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- CML 2.8 Release Notes
- CML 2.8 Installation Guide
- CML 2.8 User Guide
- CML 2.8 Admin Guide
- CML Administrator's Guide
- Cisco Modeling Labs System Overview
- System Defaults
- Creating a New Node Definition
- Node Definition SMBIOS Parameters Specification
- Custom VM Images
- Clustering
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Logging into the System Administration Cockpit¶
Use the system administrator account to log into the System Administration Cockpit. While it is possible to view system settings in the System Administration Cockpit, making changes is considered a privileged task. To make system changes, be sure to login with the system administrator user configured during the initial setup.
Procedure
Open a web browser, and visit the System Administration Cockpit page for your CML system.
By default, the System Administration Cockpit page is at port 9090
on the same hostname or IP address as your CML server, for example
https://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn:9090.
In releases prior to 2.8.0, before you log into the System Administration Cockpit, make sure to check the Reuse my password for privileged tasks check box, as shown in this screenshot.
The login page for the System Administration Cockpit in releases prior to 2.8.0¶
The login page for the System Administration Cockpit since release 2.8.0¶
After you log into the System Administration Cockpit, you can verify that your current session has elevated privileges by looking at the top of the page for the Administrative access indicator button. In previous releases, the same indicator had the label Privileged.
Administrative access indicator for current login since release 2.8.0¶
Privileged indicator for current login in releases prior to 2.8.0¶
In CML cluster deployments, you may use the same System Administration Cockpit on the controller host for each known compute member host as well. Switch between the hosts in the cluster using the dropdown menu in the top-left corner.
Compute member host selector dropdown menu¶
When you switch the System Administration Cockpit to a compute member host, you will see a cut-down version of the :guilabel:CML2 maintenance page, and you will be in limited mode, as indicated in the same place at the top of the page.
Compute member host main page¶
Whenever your UI indicates that you are in limited access mode, you may be able to see most of the same information as in administrative access mode, but you will not be able to make changes to the system, or they may fail. This applies to the other subpages of the System Administration Cockpit, such as Networking, Storage and Software Updates.
Click the Limited Access button and authenticate using the password for the respective compute member host. The username must match on each compute member host, but the passwords may be different, depending on what you entered during initial configuration, or whether you changed the password on some hosts afterwards.
Administrative access credentials dialog¶