Adding a Bare Metal Agent Account
Before you begin
Before you add a Bare Metal Agent account, do the following:
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Make sure that the Bare Metal Agent is installed.
Note
You are not prompted to enter the BMA root passwords during installation. However, the first time you log in to Cisco UCS Director after installation is completed, you are prompted to enter the default root password. The default password is pxeboot.
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Make sure that the Bare Metal Agent VM is completely booted up, login to Bare Metal Agent VM Console to view the Management IP address.
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Login to Bare Metal Agent through VM Console or SSH client to access the CLI and change the default root password using the passwd root command.
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Set up the environment required to support a single or separate PXE and Management network configuration, with the appropriate VLANs.
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To provide required DHCP services, ensure that the PXE interface of the Bare Metal Agent is connected to PXE VLAN network and configure DHCP service with an appropriate IP address range.
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Ensure to use the same Samba password of the legacy BMA (version 6.7.4.x) in the Samba Password and Confirm Samba Password fields in the migrated BMA (version 6.8.x.x), if the Samba Service for Windows PXE check box is enabled.
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Log into Bare Metal Agent VM using SSH client and update WinPE.wim with eth1 IP address details of the migrated BMA (version 6.8.x.x), if the legacy BMA (version 6.7.4.x) and migrated BMA (version 6.8.x.x) are deployed with different PXE IP addresses.
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Log into Cisco UCS Manager and update the service profile with PXE VLAN details of the migrated BMA (version 6.8.x.x), reset the server, and then resubmit the service request in Cisco UCS Director appliance, if the legacy BMA (version 6.7.4.x) and migrated BMA (version 6.8.X.X) are deployed with different PXEVLAN ID or a failed service request is available in the migrated Cisco UCS Director appliance (version 6.8.x.x).
Procedure
Step 1 |
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On the Physical Accounts page, click Bare Metal Agents. |
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On the Add Bare Metal Agent Appliance screen complete the following fields:
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Step 4 |
Click Submit. |
What to do next
Configure the DHCP Server for Bare Metal Agent.