Cisco Business Edition 7000 Installation Manual

Installation
Power On and Initial Setup, page 1
Customize Hypervisor for Remote Access, page 3
Access and Configure Hypervisor, page 7
Using Predeployed Virtual Machines, page 12
Deploy New Virtual Machines , page 12
Install Applications on Virtual Machines, page 13
Procedure
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Verify that the monitor and keyboard are connected as described in the Quick Start Guide.
Power on the monitor.
Verify that power is connected and the Power LED status, as shown in Figure 1: Power and LED Status -
BE7000M Server, on page 1 and Figure 2: Power and LED Status - BE7000H Server, on page 2.
Figure 1: Power and LED Status - BE7000M Server
If the status of the Power LED is orange, that indicates server is off. If it is not, check the electrical and network connections. If the status of the Power LED is green, skip forward to step 5.
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Figure 2: Power and LED Status - BE7000H Server
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Step 4 Step 5 Step 6
Push the power button (3) and verify that the power button LED the disk LED disk drive change to green.
Watch the boot process on the monitor.
(Optional) Press F8 to open the CIMC Configuration window when prompted. In the CIMC Configuration window, reset the CIMC password, configure the management interface IP address, and then exit.
Note
The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) is the management interface for the C-Series Servers. CIMC runs within the server, allowing remote administration, configuration, and monitoring of the server via web or SSH command line access.
Step 7
(Optional) If you are using CIMC for remote console access, browse to the IP address that you configured and do one of the following:
If you have changed the CIMC password in step 6, provide the new password.
If you have not changed the CIMC password in step 6, use the default username admin and password
password.
Step 8
If you use the default username and password to log in to the Cisco Integrated Management Controller screen, the system prompts you to change the password. Changing the password is mandatory.
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The CIMC screen in Figure 3 offers various tasks, such as turning On Locater LED and launching KVM Console.
Note
In the Server Properties section, the Product Name appears as UCS C240 M4S2 for BE7000M and as UCS C240 M4SX for BE7000H.
Figure 3: Cisco Integrated Management Controller Web Interface
Customize Hypervisor for Remote Access
Follow this procedure to customize the Hypervisor (VMware vSphere Hypervisor) to enable remote access from your PC using the vSphere client.
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Procedure
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Step 1
When the hypervisor has booted, the Direct Console User Interface displays on the monitor as shown in Figure
4.
For release 10.5(1) and later, you are notified about preinstalled applications.Note
Figure 4: Direct Console Screen After Hypervisor Loads
Step 2
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Press F2 to enter the System Customization menu as shown in the following figure.
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Customize Hypervisor for Remote Access
The default username is root and password is password.
Figure 5: Hypervisor System Customization Menu
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Step 3 Step 4
(Recommended) Choose Configure Password to change the password.
To assign a static IP address, enter the Configure Management Network menu, and follow the instructions on screen to change IP Configurationas shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6: Assign Static IP Address to ESXi Host
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