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Configuring CMC Using Quick Setup DHCP, Configuring CMC Using Advanced Setup - rack chassis

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CMC supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing modes. The configuration settings for IPv4 and IPv6 are independent of each other. Configuring CMC Network Using LCD Panel Interface Configuring CMC Using Quick Setup (DHCP) NOTE: You can customize the orientation of an LCD display (for rack or tower mode) by keeping the up-down buttons pressed for two seconds. Alternately, you can also use the right-left buttons. For more information about the buttons available on a CMC LCD panel, see LCD Navigation. To set up a network using the LCD panel interface:s 1. Press the chassis power button to turn on the chassis. The LCD panel displays a series of initialization screens as then turns on. 2. On the Main Menu panel, select Settings. 3. On the LCD Language panel, select the language by using the arrow buttons, and then press the center button. The Main Menu panel is displayed. 4. Select Settings, and then select Network Settings. On the Network Settings panel, when you are asked to select either quickly set up the CMC by using a DHCP, or set up by the advanced setup mode, use the arrow keys and select any one of the following: - Quick Setup (DHCP) - Advanced Setup 5. If you select Quick Setup (DHCP), the panel displays the following message. About to get DHCP addresses. Ensure CMC network cable is connected. Press the center button, and then wait for few minutes. The panel displays the Please Wait message, and then CMC IP number is displayed on the IP Summary panel. CMC IP4: Press the center button, and then press the center button. The Main Menu panel is displayed. Configuring CMC Using Advanced Setup 1. On the Network Settings panel, if you select Advanced Setup, the following message is displayed to ask you whether or not you want to configure a CMC. Configure CMC? 2. To configure your CMC by using advanced setup properties, click the center button. Go to step 4. Else, to configure your iDRAC, go to step 14. 3. If you are asked to select an appropriate network speed, select a network speed (Auto (1Gb), 10Mb, or 100Mb) using appropriate buttons. For effective network throughput, the network speed setting must match your network configuration. Setting the network speed lower than the speed of your network configuration increases bandwidth consumption and slows down the network communication. Determine whether or not your network supports the above network speeds and set it accordingly. If the network configuration does not match any of these values, it is recommended to select the Auto (1 Gb) option, or refer to your network equipment manufacturer's user documentation. 4. To select Auto (1Gb), press the center button, and press the center button again. Go to step 7. Else, if you select 10Mb, or 100Mb, go to step 5. 5. On the Duplex panel, to select the duplex mode (Full or Half) that matches the network environment, press the center button, and then press the center button. 30

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CMC supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing modes. The configuration settings for IPv4 and IPv6 are independent of
each other.
Configuring CMC Network Using LCD Panel Interface
Configuring CMC Using Quick Setup (DHCP)
NOTE:
You can customize the orientation of an LCD display (for rack or tower mode) by keeping the up-down
buttons pressed for two seconds. Alternately, you can also use the right-left buttons. For more information about
the buttons available on a CMC LCD panel, see
LCD Navigation
.
To set up a network using the LCD panel interface:s
1. Press the chassis power button to turn on the chassis. The LCD panel displays a series of initialization screens as
then turns on.
2. On the
Main Menu
panel, select
Settings
.
3. On the
LCD Language
panel, select the language by using the arrow buttons, and then press the center button. The
Main Menu
panel is displayed.
4. Select
Settings
, and then select
Network Settings
. On the
Network Settings
panel, when you are asked to select
either quickly set up the CMC by using a DHCP, or set up by the advanced setup mode, use the arrow keys and
select any one of the following:
–
Quick Setup (DHCP)
–
Advanced Setup
5. If you select
Quick Setup (DHCP)
, the panel displays the following message.
About to get DHCP addresses. Ensure CMC network cable is connected.
Press the center button, and then wait for few minutes. The panel displays the
Please Wait
message, and then
CMC IP number is displayed on the
IP Summary
panel.
CMC IP4: <
IP number
>
Press the center button, and then press the center button. The
Main Menu
panel is displayed.
Configuring CMC Using Advanced Setup
1. On the
Network Settings
panel, if you select
Advanced Setup
, the following message is displayed to ask you
whether or not you want to configure a CMC.
Configure CMC?
2. To configure your CMC by using advanced setup properties, click the center button. Go to step 4. Else, to configure
your iDRAC, go to step 14.
3. If you are asked to select an appropriate network speed, select a network speed (
Auto (1Gb)
,
10Mb
, or
100Mb
)
using appropriate buttons.
For effective network throughput, the network speed setting must match your network configuration. Setting the
network speed lower than the speed of your network configuration increases bandwidth consumption and slows
down the network communication. Determine whether or not your network supports the above network speeds
and set it accordingly. If the network configuration does not match any of these values, it is recommended to
select the
Auto (1 Gb)
option, or refer to your network equipment manufacturer's user documentation.
4. To select
Auto (1Gb)
, press the center button, and press the center button again. Go to step 7. Else, if you select
10Mb
, or
100Mb
, go to step 5.
5. On the
Duplex
panel, to select the duplex mode (
Full
or
Half
) that matches the network environment, press the
center button, and then press the center button.
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