Users Guide

Use Case Scenarios

This section helps you in navigating to specific sections in the guide to perform typical use case scenarios.

Chassis Basic Configuration and Firmware Update

This scenario guides you to perform the following tasks:

• Bring up the chassis with basic configurations.

• Verify that hardware is being detected by CMC without any errors.

• Update firmware for CMC, IOMs, and server components.

1. 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.

For information on installing a second CMC, see the Understanding Redundant CMC Environment section.

2. Set up the chassis using the steps provided in the Checklist To Set up Chassis.

3. Configure CMC management IP address and the initial CMC network using the LCD panel or the Dell CMC serial console.

For information, see the Configuring Initial CMC Network section.

4. Configure the logs and alerts to produce logs and set alerts for certain events that occur on the Managed system.

For information see, Configuring CMC to Send Alerts section.

5. Configure the IP address and network settings for servers using the CMC Web interface.

For information, see the Configuring Server.

6. Configure the IP address and network settings for IOMs using the Web interface.

For more information, see the Configuring Network Settings for IOM(s) section.

7. Power on the servers.

8. Check the hardware logs, CMC logs, and email or SNMP trap alerts for invalid hardware configurations.

For more information, see the Viewing Event Logs section.

9. To diagnose issues related to hardware, access the Diagnostic Console.

For more information on using the Diagnostic Console, see the Using Diagnostic Console section.

10. For information on errors in hardware configuration issues, see the Dell Event Message Reference Guide or the Server

Administrator Messages Reference Guide located at dell.com/support/manuals.

11. Update the firmware for CMC, IOMs, and server components.

For information, see the Updating Firmware section.

Backup the CMC Configurations and Server Configurations.

1. To back up Chassis configuration, see Saving or Restoring Chassis Configuration section.

2. To save the configurations of a server, use the Server Cloning feature of CMC.

For information, see the Configuring Profile Settings Using Server Clone.

3. Save the existing configurations of a server to an external storage card, using the CMC Web interface.

For information, see the Adding or Saving Profile section.

4. Apply the configurations saved on the external storage card to the required server, using the CMC Web interface .

For information, see the Applying Profile section.

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