Users Guide

Managing iKVM From CMC

You can do the following:

• View iKVM status and properties

• Update iKVM Firmware

• Enable or disable access to iKVM from front panel

• Enable or disable access to iKVM from the Dell CMC console

Related links

Updating iKVM Firmware

Enabling or Disabling Access to iKVM from Front Panel

Viewing iKVM Information and Health Status

Enabling Access to iKVM from the Dell CMC Console

Enabling or Disabling Access to iKVM from Front Panel

You can enable or disable access to iKVM from the front panel using the CMC Web interface or RACADM.

Enabling or Disabling Access to iKVM From Front Panel Using Web

Interface

To enable or disable access to the iKVM from the front panel using the CMC Web interface:

1 In the system tree, go to Chassis Overview > iKVM and click Setup tab.

The iKVM Conguration page displays.

2 To enable, select the Front Panel USB/Video Enabled option. To disable, clear the Front Panel USB/Video Enabled option.

3 Click Apply to save the setting.

Enabling or Disabling Access to iKVM From Front Panel Using RACADM

To enable or disable access to the iKVM from the front panel using RACADM, open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC, log in, and

type:

racadm config -g cfgKVMInfo -o cfgKVMFrontPanelEnable <value>

where <value> is 1 (enable) or 0 (disable). For more information about the

config

subcommand, see Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge M1000e RACADM Command Line Reference Guide.

Enabling Access to iKVM from the Dell CMC Console

To enable access to the CMC CLI from iKVM using the CMC Web interface, in the system tree, go to Chassis Overview > iKVM and click

Setup tab. Select the Allow access to CMC CLI from iKVM option, and click Apply to save the setting.

To enable access to the CMC CLI from iKVM using RACADM, open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC, log in, and type:

racadm config -g cfgKVMInfo -o cfgKVMAccessToCMCEnable 1