Installing And Setting Up Cmc; Before You Begin; Installing Cmc Hardware; Checklist To Set Up Chassis - Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

Installing and Setting Up CMC

This section provides information about how to install your CMC hardware, establish access to CMC, configure your management
environment to use CMC, and guides you through the tasks for configuring a CMC:
• Set up initial access to CMC.
• Access CMC through a network.
• Add and configure CMC users.
• Update CMC firmware.
For more information about installing and setting up redundant CMC environments, see
Environment.

Before You Begin

Before setting up your CMC environment, download the latest version of CMC firmware for PowerEdge VRTX from dell.com/
support/.
Also, make sure that you have the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD that was included with your system.

Installing CMC Hardware

CMC is pre-installed on your chassis and hence no installation is required. You can install a second CMC to run as a standby to the
active CMC.

Checklist To Set up Chassis

The following tasks enable you to accurately set up the chassis:
1. CMC and the management station, where you use your browser, must be on the same network, which is called the
management network. Connect an Ethernet network cable from the CMC active port to the management network.
2. Install the I/O module in the chassis and connect the network cable to the chassis.
3. Insert the servers in the chassis.
4. Connect the chassis to the power source.
5. Press the power button, or turn on the chassis from the CMC web interface after completing the task in step 7.
NOTE: Do not turn on the servers.
6. Using the LCD panel, navigate to the IP Summary and click on the Check button to select. Use the IP address for the CMC in
the management system browser (IE, Chrome, or Mozilla). To set up DHCP for CMC, use LCD panel to, click Main Menu →
Settings → Network Settings.
7. Connect to the CMC IP address by using a web browser by typing the default username (root) and password (calvin).
8. Provide each iDRAC with an IP address in the CMC web interface, and enable the LAN and IPMI interface.
NOTE: iDRAC LAN interface on some servers are disabled by default. This information can be found on the CMC
web interface under Server Overview → Setup. This might be an advanced license option; in which case you must
use the SetUp feature for each server).
9. Provide the IO module with an IP address in the CMC web interface. You can get the IP address by clicking I/O Module
Overview, and then clicking Setup.
10. Connect to each iDRAC through the Web browser and provide final configuration of iDRAC. The default user name is root and
password is calvin.
Understanding Redundant CMC
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