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Factory reset a block

  • 26 January 2017
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R
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Hello everyone, I'm Ricardo and I'm a NetApp storage admin getting into Nutanix.

I got a NX3450 to play with and learn how to use Nutanix, the block was used by another person and is already configured, I don't know which IPs it has assigned nor what hypervisor it has installed, so I want to factory reset the thing and start from scratch and need your help to acomplish this task.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

Cheers.
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Best answer by ralfaro01zero 27 January 2017, 18:07

I believe I found the issue, the display cable is broken, I got another diaplay and now I can see the ESXi console; I guess that explains the issue.



Cheers.
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patrbng
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Hopefully you know the IPMI password or it is set to the default of (ADMIN / ADMIN). If you have that, you can use the foundation process to push a new hypervisor/CVM image. If you're new to the foundation process, I would suggest nu.school or reviewing the field installation guide.
R
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Thanks for the answer, the IPMI password is not the default, how can I reset it?

Cheers.
Jon
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What sort of access DO you have to the system? is it completely inaccessible, or do you have hypervisor or nutanix CVM/Prism access?
Jon Kohler | Technical Director, Engineering, Nutanix | Nutanix NPX #003, VCDX #116 | @JonKohler | Please Kudos if useful!
Jon
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Also include physical access (i.e crash cart), do you have the ability to do that?
Jon Kohler | Technical Director, Engineering, Nutanix | Nutanix NPX #003, VCDX #116 | @JonKohler | Please Kudos if useful!
R
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I do not have any access, don't know the IPs, users, installed HV or any other information; if I plug a display on the nodes nothing is shown.

Cheers.
R
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I believe I found the IP of one of the interfaces, if I try to access with SSH it asks for a user and password, I tried with ADMIN/ADMIN but it fails.

Cheers.
R
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I believe I found the issue, the display cable is broken, I got another diaplay and now I can see the ESXi console; I guess that explains the issue.

Cheers.

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