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 Viewing Server Properties
 Viewing Server Sensors
 Managing User Accounts
 Creating a vNIC
 Configuring Communication Services
 Configuring Platform Event Filters
 Bios Parameters by Server Model
 This preface includes the following sections
Preface
Audience
Conventions
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 New and Changed Information for this Release
Feature Description Where Documented
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 Documentation Roadmaps
Related Cisco UCS Documentation
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Other Documentation Resources
 This chapter includes the following sections
Overview
Overview of the Server Software
 Management Interfaces
Cisco Integrated Management Controller
Cimc Firmware
Server OS
 Cimc CLI
Command Modes
 Overview Command Modes
 Command to Access Mode Prompt
Mode Name
 Command to Access Mode Prompt
 Scope trap-destinations command
Scope role-group command from
Scope power-cap command from
Scope sensor command from
 Command Output Formats
Complete a Command
Command History
Committing, Discarding, and Viewing Pending Commands
 Online Help for the CLI
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 KVM Console
Installing the Server OS
OS Installation Methods
 You can use the KVM console to install an OS on the server
PXE Installation Servers
Installing an OS Using a PXE Installation Server
 Toggling the Locator LED
Command or Action Purpose Step
Enters chassis command mode
Managing the Server
 Server /chassis/hdd # set locateHDD
Managing the Server Boot Order
Server Boot Order
Toggling the Locator LED for a Hard Drive
 Server# scope bios
Configuring the Server Boot Order
 Detail
Resetting the Server
Viewing the Actual Server Boot Order
Server /bios # show actual-boot-order
 Server# scope chassis
Server# scope chassis Enters chassis mode
Server /chassis # power shutdown
Shutting Down the Server
 Powering Off the Server
Managing Server Power
Powering On the Server
 Server# scope chassis Enters chassis command mode
Power Cycling the Server
Command or Action Purpose
 Name Description
Configuring Power Policies
Viewing the Power Statistics
 Non-Compliance Action
Power Capping Policy
Configuring the Power Cap Policy
 Enabled yes no
Server# scope power-cap
Enters the power cap command mode
Server /power-cap # set
 Delay-value delay
Configuring the Power Restore Policy
Power-off power-on
Restore-last-state
 Action Description
Managing the Flexible Flash Controller
Cisco Flexible Flash
Dual Card Management in the Cisco Flexible Flash Controller
 Scenario Behavior
Configuring the Flexible Flash Controller Properties
 # set raid-primary-member slot1
# set read-error-count-threshold
# set write-error-count-threshold
# set virtual-drives-enabled list
 None SCU HV HUU
Booting from the Flexible Flash
Server /bios # set boot-override
 Permissible index value is FlexFlash-0
Resetting the Flexible Flash Controller
 Server /chassis/flexflash # commit
Default configuration
 Secondary slot
Configuring Bios Settings
Viewing Bios Status
Bios Version Version string of the running Bios
 Attempt to use
Configuring Main Bios Settings
Boot Order
For each Bios setting, see one the following topics
 Server /bios/main # set POSTErrorPause Enabled
Configuring Advanced Bios Settings
On, you are prompted to choose whether to reboot now
Configure the Bios settings Server /bios/advanced #
 Server-management
Configuring Server Management Bios Settings
Command or Action
Configure the Bios settings
 Server /bios # bios-setup-default
Restoring Bios Defaults
Restoring Bios Manufacturing Custom Defaults
 Server # scope bios Server /bios # restore-mfg-defaults
Server /bios # restore-mfg-defaults
Default values
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 Displays server properties
Viewing Server Properties
Viewing Server Properties
Server# show chassis detail
 Displays Cimc properties
Viewing Cimc Properties
Viewing CPU Properties
Server# show cimc detail
 This example displays Dimm summary information
Viewing Memory Properties
 Show psu detail
Viewing Power Supply Properties
Viewing Storage Properties
Viewing Storage Adapter Properties
 Server /chassis # show storageadapter
Error-counters detail
Hw-config detail
Settings detail
 Flash controllers
Viewing the Flexible Flash Controller Properties
Server /chassis # show flexflash detail
Optional Displays the available Cisco Flexible
 Viewing Physical Drive Properties
 Virtual-drive drive-number
Viewing Virtual Drive Properties
Virtual-drive drive-number detail
Virtual-drive-count detail
 Server # scope chassis
Viewing Nvidia GPU Card Information
Slot number of the GPU card
 Server# scope cimc
Viewing PCI Adapter Properties
Viewing Network Related Properties
Viewing LOM Properties
 Server# scope cimc Network
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 Show psu-redundancy
Viewing Power Supply Sensors
Viewing Server Sensors
Server# scope sensor
 Server /sensor # show psu-redundancy
Viewing Temperature Sensors
Server /sensor # show temperature detail
Viewing Fan Sensors
 Purpose Step
This example displays temperature sensor statistics
Viewing Voltage Sensors
 Status column
Procedure Command or Action Purpose Step
Viewing Current Sensors
Viewing Storage Sensors
 Current LED color, if any
LED Status column
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 KVM Console
Managing Remote Presence
Managing the Virtual KVM
 Server# scope kvm
Server /kvm # set enabled yes
Enabling the Virtual KVM
Disabling the Virtual KVM
 Server /kvm # set max-sessions
Configuring the Virtual KVM
Set encrypted yes
Set local-video yes
 Server# scope vmedia
Configuring Virtual Media
Set enabled yes
 Remote-file-path mount options
Configuring Network Mounted vMedia Mapping
Command or Action Server # scope vmedia
Volume-name remote-share
 Server # scope vmedia
Enters the virtual media command mode
Viewing Network Mount vMedia Mapping Properties
Removing Network Mounted vMedia Mapping
 Serial Over LAN
Managing Serial over LAN
 Yes no
Configuring Serial Over LAN
Enters SoL command mode
Server# scope sol
 Server# connect host
Server console port. You can enter this command in any
Command mode
Launching Serial Over LAN
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 Managing User Accounts
Configuring Local Users
 Active Directory
Configuring Active Directory
Configuring the Active Directory Server
 Role
Properties Value
 Server# scope ldap
Configuring Active Directory in Cimc
 Server /ldap *# set dc1 Server /ldap *# set gc1
Configuring Active Directory Groups in Cimc
Server# scope ldap
 Scope role-group
Admin user readonly
Set group-auth
 Terminating a User Session
Viewing User Sessions
 Terminate
 Server NICs
Configuring Network-Related Settings
Server NIC Configuration
NIC Mode
 Sharedlom Sharedlom10g shipping ciscocard
Configuring Server NICs
Server /cimc/network # set mode dedicated
NIC Redundancy
 Active-standby
Configuring Common Properties
Redundancy none
Active-active
 Configuring IPv4
 Specifies the IP address of the secondary DNS
Configuring the Server Vlan
Optional Displays the IPv4 network settings
You must be logged in as admin to configure the server Vlan
 Set vlan-priority
Connecting to a Port Profile
Set vlan-enabled
 Supported adapter cards such as the Cisco UCS VIC1225
Port profile must be defined on the switch to
Displays the network settings
Management interface, the virtual Ethernet, and the VIF on
 Network Security
Network Security Configuration
Configuring Network Security
 Yes
Network Time Protocol Configuration
Configuring Network Time Protocol Settings
Server # scope cimc
 10.120.35.46
Server /cimc/network/ntp* # commit Commits the transaction
10.120.33.44
10.120.34.45
 Overview of the Cisco UCS C-Series Network Adapters
Managing Network Adapters
 Cisco UCS VIC1225 Virtual Interface Card
Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card
 Index detail
Configuring Network Adapter Properties
Viewing Network Adapter Properties
 Managing vHBAs
Fip-mode disable enable
Niv-mode disable enable
Configure-vmfex port-count
 All vHBAs
Viewing vHBA Properties
Host-fc-if fc0 fc1 name detail
 Modifying vHBA Properties
 # set fcp-error-recovery disable Enable
Error-detect-timeout msec
Resource-allocation-timeout msec
Error-recovery
 Interrupt-mode intx msi msix
Enters the interrupt command mode
Set flogi-timeout msec
Interrupt
 Server
Enters the Fibre Channel port login command mode
Set plogi-timeout msec
Port-p-logi
 Host-fc-if name
Creating a vHBA
 Server /chassis/adapter # commit
Deleting a vHBA
Set channel-number number
Server /chassis/adapter # delete
 Show boot
VHBA Boot Table
Viewing the Boot Table
Creating a Boot Table Entry
 Server /chassis # scope adapter
Deleting a Boot Table Entry
Create-boot-entry wwpn lun-id
 Locate the number of the entry to be deleted
Delete boot entry
Take effect upon the next server reset
VHBA Persistent Binding
 Perbi
Set persistent-lun-binding enable
Enabling Persistent Binding
Disabling Persistent Binding
 # rebuild
Set persistent-lun-binding disable
Rebuilding Persistent Binding
Scope perbi
 Host-eth-if eth0 eth1 name detail
Managing vNICs
Guidelines for Managing vNICs
Viewing vNIC Properties
 Uplink 0
Modifying vNIC Properties
Host-eth-if eth0 eth1 name
 Channel-number number
Trust-host-cos disable enable
Vlan-mode access trunk
Uplink-failover disable enable
 Set coalescing-time usec
Uplink-failback-timeout seconds
Scope interrupt
Set interrupt-count count
 Scope trans-queue
Set tcp-segment-offload disable
# set rq-count count
# set rq-ring-size size
 Set rss disable enable
Set tcp-rx-checksum-offload disable
Set tcp-tx-checksum-offload disable
Set tcp-large-receive-offload disable
 Creating a vNIC
Set rss-hash-tcp-ipv6 disable
Set rss-hash-ipv6-ex disable enable
Set rss-hash-tcp-ipv6-ex disable
 Host-eth-if name
Deleting a vNIC
 This example deletes a vNIC on adapter
Configuring iSCSI Boot Capability
Reboot
You can configure a maximum of 2 iSCSI vNICs for each host
 Eth0 eth1 name
Iscsi-boot index
Dhcp-net-settings enabled
Dhcp-iscsi-settings enabled
 Virtual Machine Fabric Extender
Delete iscsi-boot
Managing VM FEX
 Viewing VM FEX Properties
 Name
VM FEX Settings
General Properties Settings Name Description
 Ethernet Interrupt Settings Name Description
 Completion Queue Settings Name Description
 Receive Side Scaling Settings Name
TCP Offload Settings Name Description
 Create virtual-drive
Managing Storage Adapters
Create Virtual Drive from Unused Physical Drives
Storageadapter slot
 Appropriate information at each prompt
Create Virtual Drive from an Existing Drive Group
Carve-virtual-drive
Write policy for the new virtual drive. Enter
 500 MB
Clearing Foreign Configuration
Server /chassis # scope storageadapter
 # delete-virtual-drive
Clear-foreign-config
Deleting a Virtual Drive
 # get-operation-status
Cancel-initialization
Initializing a Virtual Drive
Start-initialization
 Server /chassis/storageadapter # scope
Set as Boot Drive
Set-boot-drive
Modifying Attributes of a Virtual Drive
 You are prompted to choose a virtual drive for
Making a Dedicated Hot Spare
Modify-attributes
Policy
 Make-global-hot-spare
Making a Global Hot Spare
Preparing a Drive for Removal
Server /chassis/storageadapter/physical-drive #
 # remove-hot-spare
Removing a Drive from Hot Spare Pools
Prepare-for-removal
 Undo-prepare-for-removal
Enabling Auto Learn Cycles for the Battery Backup Unit
Enable-auto-learn
Undo Preparing a Drive for Removal
 You must be logged in as an admin to use this command
Disabling Auto Learn Cycles for the Battery Backup Unit
Starting a Learn Cycle for a Battery Backup Unit
Disable-auto-learn
 # locator-led on off
Toggling the Locator LED for a Physical Drive
Start-learn-cycle
Physical-drive
 Viewing Storage Controller Logs
Backing Up and Restoring the Adapter Configuration
Exporting the Adapter Configuration
 This example exports the configuration of adapter
Importing the Adapter Configuration
 PCI slot number specified by the index
Restoring Adapter Defaults
Reboot the server to apply the imported configuration
Adapter-reset-defaults index
 Or two specified adapters or, if no adapter is specified
Installing Adapter Firmware
Managing Adapter Firmware
Adapter Firmware
 Server /chassis # activate-adapter-fw
Resetting the Adapter
Activating Adapter Firmware
 Host
Server/chassis # adapter-reset index
Resetting the adapter also resets
This example resets the adapter in PCI slot
 Server /http # set http-redirect yes
Configuring Communication Services
Configuring Http
Server# scope http
 Set ssh-port number
Configuring SSH
Set timeout seconds
Server# scope ssh
 Server# scope xmlapi
Configuring XML API
XML API for Cimc
Enabling XML API
 Ipmi Over LAN
Configuring Ipmi
Configuring Ipmi over LAN
Set enabled
 Server# scope snmp
Configuring Snmp
Configuring Snmp Properties
Encryption-key key
 Server /snmp # set sys-location
Setcommunity-access
Community-str community
Settrap-community-str
 Type trap inform
Configuring Snmp Trap Settings
Trap-destinations number
Version 1 2
 Specified user number
Configuring SNMPv3 Users
Sending a Test Snmp Trap Message
To send a test message
 MD5 SHA
V3security-name security-name
V3security-level noauthnopriv
Authnopriv authpriv
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 Generating a Certificate Signing Request
Managing Certificates
Managing the Server Certificate
 Signing request CSR
Enters the certificate command mode
Server# scope certificate
Server /certificate # generate-csr
 Managing Certificates Creating a Self-Signed Certificate
Creating a Self-Signed Certificate
 Echo nsCertType = server openssl.conf
Openssl genrsa -out CAkeyfilename
Example
Openssl req -new -x509 -days numdays
 New server certificate
Uploading a Server Certificate
Server /certificate # upload
 Begin Certificate
This example uploads a new certificate to the server
 Platform Event Filters
Configuring Platform Event Filters
Server# scope fault
Platform-event-enabled yes
 Disabling Platform Event Alerts
Configuring Platform Event Filters
Platform-event-enabled no
 Platform Event Filter
None reboot power-cycle
Power-off
 Enabled yes
Configuring Platform Event Trap Settings
Server /fault # scope pef-destinations
 Test Trap
Interpreting Platform Event Traps
Platform Event Trap Descriptions
Event Number Note Platform Event Description
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Event Number Note
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 Overview of Firmware
Cimc Firmware Management
 Click Accept License Agreement
Obtaining Firmware from Cisco
Center box, click Unified Computing and Servers
Click the Unified Computing System UCS Server Firmware link
 Log in to the as a user with admin privileges
Installing Cimc Firmware from a Remote Server
 Activating Installed Cimc Firmware
 Inactive image
Server /cimc/firmware # activate 1
Is specified, the server activates the currently
 Current FW Version field
Installing Bios Firmware from a Remote Server
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Server # scope bios
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 Viewing Logs
Viewing the Faults and Logs Summary
Scope fault
Show fault-entries
 Viewing the Cimc Log
Cimc Log
 Server /cimc/log # clear
Configuring the Cimc Log Threshold
Clearing the Cimc Log
Server /cimc # scope log
 Remote-syslog-severity level
Sending the Cimc Log to a Remote Server
Local-syslog-severity
 Server-ip ip-address
Error Informational Debug
Critical
 Server# scope sel
System Event Log
Viewing the System Event Log
 Server# scope sel
Enters the system event log command mode
Clearing the System Event Log
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 Remote-ip ip-address
Server Utilities
Exporting Technical Support Data
Server /cimc # scope tech-support
 Remote-username name
Remote-password password
Remote-protocol protocol
 Provide the generated report file to Cisco TAC
Rebooting the Cimc
Clearing the Bios Cmos
Server# scope bios Enters the bios command mode
 Recover
Recovering from a Corrupted Bios
Scope bios
 Power cycle or reset the server
Resetting the Cimc to Factory Defaults
This example shows how to recover from a corrupted Bios
 Server /cimc # scope import-export
Exporting and Importing the Cimc Configuration
Exporting and Importing the Cimc Configuration
Exporting the Cimc Configuration
 Server /cimc/import-export #
Importing a Cimc Configuration
Server# scope cimc Enters the Cimc command mode
 Generating Non maskable Interrupts to the Host
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 TPM Support
Bios Parameters by Server Model
Main Bios Parameters for C22 and C24 Servers
C22 and C24 Servers
 Execute Disable
Advanced Bios Parameters for C22 and C24 Servers
Processor Configuration Parameters Name
Number of Enabled Cores
 Intel VT-d ATS Support
Intel VT
Intel VT-d
Intel VT-d Coherency Support
 Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher
CPU Performance
Hardware Prefetcher
 DCU IP Prefetcher
Direct Cache Access Support
DCU Streamer Prefetch
 Power Technology
 Frequency Floor Override
Processor Power State C6
Processor Power State C1 Enhanced
Intel Turbo Boost Technology
 Energy Performance
State Coordination
 Dram Clock Throttling
Memory Configuration Parameters Name Description
Select Memory RAS
 Rank Interleaving
Low Voltage DDR Mode
Dram Refresh rate
Channel Interleaving
 Altitude
Patrol Scrub
Demand Scrub
 Onboard Storage Parameters Name
QPI Configuration Parameters Name Description
USB Configuration Parameters Name Description
 USB Port Internal
All USB Devices
USB Port Rear
USB Port Front
 VGA Priority
PCI Configuration Parameters Name Description
Mmio Above 4GB
Aspm Support
 Bits per second
Console Redirection
Terminal Type
 Putty KeyPad
Flow Control
 PCIe Slot n OptionROM
All Onboard LOM Ports
LOM Port n OptionROM
All PCIe Slots OptionROM
 PCIe Slot n Link Speed
Server Management Bios Parameters for C22 and C24 Servers
FRB-2 Timer
OS Watchdog Timer
 OS Watchdog Timer Policy
OS Watchdog Timer Timeout
 Boot Order Rules
 C220 and C240 Servers
Main Bios Parameters for C220 and C240 Servers
Advanced Bios Parameters for C220 and C240 Servers
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 Enabled -The processor uses VT-d ATS as required
Disabled -The processor does not support ATS
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 Power consumption but may reduce system performance
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 4GB or greater address space
USB Port SD Card
Memory Mapped I/O Above 4GB
 Offboard -Priority is given to the Pcie Graphics adapter
Enables console redirection on COM port 0 during Post
Enables console redirection on COM port 1 during Post
 Allows you to change the action of the PuTTY function keys
Introduced by a hidden terminal problem. This can be one
None -No flow control is used
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 If it hangs during POST. This can be one of the following
Server Management Bios Parameters for C220 and C240 Servers
PCIe Mezzanine OptionROM
 Watchdog timer expires 5 minutes after the OS
 System removes that device type from the boot order
 C260 Servers
Main Bios Parameters for C260 Servers
Advanced Bios Parameters for C260 Servers
Processor Configuration Parameters Name Description
 Which allows multithreaded software applications to execute
Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology
Whether the processor uses Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
 Intel VT-d Interrupt Remapping
Intel Virtualization Technology
Intel VT for Directed IO
 Processor C3 Report
Direct Cache Access
 CPU C State
Processor C6 Report
Package C State Limit
 Numa Optimized
 Mirroring
Sparing Mode
Mirroring Mode
Sparing
 Patrol Scrub Interval
Serial Port Configuration Parameters Name Description
Serial a Enable
USB Configuration Parameters Name
 Onboard Gbit LOM
Onboard NIC n ROM
PCIe OptionROMs
PCIe Slot n ROM
 IOH Resource Allocation
Onboard 10Gbit LOM
Sriov
 Assert NMI on Perr
Server Management Bios Parameters for C260 Servers
Assert NMI on Serr
 Baud Rate
OS Boot Watchdog Timer Timeout
 Legacy OS Redirection
OS Boot Watchdog Policy
OS Boot Watchdog Timer
 C420 Servers
Main Bios Parameters for C420 Servers
Advanced Bios Parameters for C420 Servers
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 Enabled -Enables the SD card drives
Not detected by the Bios and operating system
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 Can be one of the following
 Allows you to change the action of the PuTTY function keys
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 C460 Servers
Main Bios Parameters for C460 Servers
Advanced Bios Parameters for C460 Servers
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 Intel VT-d PassThrough DMA
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