Configuring The Cisco Integrated Management Controller - Cisco IEC6400 Installation And Configuration Manual

Configuring the Cisco Integrated Management Controller

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Step 4 By default, the Cisco IMC uses DHCP to receive the IP address of the device. To assign static IP address to CIMC using
CLI, see the latest CLI configuration guide at
Configuring the Cisco Integrated Management Controller
Intially, the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) management port must be configured with a
static IP address. To configure Cisco IMC, follow these steps:
Step 1 Connect the power cord to each power supply port, and then connect each power cord to the grounded power outlet.
Wait for approximately two minutes during the first bootup for the gateway to enter standby power mode. The LED
on the front panel turns to amber when the system is in standby power mode.
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The first time that you enter the Cisco IMC Configuration interface, you are prompted to change the
default password. The default password is password.
The password feature is enabled. The following are the requirements for password:
• The password can have a minimum of 8 characters and a maximum of 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 character:
• ! (Exclamation mark)
• @ (At sign)
• # (Hashtag)
• $ (Dollar)
• % (Percentage)
• ^ (Circumflex)
• & (Ampersand)
• * (Asterisk)
• - (Minus sign)
• _ (Underscore)
• = (Equal)
• , (Comma)
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