Cisco Systems UCS C420 manual Server Monitoring and Management Tools, Server Configuration Utility

C H A P T E R 3

Maintaining the Server

This chapter describes how to diagnose server system problems using LEDs. It also provides information about how to install or replace hardware components, and it includes the following sections:

•Server Monitoring and Management Tools, page 3-1

•Status LEDs and Buttons, page 3-2

•Preparing for Server Component Installation, page 3-8

•Installing or Replacing Server Components, page 3-11

Server Monitoring and Management Tools

Cisco Integrated Management Interface

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

Server Configuration Utility

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

You can 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

Cisco UCS C420 Server Installation and Service Guide

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