2.1 Connecting and Logging in to the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Dashboard

To open the Login page of the Oracle PCA Dashboard, enter the following address in a Web browser:

https://manager-vip:7002/dashboard

Where, manager-vip refers to the shared Virtual IP address that you have configured for your management nodes during installation. By using the shared Virtual IP address, you ensure that you always access the Oracle PCA Dashboard on the active management node.

Note

If you are following the installation process and this is your first time accessing the Oracle PCA Dashboard, the Virtual IP address in use by the master management node is set to the factory default 192.168.4.216 . This is an IP address in the internal appliance management network, which can only be reached if you use a workstation patched directly into the available Ethernet port 19 in one of the Oracle Switch ES1-24 switches. The default user name is admin and the default password is Welcome1.

Important

You must ensure that if you are accessing the Oracle PCA Dashboard through a firewalled connection, the firewall is configured to allow TCP traffic on the port that the Oracle PCA Dashboard is using to listen for connections.

Enter your Oracle PCA Dashboard administration user name in the Username field. This is the administration user name you configured during installation. Enter the password for the Oracle PCA Dashboard administration user name in the Password field.

Important

The Oracle PCA Dashboard makes use of cookies in order to store session data. Therefore, to successfully login and use the Oracle PCA Dashboard your web browser must accept cookies from the Oracle PCA Dashboard host.