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VitalQIP AMM 500
Thank you for choosing the VitalQIP ® Appliance Management Module, AMM 500 . This guide is intended to help you set up the appliance and connect it to the network quickly.
Box contents
Your shipping carton should include: 1 AMM 500 appliance, a Quick Start Guide, and a 12V power pack and power cable.
Prerequisites
1. You need to have the Appliance Management Software (AMS) running on an appliance or a standalone server.
2. The AMS administrator needs to create a record for the AMM 500 appliance in AMS and provide the appliance setup information to you either in print format or electronically, as described on the next page in Appliance setup instructions. Setup of an appliance in AMS is described in “View appliance setup information” in Chapter 2 of the AMS User’s Guide.
Figure 1. VitalQIP AMM 500 front view
Figure 2. VitalQIP AMM 500 rear view
Appliance setup instructions
If you have the electronic version of the Appliance configuration data in a USB flash drive, refer to
“Auto Config Mode”. If you have appliance configuration data only in paper format, refer to “Manual
Config Mode”. If you would like to receive the appliance configuration data in a USB flash drive, request your AMS administrator to provide it or refer to “View appliance setup information” in
Chapter 2 of the AMS User’s Guide.
Auto Config Mode
1. Connect a network cable to the Ethernet port labelled NIC1 on the back of the appliance.
2. Connect the flash drive with the Appliance Configuration data to a USB port.
Note: Only one set of appliance configuration data can be present in the flash drive at any point.
3. Connect the supplied power supply cable to the back of the appliance and to a power source (110v or 240v). The appliance automatically powers up after the power source is connected.
4. You should see a flickering green light on the Ethernet port indicating connectivity. If you do not see the light, call your network support team to check on network connectivity. If the cable has network connectivity, and the connectivity indicator is still not lit on the back of the appliance, call Alcatel-Lucent support.
5. If you would like to see the progress of the bootup and auto configuration, connect either a laptop to the serial port labelled Serial 1 (see Figure 2) or a monitor, a mouse and a keyboard to the appropriate ports on the appliance. If you are connecting to a serial port, make sure the serial port is set to 9600n81. These devices can be removed after the initial setup.
6. After a successful auto configuration, the appliance appears online in AMS. The appliance is ready for package deployment and monitoring from AMS.
If you do not see the appliance appear online in AMS or see an error on the monitor/laptop, you can manually correct the data. Refer to the instructions for “Manual Config Mode”.
Manual Config Mode
If you do not have an electronic version of the Appliance configuration data, follow these steps.
1. Connect a network cable to the Ethernet port labelled NIC1 on the back of the appliance.
2. Connect either a laptop to the serial port labelled Serial 1 (see Figure 2) or a monitor, a mouse and a keyboard to the appropriate ports on the appliance. If you are connecting to a serial port, make sure the serial port is set to
9600n81. These devices can be removed after the initial setup.
3. Connect the supplied power supply cable to the back of the appliance and to a power source (110v or 240v). The appliance automatically powers up after the power source is connected.
4. You should see a flickering green light indicating connectivity. If you do not see the light, call your network support team to check on network connectivity. If the cable has network connectivity, and the connectivity indicator is still not lit on the back of the appliance, call Alcatel-Lucent support.
5. Once the boot is complete, the appliance console menu opens:
6. To configure the appliance, enter enable . The prompt changes to
#
to indicate that you are now in privileged mode.
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7. Contact your AMS administrator to obtain the configuration information. Your AMS administrator should already have set up the appliance in the AMS database and needs to provide the following information to you.
• Hostname
• IPv4 address
• IPv6 Address
• Netmask
• Gateway
• AMS URI
• Key
8. Once you have the above information, enter the following at the appliance console,
# config config# hostname <System hostname provided in Step 7> config# address <IP address provided in Step 7> config# v6address (IPv6 address provided in Step 7 if IPv6 support is needed)
config# netmask <Netmask provided in Step 7> config# gateway <Gateway address provided in Step 7> config# ams <AMS URI provided in Step 7> config# key <Key provided in Step 7>
Note: The first time you configure or after a factory reset, you are presented with licence information. Read the license information carefully, and enter Yes to accept or No to refuse.
9. To set up a password to restrict access to the appliance, enter password . A password must be alphanumeric and at least 6 characters.
Note: The appliance console password can also be set up and maintained in the AMS database. Refer to
Chapter 2 in the AMS User’s Guide for more information. For information on other configuration options, refer to Part II of the Appliance Manager Installation & Configuration Guide.
10. Use the show command, as in the following example, config#show hostname: amm1
IPv4 address: 192.168.1.21
IPv4 netmask: 255.255.255.0
IPv4 gateway: 192.168.1.1
IPv6 address:
AMS URI: http://192.168.1.15:8080/ams/amsrpc key: IGJN196TD4T7 autoconfig: disabled console password: configured and make sure there was no data entry problem during configuration in Steps 7 and 8.
11. To save the configuration, enter the following, config# save config# back
> reboot and confirm the reboot. Once the reboot is complete, the appliance console menu is displayed.
12. Enter verify command to check connectivity to the AMS server. If successful, you see a
verify successful
response. If the verify command fails, use the enable to enter privileged mode, followed by config . If there was an error, go to Step 7and repeat the process.
If verify fails again, check to see if basic network connectivity exists between the appliance and your network. For example, double-check the input fields, check the cable(s), and ping the address of the appliance from another machine. If there is successful connectivity but you are still unable to verify successfully, call Alcatel-Lucent support.
13. If the verify command is successful, use the enable command to enter privileged mode again.
14. Enter authenticate to connect to AMS. If successful, you see an
authentication successful
response.
If the authenticate command fails, use the config and show commands to check if there was a mistake in data entry in Steps 7 and 8, especially the system key. If there was an error, go to Step 8 and repeat the config process.
If authenticate fails again, reboot the appliance and go back to Step 9. If authentication fails once again, ask the
AMS administrator to resend the “system key”. Go back to Step 8 and enter the updated system key. If there is still an issue, call Alcatel-Lucent support.
15. If authentication is successful, enter disable to exit privileged mode. The appliance is ready for AMS operations.
Provide the AMS administrator with the status of the appliance.
16. At this point, the monitor, mouse and keyboard can be removed from the system. The appliance is ready for package deployment and monitoring from AMS.
17. To change the time zone, login as root from ssh user and execute following commands:
a. # mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime-old
b. # ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/[Region]/[Location] /etc/localtime
Configuring Lights Out Management
The AMM 500 appliance is equipped with Lights Out management capability that provides the ability to remotely manage the appliance using a web-based interface. To configure Lights Out, do the following:
1. Connect a network cable from a laptop to the NIC 1 Ethernet port on the back of the appliance (Lights Out uses a shared NIC). The laptop needs to be able to access the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet.
2. Access the web-based interface by entering http://192.168.1.8
in a browser. Login with Username "ADMIN" and
Password "changeit".
3. Click on the Server health tab and verify that the server health is reported as healthy. If not, contact Technical
Support.
4. Select Configuration/Network to set the network settings. Select Configuration/Users to set the ADMIN password.
Save the settings.
5. To remotely launch the system console, select Remote Control and Console Redirection.
6. Disconnect the network cable from the laptop and connect the appliance directly into the network.
Contacting technical support
If you need assistance with the VitalQIP AMM 500 , contact technical support via phone or web.
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