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t121t3 Troubles with 5708s as hardware initiator config in M600(M1000e) 5 Jan 15 2010, 12:19 PM EST by budd79
Thread started: Oct 7 2008, 1:08 PM EDT  Watch
Hi
I received the below info on how to make sure I use the 5708s as a hardware initiator to join to my MD3000i. The problem is that I can not find all the options.
-I had to download BASC 3 from Broadcom as could not find on Dell. I found version 11.3.13-no version 12
-I had to also get latest driver from Broadcom ver. 4.4.15
-in BASC I can not find any options to tick or untick iSCSI offload or NDIS
-in device manager he devices do not show up as iSCSI HBA

Am I missing something? This occurs with new Broadcom driver or old Dell driver.

Here is the instructions I was send I was trying to follow.

This is what you need to do to have the Blade connect to the MD3000i using the iSCSI offload feature.
1) Install the latest Broadcom driver and Control suite (BACS3 - Version 12.0 on support.dell.com)
2) In BASC3 put a check box on the iSCSI option on the adpaters you want to enable iSCSI offload on.

- You might want to uncheck the NDIS option if you are only going to use the Broadcom controller for iSCSI.

3) Configure the IP address of the iSCSI HBA using the BACS3 software.
4) Go to device manager and verify that a new device shows up for the iSCSI HBA.

5) Ensure that the MS iSCSI initiator 2.06 or later is installed

6) Make sure that the MD3000i MDSM software has been installed

6) Configure the MS iSCSI initiator as you would if you were using a NIC, but select the Broadcom HBA device.

7) Continue the setup of the MD3000i

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RussPetruzzelli m1000e chassis questions: Unable to access web management interfaces 2 Dec 29 2009, 8:28 AM EST by Jeff_Sullivan
Thread started: Dec 28 2009, 4:08 PM EST  Watch
My immediate problem is that I am unable to connect to the CMC web management console on http(s)://192.168.0.120. (80 or 443)
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I have a powered up m1000e chassis.
It has:
5 m610 blades (powered off and not yet configured)
2 CMCs
2 Cisco 3130x switches...

I have an external monitor and usb keyboard/mouse connected to the kvm.
I am connected to the primary cmc (blue light) and am able to issue racadm commands.
I am able to run "racadm connect server-1" and issue commands to the switch.

I have configured the cmc with the default IPs and gateways and run racadm commands that confirm this.

When I connect my laptop directly to the ethernet port on the CMC, my browser times out and does not connect.
I have:
- A solid green light on my physical wire.
(Does the CMC support ping? It does not respond to a ping.)
- I have ensured I am not using a proxy in my firefox browser.
(It doesn't require a crossover CAT5 cable does it?)

Last week I momentarily got to a username/password prompt popup window for the cisco 3130 web interface (eg: 192.168.0.121), but could not figure out what the username/password should have been. Since then, it will not respond.

Should the CMC web interface "just work"?
If I am connected to the kvm, does it disable the web interface?
Is there a racadm command that must be run first to enable the CMC web interface?

I have done a racadm rackresetcfg (factory reset) once already.

Thanks.
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du2efs Blade Configuration Workshet template 0 Nov 9 2009, 9:41 AM EST by du2efs
Thread started: Nov 9 2009, 9:41 AM EST  Watch
Team,

Anybody here has Blade Configuration Worksheet template?

Thanks in advance..

Gilbert
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