Dell PowerEdge M1000e User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™ M1000e
Systems
Configuration Guide

Dell™ PowerEdge™ M1000e
Systems
Configuration Guide

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Contents
1 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Control Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LCD Module Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Back-Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CMC Daisy Chaining (Enclosure Stacking) . . . . 17
iKVM Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2 Initial System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 21
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Network Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Initial Setup Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Configuring the CMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Initial CMC Network Configuration . . . . . . . . 22
Logging in to the CMC Using the Web-Based
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adding and Managing CMC Users . . . . . . . . . 26

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Configuring iDRAC Networking Using the
Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the First Boot Device for Servers . . . . . 28
Configuring and Managing Power . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing or Updating the CMC Firmware . . . . . 29
Configuring the Optional iKVM Switch Module . . . . 31
Enabling iKVM Access to the Dell CMC
Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Updating the iKVM Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From an
Analog KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From a
Digital KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Viewing and Selecting Servers . . . . . . . . . . 34
FlexAddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3 Configuring the I/O Modules . . . . . . . . . . 37
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Network Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switch Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuring a Switch Module Network Ethernet
Port Using the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . 39
Cisco SFS M7000e Infiniband Switch Module . . . 40
PowerConnect M6220 Ethernet Switch
Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cisco Ethernet Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Brocade M4424 SAN I/O Module . . . . . . . . . 45

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Pass-through Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Ethernet Pass-through Module . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fibre Channel Pass-through Module . . . . . . . 49

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Configuration Guide 7
1
About Your System
System Overview
Your system can include up to 16 half-height blades (server modules), eight
full-height blades, or a mixture of the two blade types (see Figure 1-1,
Figure 1-2, and Figure 1-3). To function as a system, a blade is inserted into a
enclosure (chassis) that supports power supplies, fan modules, a Chassis
Management Controller (CMC) module, and at least one I/O module for
external network connectivity. The power supplies, fans, CMC, optional
iKVM module, and I/O modules are shared resources of the blades in the
enclosure.

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Figure 1-1. Blade Numbering – Half-Height Blades
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