Admin network (option 3).
- Choose one of the following:
The sample input below shows adding subnets to the Admin Network Subnet List:

- When ready, enter q to go back to the main menu screen. Your changes are held until cleared or applied.
Note: If you selected any of the "all" node selection modes in step 2, you must press Enter (without q) to get to the next node in the list.
- Choose one of the following:
- Select option 5 to show edits in output that is isolated to show only the changed item. Changes are highlighted in green (additions) or red (deletions), as shown in the sample output below:

- Select option 6 to show edits in output that displays the full configuration. Changes are highlighted in green (additions) or red (deletions).
Note: Certain terminal emulators may show additions and deletions using strikethrough formatting.
- Select option 7 to validate all staged changes.
- Optionally select option 8 to save all staged changes and return later to continue making changes. This option allows you to quit the Change IP tool and start it again later, without losing any unapplied changes.
- Do one of the following:
- After successfully applying the changes, download the new provisioning repository by accessing the new package on the page.