Configuring the Left Control Display (LCD) Panel

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 Configuring the Left Control Display (LCD) Panel

Overview

The Dell PowerEdge MX7000 next-generation modular chassis with the touch screen LCD on the
left control panel provides an enhanced graphical capability to the at-the-box chassis
management.

The graphical LCD panel provides the following:

• Overall chassis health status

• Fault list by subsystem when chassis state is not healthy.
• Basic system information
• Management Module network settings and configuration
• Quick Sync 2 for OpenManage Mobile connectivity
• Chassis and sled system identify.
• Chassis power off and firmware update notification

Exploring the Lab Environment

Use Case: In this lab, the following tasks are performed:

• Configure the LCD panel on the PowerEdge MX7000 chassis.

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 Lab Demonstration Steps:

1. The blue circle represents a combination of status LCD and an activation icon. It responds to
touch. The combo section can be in an OFF state or ON state. In an ON state, the LED can be
solid/blinking color blue or amber with a warning sign. Click the blue circle to start.

2. Click the info icon to see the various IDs available in the chassis.

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 3. Click Chassis.

4. Click Home to go back.

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 5. Click Menu.

6. Click Settings.

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 7. Click Network Settings to configure network options.

8. Click Edit to setup the IP address.

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 9. Click Static IP to edit the IP settings.

10. Click Yes to continue.

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 11. To setup the IP address, click the byte location one by one from the top.

12. After clicking the four-byte locations, click Mask to edit.

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 13. For this walkthrough, Mask ID is already populated. Click Gateway to edit the address.

14. Click Save to apply the changes.

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 15. Click Close to proceed.

16. Click Settings to go back to the settings menu.

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 17. Click System Info.

18. Review the information and click Settings to go back to the Settings menu.

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 19. Click Language to set the preferred language.

20. For this walkthrough, click English to select.

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 21. Click Yes to confirm the selection.

22. Click Home Page.

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 23. Click Main Menu.

24. For any issue, click Help.

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 25. Review the details and click Home to go back.

26. Click Quick Sync.

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 27. Review details and click Home to check whether the Quick Sync is connected or not.

28. Click Quick Sync (highlighted in blue) to see status.

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 29. Quick Sync is connected. Click Disconnect.

30. Click Yes to confirm.

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 31. Click Close.

32. Click Alerts.

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 33. Alerts from Chassis and MM are viewed here. Click MM1 to view the alerts.

34. Click MM1 to go back.

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 35. Click Home to go back.

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