Ok I'm at a total loss here...I thought that if the system gets an IP it should be accessible where I could manage this thing over the network instead of having to have the computer hooked up to the console port.
I have it hooked up like this...
desktop --> Brocade 6610 --> main network switch --> router
If the brocade picks up an IP address from DHCP my desktop loses any connectivity what so ever to anything. If I remove the IP address and make the uplink port to the main switch "no ip dhcp-client enable" disabling the DHCP address my desktop will connect correctly.
I was just following these instructions here
Configuring an IP address for the device and its the same thing. It will kick my desktop offline and I can't do anything until I remove the IP on the uplink interface. I can't ping anything at all with my desktop when that happens.
I assume what its doing is causing the brocade switch to want to act like a router? But I feel I still should be able to ping the unit seeings how its still on the same subnet (192.168.0.0/24).
All I want to do is give the unit an IP address to make it accessible so I can make it over the network.