Reference Guide

Before You Start | 7

Before You Start

By following the instructions in the Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator Getting Started Guide that is

shipped with the product, you install the Aggregator in a Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure.

The Aggregator installs with zero-touch configuration. After you power it on, an Aggregator boots up

with default settings and auto-configures with software features enabled. This chapter describes the

default settings and software features that are automatically configured at startup. Use the tasks

described in the other chapters to reconfigure the Aggregator for customized network operation.

Default Settings

The I/O Aggregator provides zero-touch configuration with the following default configuration

settings:

• Default user name (root)

• Password (calvin)

• VLAN (vlan1) and IP address for in-band management (DHCP-assigned)

• IP address for out-of-band (OOB) management (DHCP-assigned)

• Read-only SNMP community name (public)

• Broadcast storm control (enabled)

• Unregistered Multicast Packets flooding (enabled)

• IGMP snooping in all VLANs except the default VLAN (enabled)

• VLAN configuration (all ports belong to all VLANs)

You can change any of these default settings using the CLI. Refer to the appropriate chapter for details.

Other Auto-Configured Settings

After the Aggregator powers on, it auto-configures and is operational with software features enabled,

including:

• VLANs: All ports are configured as members of all (4094) VLANs. All VLANs are up and can

send or receive layer 2 traffic. For more information, refer to VLANs.

• Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol (DCBX)

Note: You can also change many of the default settings using the chassis management

controller (CMC) interface. For information about how to access the CMC to configure an

Aggregator, refer to the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Hardware Owner's Manual or

Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) User’s Guide on the Dell Support website at

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/pem/en/index.htm.