topic Re: CIMC Serial port not getting detected in SNS 3615 in Network Access Control

CIMC Serial port not getting detected in SNS 3615

Jithishkk1514 — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:58:20 GMT

Hello All,

We are facing an issue in connecting the appliance for configuration CIMC. There is no while connecting to the serial port for configuration. We do not have an monitor & keyboard available in the Data center for VGA & USB connectivity.

And there is no DHCP server available.

Please help us to how can take control and configure the CIMC IP.

Is there any default IP configured for CIMC?

Re: CIMC Serial port not getting detected in SNS 3615

Dustin Anderson — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 18:00:07 GMT

I can't find an install guide for the 36xx, but the 35xx should be similar. for the CIMC, it looks like there is no default config and you will need to have to use the KVM adapter for initial config.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/2-0-1/install_guide/b_ise_InstallationGuide201/b_ise_InstallationGuide201_chapter_01.html#id_11061

It looks like you can set static, or DHCP, but does not look like anything is set by default. You'll probably just have to hail a keyboard, mouse, and monitor into your datacenter. Most should have some kind of crash card to check servers etc.

Re: CIMC Serial port not getting detected in SNS 3615

Jithishkk1514 — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:01:48 GMT

we are looking for alternate solution other than Keyboard and Monitor.

Re: CIMC Serial port not getting detected in SNS 3615

Dustin Anderson — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:43:26 GMT

I understand, but by the documentation, there is no way to do the initial setup other than KVM through the console dongle adapter.

Re: CIMC Serial port not getting detected in SNS 3615

Greg Gibbs — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:01:31 GMT

The SNS appliances are essentially UCS servers under the cover. You might see if this process works for initial configuration of the CIMC via the serial port.

Re: CIMC Serial port not getting detected in SNS 3615

hslai — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 03:48:23 GMT

Greg is correct.

However, besides115200 for baud rate, we also need the serial-over-LAN (SOL) feature disabled. See