Cisco Systems C200, R2001120402, UCS C200 M1 Maintaining the Server

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Cisco UCS C200 Server Installation and Service Guide

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Maintaining the Server

This chapter describes how to diagnose hardware problems with status LEDs and how to install or

replace hardware components, and includes the following sections:

•Server Monitoring and Management Tools, page 3-1

•Status LEDs, page 3-2

•Preparing for Component Installation, page 3-7

•Installing or Replacing Components, page 3-13

You can monitor the server inventory, health, and system event logs by using the built-in Cisco Integrated

Management Controller (CIMC) GUI or CLI interfaces. See the user documentation for your firmware

release at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10739/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Cisco has also developed the Cisco Server Configuration Utility for C-Series servers, which can aid and

simplify the following tasks:

•Monitoring server inventory and health

•Diagnosing common server problems with diagnostic tools and logs

•Setting the BIOS booting order

•Configuring some RAID configurations

•Installing operating systems

This utility is shipped with new servers on CD. You can also download the ISO from Cisco.com. See the

user documentation for this utility at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/ucsscu/user/guide/20/SCUUG20.html