Out-of-band management
Before you begin
Follow these precautions before using the VxRail Appliance RMM port and BMC Web and remote
console.
Failure to follow these guidelines can cause your VxRail Appliance to operate incorrectly,
and can cause data loss.
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Do not cycle power to the appliance using the BMC interface. VxRail Manager centrally manages
all of the nodes in the appliance. You must follow the proper procedure to gracefully shut down
and start up the VxRail Appliance. A hard power cycle through the BMC interface, without
interfacing with VxRail Manager, may leave the appliance in an unknown state that could have
negative consequences such as data unavailability or data loss.
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For information about fault tolerance, refer to VMware vSphere and VSAN high-availability (HA)
configuration and management documentation.
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Only configure the RMM4 LAN settings. Do not modify any other BIOS or BMC settings in any
way. Do not upgrade the BIOS or BMC firmware either. Configuration changes or version
mismatches will cause your VxRail Appliance to stop operating.
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Use the BMC Web console and remote console solely for read-only monitoring purposes.
About the VxRail Appliance BMC interface and RMM port
Your VxRail Appliance offers a baseboard management controller (BMC) interface for monitoring the
physical state of the appliance through an independent connection. The BMC interface is through an Intel
Remote Management Module 4 (RMM4) port that provides access by way of a LAN or Internet
connection.
When the VxRail Appliance is shipped from the manufacturer, the shared BMC interface (Baseboard
LAN) is disabled and the dedicated BMC interface (the Intel RMM4 LAN port) is enabled.
You can access the BIOS/BMC through either a locally attached VGA monitor and keyboard or a remote
console if the RMM port is assigned an address by your network DHCP.
The RMM port supports Ethernet speeds up to 100 Mbps. The switch you connect to the RMM port must
also support 100 Mbps.
Note:
For data traffic, the VxRail Appliance connects to a 10GbE switch. If your 10GbE switch does not
support auto-negotiating down to 100 Mbps, a separate switch or interface card (if supported by
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