07-30-2019 03:45 AM
I am getting reports that the serial console in 36XX appliances does not work.
Datasheet says that appliance has a serial connector but 36XX installation guide has removed the following section that is present in 35XX installation guide:
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Your Cisco SNS-3515 or Cisco SNS-3595 appliance has a DCE-mode console port for connecting a console terminal to your appliance. The appliance uses a DB-9 serial connector for the console port.
The console port on the Cisco SNS-3515 or Cisco SNS-3595 appliance includes an EIA/TIA-232 asynchronous serial (DB-9) connector. This serial console connector (port) allows you to access the appliance locally by connecting a terminal—either a PC running terminal-emulation software or an ASCII terminal—to the console port.
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If we have a terminal server in the equipment room using a serial console is more convenient that setting IP addresses in CIMC.
Could this be a bug, a (missing) feature or a user error ?
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07-31-2019 09:38 PM
The physical console port on any UCS server does not give you direct access to the CIMC. That would be an amazing feature I have to say! :)
The console port is wired to the main motherboard and makes itself available to the operating system, and not the CIMC.
CIMC is available via the IP-based interface methods (CIMC interface or shared on the other interfaces).
08-05-2019 08:24 PM
To close this thread:
To enable serial console in new 3615/3655/3695 appliances you need to disable Serial-over-LAN setting in CIMC:
07-31-2019 09:38 PM
The physical console port on any UCS server does not give you direct access to the CIMC. That would be an amazing feature I have to say! :)
The console port is wired to the main motherboard and makes itself available to the operating system, and not the CIMC.
CIMC is available via the IP-based interface methods (CIMC interface or shared on the other interfaces).
07-31-2019 09:59 PM
I don't want to access CIMC via serial port but I would like to access ADEOS using serial port - so that I can utilise my terminal server to access ISE remotely without having to set IP address on CIMC. Setting IP on CIMC requires a monitor and a keyboard or some dhcpd tuning. Besides having RS-232C to all critical communications equipment gives me warm and fuzzy feeling.
08-05-2019 08:24 PM
To close this thread:
To enable serial console in new 3615/3655/3695 appliances you need to disable Serial-over-LAN setting in CIMC:
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