beperformed from both the server and service profile. The remaining management tasks can only be performed
onthe server.
CiscoUCS Manager provides information, errors, and faults for each rack-mount server that it has discovered.
Forinformation about how to integrate a supported Cisco UCS rack-mount server with Cisco UCS Manager,
seethe hardware installation guide for that server.
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Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Rack-Mount Servers
Considerthe followingguidelines when decidingwhether toremove or decommission a rack-mount server
usingCisco UCS Manager:
Decommissioning a Rack-Mount server
Decommissioningis performed when a rack-mount server is physically present and connected but you want
totemporarily remove it from the configuration. Because it is expected that a decommissioned rack-mount
serverwill be eventually recommissioned, a portion of the server's information is retained by Cisco UCS
Managerfor future use.
Removing a Rack-Mount server
Removingis performed when you physically remove the server from the system by disconnecting the
rack-mountserver from the fabric extender. Youcannot remove a rack-mount server from Cisco UCS Manager
ifit is physically present and connected to the fabric extender. Once the rack-mount server is disconnected,
theconfiguration for that rack-mount server can be removed in Cisco UCS Manager.
Duringremoval, management interfaces are disconnected, all entries from databases are removed, and the
serveris automatically removed from any server pools that it was assigned to during discovery.
Onlythose servers added to a server pool automatically during discovery will be removed automatically.
Serversthat have been manually added to a server pool have to be removed manually.
Note
Ifyou need to add a removed rack-mountserver back to the configuration, it must be reconnected and then
rediscovered.When a server is reintroduced to Cisco UCS Manager it is treated like a new server and is subject
tothe deep discovery process. For this reason, it's possible that Cisco UCS Manager will assign the server a
newID that may be differentfrom the ID that it held before.
Booting Rack-Mount Servers

Booting a Rack-Mount Server

Ifthe Boot Serverlink is dimmed in the Actions area, you must shut down the server first.
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