Contents

Status LEDs 3-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front Panel LEDs

 

3-2

 

 

 

 

Rear Panel LEDs

3-4

 

 

 

 

Preparing for Component Installation

3-7

 

 

Required Equipment

3-7

 

 

 

Shutting Down and Powering Off the Server

3-8

Removing and Replacing the Server in a Rack

 

3-9

Removing and Replacing the Server Top Cover

 

3-10

Removing and Replacing the Server Front Cover

3-11

Replaceable Component Locations 3-12

 

 

Installing or Replacing Components

3-13

 

 

Installing Hard Drives and Solid State Drives

 

3-14

Installing Power Supplies

3-16

 

 

 

Installing a DVD Drive

3-17

 

 

 

Installing a Fan Tray

3-19

 

 

 

Installing DIMMs

 

3-21

 

 

 

 

Memory Performance Guidelines and Population Rules 3-21

DIMM Installation Procedure

3-24

 

Installing CPUs and Heatsinks

3-26

 

Additional CPU-Related Parts To Order With RMA Replacement Motherboards 3-26

CPU Replacement Procedure

3-26

 

Installing a Motherboard CMOS Battery

3-29

Installing a Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

3-30

Replacing a PCIe Riser Card Assembly 3-32

Replacing a PCIe Card

3-34

 

 

Replacing a PCIe Card 3-34

 

 

Special Considerations for the Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card (N2XX-ACPCI01)3-37

Installing Multiple PCIe Cards and Resolving Limited Resources 3-38

Replacing a SAS Extender or SAS Expander

3-40

The SAS Extender

3-40

 

 

The SAS Expander

3-40

 

 

 

 

 

 

Replacing a SAS Extender or SAS Expander Card 3-41

 

 

 

 

Replacing an LSI MegaRAID Battery Backup Unit 3-42

 

 

 

 

Installing a Mezzanine Card

3-44

 

 

Technical Specifications

 

 

 

A P P E N D I X A

A-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Specifications

A-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environmental Specifications

A-2

 

 

 

 

Power Specifications

A-2

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco UCS C210 Server Installation and Service Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems UCS C210 manual Replacing a SAS Extender or SAS Expander Card