Overview of Logging In and Setting Up
You can log in and work with Cisco UCS Central using both Cisco UCS Central GUI and Cisco UCS Central CLI. You can perform almost all of the Cisco UCS Central operations, with very few exceptions, using both the interfaces.
To access the Cisco UCS Central GUI, you can use both HTTP and HTTPS protocols.
Access to some features requires that a user have the required privileges. For more information, see the Cisco UCS Central configuration guides.
Logging into and out of the Cisco UCS Central GUI
The following are the default HTTP and HTTPS web links to log into the Cisco UCS Central GUI.
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HTTP—The default HTTP web link for the HTML5 Cisco UCS Central GUI is http://UCSCentral_IP. If you are using the flash-based GUI, then the path is http://UCSCentral_IP/flex.html.
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HTTPS—The default HTTPS web link for the HTML5 Cisco UCS Central GUI is https://UCSCentral_IP. If you are using the flash-based GUI, then the path is https://UCSCentral_IP/flex.html.
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UCSCentral_IP represents the IP address assigned to Cisco UCS Central. |
Procedure
Step 1 |
In your web browser, type the Cisco UCS Central GUI web link or select the book mark in your browser. |
Step 2 |
On the launch page, do the following:
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What to do next
Logging Out
After you have completed your tasks on the Cisco UCS Central GUI, click the Log Out icon on the upper right corner. The Cisco UCS Central GUI logs you out immediately and returns your browser to the launch page.
Logging into and out of the Cisco UCS Central CLI
Use an SSH or telnet client to access the Cisco UCS Central CLI.
The default address to log into the Cisco UCS Central CLI is UCSCentral_IP
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The UCSCentral_IP in represents the IP address assigned to Cisco UCS Central. |
Procedure
Step 1 |
From the SSH client, connect to the IP address assigned to Cisco UCS Central. |
Step 2 |
At the log in as: prompt, enter your Cisco UCS Central user name and press enter. |
Step 3 |
At the password: prompt, enter your Cisco UCS Central password and press enter. |
What to do next
Logging Out
After you have completed your tasks on the Cisco UCS Central CLI, type exit and press enter. Continue to type exit and press enter until the window closes.
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Cisco UCS Central CLI clears the buffer of all uncommitted transactions when you exit. |