Initial Server Setup | Cisco Systems UCS C420 instruction

Chapter 2 Installing the Server

Initial Server Setup

This section includes the following topics:

•Connecting and Powering On the Server (Standalone Mode), page 2-8

•NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings, page 2-11

Connecting and Powering On the Server (Standalone Mode)

This section describes how to power on the server, assign an IP address, and connect to server management when using the server in standalone mode. To use the server in a Cisco UCS integration, specific cabling and settings are required. See Installation for Cisco UCS Integration, page D-1.

Note The server is shipped with a default NIC mode called Shared LOM EXT, default NIC redundancy is active-active, and DHCP is enabled. Shared LOM EXT mode enables the 1-Gb Ethernet ports and the ports on any installed Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) to access the Cisco Integrated Management Interface (CIMC). If you want to use the 10/100 dedicated management ports to access the CIMC, you can connect to the server and change the NIC mode as described in Step 4 of the following procedure. In that step, you can also change the NIC redundancy and set static IP settings.

To perform initial setup of the server, follow these steps:

Step 1 Attach a supplied power cord to each power supply in your server, and then attach the power cord to a

grounded AC power outlet. See the Power Specifications, page A-2for power specifications.

Wait for approximately two minutes to let the server boot in standby power during the first bootup.

You can verify the power status by looking at the Power Status LED (see Figure 1-1 on page 1-1):

•Off—There is no AC power present in the server.

•Amber—The server is in standby power mode. Power is supplied only to the CIMC and some motherboard functions.

•Green—The server is in main power mode. Power is supplied to all server components.

Note During bootup, the server beeps once for each USB device that is attached to the server. Even if there are no external USB devices attached, there is a short beep for each virtual USB device such as a virtual floppy drive, CD/DVD drive, keyboard, or mouse. A beep is also emitted if a USB device is hot-plugged or hot-unplugged during a BIOS power-on self test (POST), or while you are accessing the BIOS Setup utility or the EFI shell.

Step 2 Connect a USB keyboard and VGA monitor by connecting the supplied KVM cable to the KVM connector on the front panel (see Figure 1-1 on page 1-1).

Note Alternatively, you can use the VGA and USB ports on the rear panel. However, you cannot use the front panel VGA and the rear panel VGA at the same time. If you are connected to one VGA connector and you then connect a video device to the other connector, the first VGA connector is disabled.

Step 3 Connect Ethernet cables to the server ports or card ports that you want to use.

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