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