Tutorial: Connect to Azure Stack Edge Pro with GPU

This tutorial describes how you can connect to your Azure Stack Edge Pro device with an onboard GPU by using the local web UI.

The connection process can take around 5 minutes to complete.

This tutorial describes how you can connect to the local web UI on the two nodes of your Azure Stack Edge device.

The connection process can take around 10-15 minutes to complete.

In this tutorial, you learn about:

  • Prerequisites
  • Connect to a physical device

Prerequisites

Before you configure and set up your Azure Stack Edge Pro GPU device, make sure that:

Connect to the local web UI setup

  1. Configure the Ethernet adapter on your computer to connect to the Azure Stack Edge Pro device with a static IP address of 192.168.100.5 and subnet 255.255.255.0.

  2. Connect the computer to PORT 1 on your device. If connecting the computer to the device directly (without a switch), use an Ethernet crossover cable or a USB Ethernet adapter.

    The backplane of the device may look slightly different depending on the exact model you have received. Use the illustrations in Cable your device to identify Port 1 on your device.

  3. Open a browser window and access the local web UI of the device at https://192.168.100.10.
    This action may take a few minutes after you've turned on the device.

    You see an error or a warning indicating that there is a problem with the website's security certificate.

    Website security certificate error message

  4. Select Continue to this webpage.
    These steps might vary depending on the browser you're using.

  5. Sign in to the web UI of your device. The default password is Password1.

    Azure Stack Edge Pro device sign-in page

  6. At the prompt, change the device administrator password.
    The new password must contain between 8 and 16 characters. It must contain three of the following characters: uppercase, lowercase, numeric, and special characters.

You're now at the Overview page of your device. The next step is to configure the network settings for your device.

  1. Configure the Ethernet adapter on your computer to connect to the first node of your Azure Stack Edge device with a static IP address of 192.168.100.5 and subnet 255.255.255.0.

  2. Connect the computer to PORT 1 on the first node of your 2-node device. If connecting the computer to the device directly (without a switch), use an Ethernet crossover cable or a USB Ethernet adapter.

    The backplane of the device may look slightly different depending on the exact model you have received. Use the illustrations in Cable your device to identify Port 1 on your device.

  3. Open a browser window and access the local web UI of the device at https://192.168.100.10.
    This action may take a few minutes after you've turned on the device.

    You see an error or a warning indicating that there is a problem with the website's security certificate.

    Website security certificate error message for 2-node device

  4. Select Continue to this webpage.
    These steps might vary depending on the browser you're using.

  5. Sign in to the web UI of your device. The default password is Password1.

    Azure Stack Edge Pro device sign-in page for 2-node device

  6. At the prompt, change the device administrator password.
    The new password must contain between 8 and 16 characters. It must contain three of the following characters: uppercase, lowercase, numeric, and special characters. You're now at the Overview page in the local web UI of the first node of your 2-node device.

  7. Repeat the above steps to connect to the second node of your 2-node device.

The next step is to configure the network settings for your device.

Next steps

In this tutorial, you learned about:

  • Prerequisites
  • Connect to a physical device

To learn how to configure network settings on your Azure Stack Edge Pro device, see: