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