Configure the Blade Chassis
To configure the blade chassis, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1 Launch a web browser and enter the cluster IP address in the URL address field.
Step 2 Click Launch UCS Manager.
Step 3 Log into UCS Manager using the following paramenters:
a) User ID: admin
b) Password: Disti100
Step 4 Configure the Equipment Policies.
a) In the Navigation Pane, select the Equipment tab.
b) Click the Equipment node and select the Policies tab in the Work Pane.
Chassis/FEX Discovery Policy
• On the Action list, select the number of physical links (server port links) to be used by the chassis
under the section. This number is the number of links of Twinax connections used under the Cabling
section.
• Under Link Grouping Preference, select None.
Rack Server Discovery Policy
• Select Immediate.
• Scrub Policy <not set>.
Rack Management Connection Policy
• In the Action list, select Auto Acknowledged.
Power Policy
• In the Redundancy list, select the following for the UCS 5108 Blade Server chassis:
• For two power supplies, select Non-Redundant.
For three power supplies, select N+1.
For four power supplies, select Grid.
Mac Address Table Aging
• On the Aging Time list, leave the setting as Default Mode.
Global Power Allocation Policy
• On the Allocation Method list, leave the setting as Policy Driven Chassis Group Cap.
Firmware Auto Sync Server Policy
• On the Sync State list, select Auto Acknowledge.
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