Accessing the CloudVision Appliance

 

The following topics are discussed in this chapter:

IPMI

iDRAC is a GUI based IPMI running on a separate out of band CPU used for monitoring the hardware appliance.

Web Access into IPMI (iDRAC)

IPMI (iDRAC) is supported on the following browsers:
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Google Chrome

     

On the management station, open the Web browser and connect to the iDRAC7 using: https://<hostname or IP of iDRAC>.

For Example: https://192.168.0.120.

The Login page appears.

 

Figure 1. Login Page


 

Login using the default username and password, which are:
  • Username: root
  • Password: arista

     

 

Note: Both the username and password are case sensitive.

 

Web Access into CVX and CVP Consoles via WOK

 

Web Access into Host via WOK

On the management station, open your Web browser and connect to URL: https://<host>:8001. Login through the WOK Login Page.

IPMI is supported on the following browsers:
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Google Chrome

     

Default username and password:
  • Username: root
  • Password: arista

     

 

Note: Both the username and password are case sensitive.

 

 

Figure 2. WOK Login Page


 

Web Access into CVX and CVP consoles via WOK.

 

Figure 3. Accessing the CVX and CVP Consoles via WOK


 

Using the CLI to Access the Appliance

 

Updating the Host Password

You can directly update or change a password using the following method.

  1. Enter your login credentials.

    Default Username: root

    Default Password: arista

     

  2. Running passwd with no options will change the password of the account running the command. You will first be prompted to enter the account's current password: 
    [root@cv ~]# passwd

     

  3. You will be asked to enter a new password.
  4. Enter the same password again, to verify.
  5. If the passwords match, the password will be changed. 
    passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
[root@cv ~]#

     

Changing the IPMI Password

Two options are available to change the IPMI password:

Changing the Password through the IPMI Web Interface

 

  1. Under iDRAC Settings, go to User Authentication. The User Authentication page appears.

     

    Figure 4. User Authentication page


     

  2. Click the User ID number of the root account. The Configure User radio button should already be checked.
  3. Click Next. The page appears, showing options for changing passwords.

     

    Figure 5. Changing the Password


     

  4. Select the Change Password checkbox.
  5. Enter the new password in the New Password and Confirm New Password fields.
  6. Click Apply to apply the password change.

     

    Figure 6. Apply the Password Change


     

  7. Logout, and then login through the iDRAC GUI to verify the change.

Changing the Password through the CLI

 

Resetting the iDRAC password can be done using the command line tool, racadm.

  1. Telnet or SSH into the Host IP.
  2. Execute the following commands to change the iDRAC password.

     

    Figure 7. Changing the Password through the CLI