MX7000 Deployment of Management Module Network using the LCD control panel Dell EMC Technical White Paper
Revisions Revisions Date Description Jan 2019 Initial release Acknowledgements This paper was produced by the following members of the Dell EMC storage engineering team: Author: Santosh Bidaralli, Christopher Poblete 2 MX7000 Deployment of Management Module Network using the LCD control panel | Document ID
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Introduction Introduction PowerEdge MX7000 next-generation modular chassis with the touch screen LCD on the left control panel provides an enhanced graphical capability to the at-the-box chassis management.
Navigating the LCD 1 Network Settings in LCD For initial deployment of the chassis or for remote access information, you can use the graphical LCD panel to view and configure the Management Module network settings.
(A) Viewing network settings The chassis Management Module network settings can be viewed from the LCD Home menu (Figure-2) or from the Main Menu (Figure-3). A.1 Network settings from Home menu Viewing network settings from Main menu The network information in the Home menu appears when the Home menu is configured to display the IP information. Swipe up the screen (Figure-2 item 1) to view more IP information (Figure-2 item 2).
(A) Viewing network settings Viewing network settings from Home menu’ To see the network information from the Main menu, press the Settings button (Figure-3 item 1), then press the Network Settings button (Figure-3 item 2) to show the IP information (Figure-3 item 3) in the next menu. Swipe up the screen to view the rest (Figure-3 item 4). Here you see: A.2.
(A) Viewing network settings B Configuring IPv4 network B.1 Start IPv4 network changes The default setting of IPv4 network is DHCP. You may configure the setting between Static IP, DHCP or Disable the IPv4 interface.
(A) Viewing network settings Configure IPv4 setting to Static Press the IPv4 button (Figure-5 item 1), then press the Static IP button (Figure-5 item 2) and you will be asked to confirm (Figure-5 item 3) that you intend to change the IPv4 setting to Static. Pressing “Yes” in the confirmation page takes you to the Static IP configuration. The first part is the static IPv4 address setting (Figure-5 item 4). For each octet of the IPv4 address, you are presented with a 3-digit numeric dial.
(A) Viewing network settings To change the IPv4 configuration to DHCP, start from the Main menu described in the “Start IPv4 network changes” section.’ Configure IPv4 setting to DHCP Press the IPv4 button (Figure-6 item 1), then press the DHCP button (Figure-6 item 2) and you will be asked to confirm (Figure-6 item 3) that you intend to change the IPv4 setting to DHCP. Pressing “Yes” in the confirmation page initiates the DHCP configuration process.
(A) Viewing network settings Disabling IPv4 Figure 7 - Disabling IPv4 Press the IPv4 button (Figure-7 item 1), then press the “Disable” button (Figure-7 item 2) and you will be asked to confirm (Figure-7 item 3) that you intend to disable IPv4 network. Pressing “Yes” in the confirmation page initiates the Disable configuration process. For a short period of time, you may see the Save in-progress icon (Figure-7 item 4).
(A) Viewing network settings C Configuring IPv6 network C.1 Start IPv6 network changes The default setting of IPv6 network is “Disabled”. You may configure the setting between Static IP, AutoConfiguration or Disable the IPv6 interface.
(A) Viewing network settings Configure IPv6 setting to Static Following the steps to attempt to configure static IPv6 (Figure-9 item 1), selecting Static IP (Figure-9 item 2) the LCD will show you an Error (Figure-9 item 3). This is expected. To configure IPv6 to Static setting, refer to OpenManage Enterprise Modular User’s Guide or go to the GUI: Home > Settings > Network > IPv6 Settings. You can also use OpenManage Mobile app. C.
(A) Viewing network settings Press the IPv6 button (Figure-10 item 1), then press the Auto Configuration button (Figure-10 item 2) and you will be asked to confirm (Figure-10 item 3) that you intend to change the IPv6 setting to Auto Configuration. Pressing “Yes” in the confirmation page initiates the configuration change process. For a short period of time, you may see the Save in-progress icon (Figure-10 item 4).
(A) Viewing network settings D Troubleshooting D.1 I don’t see the “Edit” button in the Network Setting menu. If you don’t see the “Edit” button in the Network Settings menu, the LCD access setting may be set to “View only”. For further information, check the OpenManage Enterprise Modular User’s Guide or go to the GUI: Home > Settings > Local Access Configuration > LCD. D.2 I don’t see any network information at all. D.
(A) Viewing network settings E 16 References OpenManage Mobile (OMM) is a mobile device client application for systems management that supports PowerEdge MX7000. See the OMM User’s Guide for more information. OpenManage Enterprise Modular (OME-M) is the chassis management firmware embedded in the Management Module for PowerEdge MX7000. See the OME-M User’s Guide for more information.
