Step 7
Select the KVM console window.
Step 8
When prompted, press
F8
to enter the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility.
When you open the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility for the first time, you are prompted to change the default
password. The default password is
password
. The Strong Password feature is enabled.
Note
The following are the requirements for Strong Password:
• The password can have a minimum of 8 characters and maximum 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 9
Continue with
Setting Up the System With the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility, on page 24
Setting Up the System With the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility
Before you begin
The following procedure is performed after you connect to the system and open the Cisco IMC Configuration
Utility.
Step 1
Set the NIC mode to choose which ports to use to access Cisco IMC for server management:
•
Shared LOM EXT
(default)—This is the shared LOM extended mode, the factory-default setting. With this mode,
the Shared LOM and Cisco Card interfaces are both enabled. If you select this option, you must select the default
Active-Active
NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
•
Shared LOM
—The 1-Gb/10-Gb Ethernet ports are used to access Cisco IMC. If you select this option, you must
select
Active-Active
or
Active-standby
NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
•
Dedicated
—The dedicated management port is used to access Cisco IMC. If you select this option, you must select
the
None
NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
•
Cisco Card
—The Virtual Interface Card (VIC) ports are used to access the Cisco IMC. If you select this option,
you must select
Active-Active
or
Active-standby
NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
•
VIC Slot
—Only if you use the Cisco Card NIC mode, you must select this setting to match where your VIC is
installed. You can select Riser1, Riser2, or Flex-LOM (the mLOM slot).
• If you select Riser1, you must install the VIC in slot 1.
• If you select Riser2, you must install the VIC in slot 2.
• If you select Flex-LOM, you must install an mLOM-style VIC in the mLOM slot.
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Setting Up the System With the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility
