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Installation and Initial Setup
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Setting Up the Node With the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility
Before you begin
The following procedure is performed after you connect to the compute node and open the Cisco IMC
Configuration Utility.
Note Each compute node in your chassis is managed independently and so the following initial setup procedure
must be repeated for each node.
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. 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.
• Shared LOM—The OCP adapter card LOM ports are used to access Cisco IMC. You must select either the
Active-Active or Active-standby NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
• Dedicated—The dedicated management port on the node is used to access Cisco IMC. You must select the None
NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
• Cisco Card—The ports on an installed Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) are used to access the Cisco IMC.
You must select either the Active-Active or Active-standby NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
Step 2 Set the NIC redundancy to your preference. The node has three possible NIC redundancy settings:
• None—The Ethernet ports operate independently and do not fail over if there is a problem. This setting can be
used only with the Dedicated NIC mode.
Setting Up the Node With the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility
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