Cisco UCS C250 M1
Connecting
These use admin, rather than root.
CLI command completion
Use <Tab> to show a list of possible commands at any scope, then use '?' to get the possible options to complete the command.
General / show and change config
In every scope you have "show" and "show detail" for the current config, "show configuration pending" to show pending changes, "set" to change settings, and (do not forget), "commit" to commit your changes.
Power actions
All power actions happen under the chassis scope:
scope chassis
- powercycling
- power cycle
- hard reset
- power hard-reset
- power off
- power off
- power on
- power on
- graceful shutdown
- power shutdown
Returning to the top scope
top
Setting BIOS settings
Most bios settings are in scope bios/server-management and bios/advanced.
Getting BIOS version
show bios detail
Getting BIOS settings
scope bios/advanced show detail
Getting IP / MAC / VLAN
scope cimc/network show detail
Getting MAC addresses of the on-board NICs
scope cimc/network show lom-mac-list detail
(*) note LOM stands for "LAN on motherboard" here, not "Lights-out management"
Getting info about PCI adapters (RAID controller and others)
scope chassis show pci-adapter detail
KVM
scope kvm
Virtual Media
Important: you need to disable virtual media or else its USB devices are occupying /dev/sda & /dev/sdb making installs fail!
ucs-c250-m1# scope vmedia ucs-c250-m1 /vmedia # show Encryption Enabled Enabled Active Sessions ------------------ ------- --------------- no yes 0 ucs-c250-m1 /vmedia # set enabled no ucs-c250-m1 /vmedia *# commit
PXE boot
scope bios set boot-order pxe
To manage boot-order: - Reboot server to have your boot-order settings take place - Do not disable boot options via BIOS screens - If a specified device type is not seen by the BIOS, it will be removed from the boot order configured on the BMC - Your boot order sequence will be applied subject to the previous rule. The configured list will be appended by the additional device types seen by the BIOS
commit
Getting console output / a shell
top connect host
CISCO Serial Over LAN: Close Network Connection to Exit
(to close the connection use "~." (that's tilde dot))
command modes
Serial Over LAN
ucs-c250-m1# connect host
CISCO Serial Over LAN disabled
ucs-c250-m1# scope sol
ucs-c250-m1 /sol *# show detail
Serial Over LAN:
Enabled: no
Baud Rate(bps): 115200
ucs-c250-m1 /sol *# set enabled yes
ucs-c250-m1 /sol *# commit
Getting product name / serial number / PID / UUID
show chassis detail