Users Guide

For information about IOA pre-deployment error messages, refer to IOA Pre-deployment Error Messages.

Pre-deployment (IOA) – Management IP

Before you begin:

1. Review the IOA Pre-deployment Wizard information.

2. Insert the IOA blade switch into the M1000e chassis.

3. Make sure that the IOA blade switch is in standalone mode (default mode) using the following FTOS

CLI command: show system stack-unit <unit-number> iom-mode

For more information about this command, refer to the Dell PowerEdge Command Line Reference

Guide for the M I/O Aggregator.

4. Obtain the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) M1000e chassis IP address. Use this address to

discover all the IOA switch blades in the CMC chassis.

NOTE: For a description of each IOA Pre-deployment screen, refer to IOA Pre-deployment

Wizard

Figure 39. IOA Pre-deployment Management IP Address Screen

1. Navigate to the Network > Fabric Name > Configure and Deploy screen.

2. From the Deploy Fabric drop-down menu, select Pre-deployment Configuration .

The pre-deployment Introduction screen displays.

3. On the Introduction screen, review the useful information that you need to gather before you begin.

4. Click Auto Populate IP Address and enter the starting IP address and prefix in the Start IP Address/

Prefix field.

5. Click the Configure Default Gateway link and then enter the address of the default gateway for the

management interface.

6. Click the Configure Management Route link and enter the IP address used by the management

route. Enter the gateway prefix in the field after the slash.

7. Click Next to go to the VLAN Configuration screen.

Configuring and Deploying the Fabric