Concept Guide

Contents
1 About Dell Blade I/O Manager............................................................................6
Logging In.............................................................................................................................................. 7
Logging Out...........................................................................................................................................7
Initial Setup Wizard................................................................................................................................ 7
Configuring Mode Settings............................................................................................................. 8
Configuring Combo Port Settings (Initial Setup Wizard)............................................................... 9
Configuring Network Settings.........................................................................................................9
Configuring Credentials.................................................................................................................. 9
Configuring SNMP Settings...........................................................................................................10
Configuring Uplink Failure Detection........................................................................................... 10
Configuring Network Time Protocol............................................................................................10
Viewing the Summary.................................................................................................................... 11
2 Dashboard............................................................................................................ 12
Summary..............................................................................................................................................12
Device Image................................................................................................................................. 12
IOA Information............................................................................................................................. 13
Resources.......................................................................................................................................15
Quick Tasks....................................................................................................................................15
Alerts...............................................................................................................................................16
Port Details...........................................................................................................................................16
Stack Summary....................................................................................................................................16
Stack Port Summary............................................................................................................................ 17
VLT Summary.......................................................................................................................................17
3 Logs and Alerts....................................................................................................18
Editing Alert Settings........................................................................................................................... 18
4 Port Configuration............................................................................................. 19
Port Settings.........................................................................................................................................19
Viewing Current Port Configurations........................................................................................... 19
Configuring Port Settings............................................................................................................. 20
Uplink Ports..........................................................................................................................................21
Configuring Uplink Ports............................................................................................................... 21
Uplink Failure Detection......................................................................................................................21
Configuring Uplink Failure Detection (Port Configuration Page) ...............................................22
Combo Port.........................................................................................................................................22
Configuring Combo Port Settings (Port Configuration Page).....................................................22
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