Connecting To The Appliance Remotely For Setup - Cisco Secure Network Server 3700 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Installing the Appliance
• Connect an optional KVM cable to the KVM connector on the front panel. Connect your USB keyboard and VGA
monitor to the KVM cable.
• Connect a USB keyboard and VGA monitor to the corresponding connectors on the rear panel.
Step 3 Open the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility:
a) Press and hold the front panel power button for four seconds to boot the appliance.
b) During bootup, press F8 when prompted to open the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility.
Note
The following are the requirements for strong 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 categories:
• English uppercase letters (A through Z)
• English lowercase letters (a through z)
• Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
• Non-alphabetic characters !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, -, _, =, "
Step 4 Continue with Setting Up the System With the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility, on page

Connecting to the Appliance Remotely For Setup

This procedure requires the following equipment:
• One RJ-45 Ethernet cable that is connected to your management LAN.
Before you begin
Note
Step 1 Attach a power cord to each power supply in your appliance, and then attach each power cord to a grounded power outlet.
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.
To configure the system remotely, you must have a DHCP server on the same network as the system. Your
DHCP server must be preconfigured with the range of MAC addresses for this server node. The MAC address
is printed on a label that is on the pull-out asset tag on the front panel. This server node has a range of six
MAC addresses assigned to the Cisco IMC. The MAC address printed on the label is the beginning of the
range of six contiguous MAC addresses.
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