Step 8
When prompted, press
F8
to enter the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility. This utility opens in the KVM console window.
The first time that you enter the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility, you are prompted to change the default
password. The default password is
password
. The Strong Password feature is enabled.
Note
The following are the requirements for Strong Password:
• The password can have minimum 8 characters; maximum 14 characters.
• The password must not contain the user’s name.
• The password must contain characters from three of the following four categories:
• English uppercase letters (A through Z)
• English lowercase letters (a through z)
• Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
• Non-alphabetic characters !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, -, _, =, “
Step 9
Continue with
Setting Up the System With the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility, on page 17
.
Setting Up the System With the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility
Before you begin
The following procedure is performed after you connect to the system and open the Cisco IMC Configuration
Utility.
Step 1
Set the NIC mode to choose which ports to use to access Cisco IMC for server management:
•
Shared LOM EXT
(default)—This is the shared LOM extended mode, the factory-default setting. With this mode,
the Shared LOM and Cisco Card interfaces are both enabled. You must select the default
Active-Active
NIC
redundancy setting in the following step.
In this NIC mode, DHCP replies are returned to both the shared LOM ports and the Cisco card ports. If the system
determines that the Cisco card connection is not getting its IP address from a Cisco UCS Manager system because
the server is in standalone mode, further DHCP requests from the Cisco card are disabled. Use the Cisco Card
NIC mode if you want to connect to Cisco IMC through a Cisco card in standalone mode.
•
Shared LOM
—The 1-Gb/10-Gb Ethernet ports are used to access Cisco IMC. You must select either the
Active-Active
or
Active-standby
NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
•
Dedicated
—The dedicated management port is used to access Cisco IMC. You must select the
None
NIC redundancy
setting in the following step.
•
Cisco Card
—The ports on an installed Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) are used to access the Cisco IMC.
You must select either the
Active-Active
or
Active-standby
NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
See also the required VIC Slot setting below.
•
VIC Slot
—Only if you use the Cisco Card NIC mode, you must select this setting to match where your VIC is
installed. The choices are Riser1, Riser2, or Flex-LOM (the mLOM slot).
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Installing the Server
Setting Up the System With the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility
