4 Contents
Setting the First Boot Device for Servers . . . . . 34
Configuring and Managing Power . . . . . . . . . 35
Installing or Updating the CMC Firmware
. . . . . 35
Configuring the Optional iKVM Switch Module
. . . . 38
Enabling iKVM Access to the Dell
CMC Console
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Updating the iKVM Firmware
. . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From an
Analog KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From a
Digital KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Viewing and Selecting Servers
. . . . . . . . . . 41
FlexAddress
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Activating FlexAddress
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3 Configuring the I/O Modules . . . . . . . . . . 47
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Identifying Midplane Version
. . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Network Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Switch Modules
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Configuring a Switch Module Network
Ethernet Port Using the
Web-Based Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Dell PowerConnect-KR 8024-k Switch
. . . . . . . 53
Dell M8428-k 10 Gb Converged
Network Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Mellanox M2401G DDR Infiniband
Switch I/O Module
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Mellanox M3601Q QDR Infiniband
Switch I/O Module
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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