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the server to become out of sync with the actual power state and the server may unexpected shutdown at a later time. To safely reboot a server from a
Connectors
A console port is provided to give a direct connection to a blade server to allow operating system installation and other management tasks to be done directly rather than remotely. The port uses the KVM dongle device included in the chassis accessory kit.
The KVM cable
Figure 2 | KVM Cable for Blade Servers |
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LEDs
The LED indicators indicate whether the blade server is in active or standby mode, the status of the network link, the overall health of the blade server, and whether the server is set to give a flashing blue beaconing indication. See Table 1 for details.
The removable hard disks also have LEDs indicating hard disk access activity and hard disk health.
Table 1 | Blade Server LEDs |
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| Power |
| Off | Not installed or Fault. |
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| Green | Normal operation. |
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| Amber | Standby. |
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| Link |
| Off | None of the network links are up. |
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| Green | At least one network link is up. |
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Cisco UCS B230 Blade Server Installation and Service Note
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