CIMC Overview
The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) is the management service for the E-Series Servers and the NCE. CIMC runs within the server. You can use a web-based GUI or the SSH-based CLI to access, configure, administer, and monitor the server.
You can use CIMC to perform the following server management tasks:
-
Power on, power off, power cycle, reset, and shut down the server
-
Configure the server boot order
-
Manage RAID levels
Note
The RAID feature is applicable to E-Series Servers and the SM E-Series NCE. The RAID feature is not applicable to the EHWIC E-Series NCE and the NIM E-Series NCE.
-
View server properties and sensors
-
Manage remote presence
-
Create and manage local user accounts, and enable remote user authentication through the Active Directory
-
Configure network-related settings, including NIC properties, IPv4, IPv6, VLANs, and network security
-
Configure communication services, including HTTP, SSH, IPMI over LAN, SNMP, and Redfish
-
Manage certificates
-
Configure platform event filters
-
Update CIMC firmware
-
Update BIOS firmware
-
Install the host image from an internal repository
-
Monitor faults, alarms, and server status
-
Collect technical support data in the event of server failure
Almost all tasks can be performed in either the GUI interface or CLI interface, and the results of tasks performed in one interface are displayed in another. However, you cannot:
-
Use the CIMC GUI to invoke the CIMC CLI
-
View a command that has been invoked through the CIMC CLI in the CIMC GUI
-
Generate CIMC CLI output from the CIMC GUI
CIMC GUI
The CIMC GUI is a web-based management interface for E-Series Servers and the NCE. You can launch the CIMC GUI and manage the server from any remote host that meets the following minimum requirements:
-
Java 1.6 or later
-
HTTP and HTTPS enabled
-
Adobe Flash Player 10 or later
CIMC CLI
-
By the serial port.
-
Over the network by SSH.
-
From the router. Use one of the following commands as appropriate:
-
ucse slot session imc—Use for E-Series Servers and the SM E-Series NCE installed in a Cisco ISR G2. Applicable from Cisco IOS Release 15.2(4)M to 15.4(2)T.
- ucse subslot slot/subslot session imc—Use for E-Series Servers, SM E-Series NCE, and EHWIC E-Series NCE installed in a Cisco ISR G2. Applicable in Cisco IOS Release 15.4(3)M.
-
hw-module subslot slot/subslot session imc—Use for E-Series Servers and the NIM E-Series NCE installed in a Cisco ISR 4000 series.
-
A CLI user can have one of the three roles: admin, user (can control but cannot configure), and read-only.