Users Guide

Forcing password change using web interface

You can change the default password when you are accessing the CMC interface for the first time. The feature is applicable in

environments that are network accessible and require authentication of username and password. You can configure and reset the Forced

Password Change feature anytime. It is mandatory to change your password to log in and access the CMC web interface. The username

is "root", by default.

1. Enter the New Password.

The maximum characters for the password are 20. The characters are masked. The following characters are supported:

• 0-9

• A-Z

• a-z

• Special characters: +, &, ?, >, -, }, |, ., !, (, ', ,, _, [, ", @, #, ), *, ;, $, ], /, §, %, =, <, :, {, I, ~, and \

2. Reenter the new password in the Confirm Password text box.

3. Click Continue to submit the new password for logging into the CMC web interface.

Use case scenarios

This section describes typical use cases and tasks that you can perform with Chassis Management Controller Version 3.0 for Dell

PowerEdge VRTX.

Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card High

Availability to Non-High Availability Mode using Web

Interface

Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis must have 2 External Shared PERC 8 cards in PCI slot 5 and PCI slot 6 in HA mode.

Workflow

1. Power down chassis. Disconnect all SAS cables from External Shared PERC 8 cards to MD12x0 enclosures.

2. Power Up chassis.

3. Login to CMC web interface and navigate to the Storage→ Controllers→ Troubleshooting and disable Fault tolerance from the

drop-down menu for External Shared PERC 8 card in slot 5, click Apply and select disable for slot 6, and then click Apply.

4. Resetting both the PERCs may take two minutes to reflect in Non-HA mode.

5. Power down chassis and connect the enclosures in Non-HA Mode.

6. Power Up chassis.

7. External Shared PERC 8 card is not in HighAvailabiltiy Mode and navigate to Storage→ Troubleshooting→ Setup Troubleshooting

to view the Non-HA status.

Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card Non-High

Availability to High Availability Mode using Web Interface

Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis must have 2 External Shared PERC 8 cards in PCI slot 5 and PCI slot 6.

Workflow

1. Power down chassis. Disconnect all SAS cables from External Shared PERC 8 cards to MD12x0 enclosures.

2. Power Up chassis.

3. Login to CMC web interface and navigate to the Storage→ Controllers→ Troubleshooting and enable Fault tolerance from the

drop-down menu for External Shared PERC 8 card in slot 5, click Apply and select disable for slot 6, and then click Apply.

4. Resetting both the PERCs may take two minutes to reflect in HA mode.

5. Power down chassis and connect the enclosures in HA Mode.

6. Power Up chassis.

7. External Shared PERC 8 card is in HighAvailabiltiy Mode and navigate to Storage→ Troubleshooting→ Setup Troubleshooting to

view the HA status.

Logging in to CMC