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Cisco UCS C24 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Chapter 2 Installing the Server
Initial Server Setup
Step 4 Connect to the CIMC for server management. Connect Ethernet cables from your LAN to the server by
using the ports that you selected by your NIC Mode setting in
Step 3. The Active-active and
Active-passive NIC redundancy settings require you to connect to two ports.
Step 5 Use a browser and the IP address of the CIMC to connect to the CIMC Setup Utility. The IP address is
based upon the settings that you made in
Step 3 (either a static address or the address assigned by your
DHCP server).
Note The default user name 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.
The links to these documents are in the C-Series documentation roadmap:
http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/c-series-doc
NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings
This server has the following NIC mode settings that you can choose from:
• Shared LOM EXT (default)—This is shared LOM extended mode. This is the factory default setting,
along with Active-active NIC redundancy and DHCP-enabled. With this mode, the shared LOM and
Cisco Card interfaces are both enabled.
In this mode, DHCP replies are returned to both the shared LOM ports and the Cisco card ports. If
the system determines that the Cisco card 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
card are disabled. If the system determines that the Cisco card connection is getting its IP address
from a Cisco UCS Manager system, the reply has parameters that automatically move the server to
UCSM mode.
• Dedicated—The dedicated management port is used to access the CIMC. You must select a NIC
redundancy and IP setting.
• Shared LOM—The 1-Gb Ethernet ports are used to access the CIMC. You must select a NIC
redundancy and IP setting.
• Cisco Card—The ports on an installed Cisco UCS virtual interface card (VIC) are used to access the
CIMC. You must select a NIC redundancy and IP setting.
Note The Cisco Card NIC mode is currently supported only with a Cisco UCS VIC that is installed in
PCIe slot 2. See also Special Considerations for Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards, page 3-36.
This server has the following NIC redundancy settings that you can choose from:
• None—The Ethernet ports operate independently and do not fail over if there is a problem.
• Active-standby—If an active Ethernet port fails, traffic fails over to a standby port.
• Active-active—All Ethernet ports are utilized simultaneously.