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Cisco Firepower Management Center 1600, 2600, and 4600 Getting Started Guide
Before you begin
• Install an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IMPI) utility on your local computer. See
• Determine which commands are needed to access an appliance using the IPMI tool. See
• Establish a connection from the CIMC port to a local network reachable from a computer where you will
Procedure
Step 1
Enable LOM for the FMC. See
Step 2
Enable LOM for users who will use the feature. See
Step 3
Use a third-party IPMI utility to access the FMC.
IPMI Utility Installation
You can use a third-party IPMI utility on your computer to create an SOL connection to the appliance. IPMItool
is standard with many Linux distributions, but on Mac and Windows systems you must install a utility.
If your computer is running Mac OS, install IPMItool. First, confirm that your Mac has Apple's xCode
developer tools package installed. Make sure the optional components for command line development are
installed ("UNIX Development" and "System Tools" in newer versions, or "Command Line Support" in older
versions). Finally, install MacPorts and IPMItool. For more information, use your favorite search engine or
see these sites:
For Windows environments, use ipmiutil, which you must compile yourself. If you do not have access to a
compiler, you can use ipmiutil itself to compile. For more information, use your favorite search engine or see
this site: http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/.
LOM Commands
The syntax of LOM commands depends on the utility you are using, but LOM commands generally contain
the elements listed in the following table.
Table 1: LOM Command Syntax
IPMItool (Linux/Mac)
ipmitool
n/a
-I lanplus
-H IP_address
Utility Installation, on page 41
on page 41
for more information.
run the IPMI utility. See Step 8 of
on page 22
or
Connect Cables Turn On Power Verify Status for Versions 6.5 and Later, on page
depending upon your Firepower version.
Enable Lights-Out Management, on page
https://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/
ipmiutil (Windows)
ipmiutil
-V4
-J3
-N IP_address
Cisco Firepower Management Center 1600, 2600, and 4600 Getting Started Guide
for more information.
Connect Cables Turn On Power Verify Status for Versions 6.3 - 6.4,
Enable Lights-Out Management Users, on page
and http://www.macports.org/.
Description
Invokes the IPMI utility.
For ipmiutil only, enables admin privileges
for the LOM session.
Enables encryption for the LOM session.
Specifies the IP address of the management
interface on the appliance.
IPMI Utility Installation
IPMI
LOM Commands,
9,
42.
43.
41
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