Business Edition 6000 UCS C220 M3 Network Management Port

[James Hawkins]

Hello,

I have two UCS C220 M3 servers as part of a Business Edition 6000 solution.

Each server has two integrated LAN ports and a dedicated Management LAN port.

I have tried to set CIMC to use the dedicated management port but the port does not become active and connect to the LAN switch.

I have checked the switch port and it is set to auto-negotiate speed and duplex and is configured as an access port in the correct VLAN.

I have tested the switch port with another PC and that works ok.

The servers shipped with 1.5(1)b firmware. I have upgraded this to 1.5(1)l but still have the same issue.

I am starting to wonder whether the dedicated management port is disabled on the BE6000 UCS C220 M3 server.

Has anyone else got this working?

[Chris Deren]

What switch type are you connecting it to? the port is 10/100 so can you try hard coding it to 100-Full Duplex on your switch port?

Chris

[James Hawkins]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for responding. It is connecting to a 10/100/1000 port on a Catalyst 3750.

I did try fixing the port speed/duplex to 100-Full and 100-Half but the management port did not come up. It is the same for both servers so cabling and switch ports should not be an issue.

I have installed lots of non-BE6000 UCS servers and have never had this issue before

[Chris Deren]

Hmm, so you pressed F8 during the bootup and assigned IP, etc to it?

Are you sure you are connecting to the proper port as I belive there is another mgmt type port on these servers?

Chris

[James Hawkins]

Yes I am certain I am connecting to the correct port.

I was wondering whether the BE6000 disables the management port for some reason?