Standby Web Console; Failover - NEC express5800 A2010b User Manual

Chapter 3 Setup
7.11

Standby web console

You can connect with the web console of standby BMC by using IP address of standby BMC. The default IP
address of standby BMC is "92.168.1.101: 5080". If you access the IP address "192.168.1.101(:80)", you will be
connected to web console of master BMC. Use the same user account and password as those used to login the
web console of master BMC. Secure Mode is not supported at login.
Only the [Maintenance] tab can be selected on web console of standby BMC to perform failover operation.
Tips
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7.11.1 Failover

Overview
Use this page to perform failover on standby BMC. This operation replaces role of standby BMC with that of
master BMC. When you press the [Failover] button and wait for about 3 minutes, you can connect with web
consoles of master and standby BMC. To use this feature, the server must be powered off. Administrator
privilege is required to use this feature.
This feature is not supported on A1040b model.
Buttons
① [Failover] button
Pressing this button starts failover.
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Connecting to web console of standby BMC is supported on Express5800
A2040b/A2020b/A2010b model only.
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You cannot use ActiveDirectory and LDAP authentication to login the web
console of standby BMC.
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Operations on standy BMC is used by maintenance personnel. Thus, the user
does not need to perform operation on this console.
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This feature can be used while the server is powered off. Make sure that server is powered
off before performing this operation.
You can confirm at which side of management board (#1 or #2) the master BMC is running
by viewing [Summary] in [System] tab on web console.
Express5800/A1040b, A2040b, A2020b, A2010b User's Guide
7. Using Remote Management