User's Manual

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Create and manage local user accounts, and enable remote user authentication through Active Directory
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Configure network-related settings, including NIC properties, IPv4, VLANs, and network security
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Configure communication services, including HTTP, SSH, and IPMI Over LAN
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Manage certificates
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Configure platform event filters
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Update CIMC firmware
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Monitor faults, alarms, and server status
No Operating System or Application Provisioning or Management
CIMC provisions servers, and as a result, exists below the operating system on a server. Therefore, you cannot
use it to provision or manage operating systems or applications on servers. For example, you cannot do the
following:
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Deploy an OS, such as Windows or Linux
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Deploy patches for software, such as an OS or an application
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Install base software components, such as anti-virus software, monitoring agents, or backup clients
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Install software applications, such as databases, application server software, or web servers
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Perform operator actions, including restarting an Oracle database, restarting printer queues, or handling
non-CIMC user accounts
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Configure or manage external storage on the SAN or NAS storage
CIMC CLI
The CIMC CLI is a command-line management interface for Cisco UCS C-Series servers. You can launch
the CIMC CLI and manage the server over the network by SSH or Telnet. By default, Telnet access is disabled.
A user of the CLI will be one of three roles: admin, user (can control, cannot configure), and read-only.
To recover from a lost admin password, see the Cisco UCS C-Series server installation and service guide
for your platform.
Note
Command Modes
The CLI is organized into a hierarchy of command modes, with the EXEC mode being the highest-level mode
of the hierarchy. Higher-level modes branch into lower-level modes. You use the scope command to move
from higher-level modes to modes in the next lower level , and the exit command to move up one level in the
mode hierarchy. The top command returns to the EXEC mode.
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Overview
CIMC CLI