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Installation and Initial Setup
Step 14
Repeat the setup for all compute nodes in your chassis.
What to do next
Use a browser and the IP address of the Cisco IMC to connect to the Cisco IMC management interface. The
IP address is based upon the settings that you made (either a static address or the address assigned by your
DHCP server).
Note
The factory default username for the server is admin. The default password is password.
To manage the server, see the Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Server Configuration Guide or the Cisco UCS
C-Series Rack-Mount Server CLI Configuration Guide for instructions on using those interfaces for your
Cisco IMC release:
NIC Mode and NIC Redundancy Settings
Table 1: Valid NIC Redundancy Settings For Each NIC Mode
NIC Mode
Shared LOM
EXT
Shared LOM
Dedicated
Cisco Card
This server has the following NIC mode settings that you can choose from:
• Shared LOM EXT (default)—This is the shared LOM extended mode, the factory-default setting. With
• Shared LOM—The OCP adapter card LOM ports are used to access Cisco IMC. You must select either
Cisco IMC Configuration Guides
Valid NIC Redundancy Settings
Active-active
Active-active
Active-standby
None
Active-active
Active-standby
this mode, the Shared LOM and Cisco Card interfaces are both enabled. You must select the default
Active-Active NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
In this NIC mode, DHCP replies are returned to both the OCP adapter card LOM ports and the Cisco
virtual interface card (VIC) ports. If the system determines that the Cisco VIC connection is not getting
its IP address from a Cisco UCS Manager system because the server is in standalone mode, further DHCP
requests from the Cisco VIC are disabled.
If you want to connect to Cisco IMC through a Cisco VIC in standalone mode, it is recommended that
you use the Cisco Card NIC mode.
the Active-Active or Active-standby NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
Cisco UCS C4200 Server Chassis Installation and Service Guide
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