Cable Management
Cable management is the most visual aspect of your appliance setup. However, cable management is often
overlooked because it can be time consuming.
Equipment racks and enclosures house more equipment today than ever before. This growth has increased
the need for organized cable management both inside and outside the rack. Poor cable management not only
leads to damaged cables or increased time for adding or changing cables, but also blocks critical airflow or
access. These problems can lead to inefficiencies in the performance of your equipment or even downtime.
There are many solutions to address cable management. They can range from simple cable management rings,
to vertical or horizontal organizers, to troughs and ladders.
All Cisco SNS-3515 or Cisco SNS-3595 appliance cables should be properly dressed so as not to interfere
with each other or other pieces of equipment. Use local practices to ensure that the cables attached to your
appliance are properly dressed.
Proceed to the next section,
Connect and Power On the Cisco SNS 3515 or 3595 Appliance, on page 29
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continue the installation process.
Connect and Power On the Cisco SNS 3515 or 3595 Appliance
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Connect and Power On the Server (Standalone Mode), on page 29
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Cisco Integrated Management Controller, on page 31
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NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings, on page 33
Connect and Power On the Server (Standalone Mode)
This section describes how to power on the server, assign an IP address, and connect to server management
when using the server in standalone mode.
Note
The server is shipped with the following default settings:
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The NIC mode is Shared LOM EXT.
Shared LOM EXT mode enables the 1-Gb Ethernet ports and the ports on any installed Cisco virtual
interface card (VIC) to access Cisco Integrated Management Interface (Cisco IMC). If you want to use
the 10/100/1000 dedicated management ports to access Cisco IMC, you can connect to the server and
change the NIC mode as described in Step 1 of the procedures given below.
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The NIC redundancy is active-active.
All Ethernet ports are utilized simultaneously.
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DHCP is enabled.
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IPv4 is enabled.
You can connect to the system using two methods:
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