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Cisco UCS B230 Blade Server Installation and Service Note
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operating expenses. Among the I/O adapter options, and unique to the Cisco Unified Computing System,
the Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card (VIC) delivers up to 128 dynamic virtual adapters and
interfaces, all integrated with Cisco UCS Manager and VMware vCenter Server. Incorporating Cisco
VN-Link technology, this advanced fabric interface provides network visibility to virtual machines and
helps enable configurations and policies to follow the virtual machine during migration.
Figure1 Cisco UCS B230 (N20-B6730) Front Panel

Buttons

The Reset button is just inside the chassis and must be pressed using the tip of a paper clip or a similar
item. Hold the button down for five seconds and then release it to restart the server if other methods of
restarting are not working.
The beaconing function for an individual server can be turned on or off by pressing the combination
button and LED or in UCS Manager. See Table1 on page 3 for details.
The power button and LED allows you to manually take a server temporarily out of service but leave it
in a state where it can be restarted quickly. Pressing the button for one second initiates a graceful
shutdown, and pressing it for over 4 seconds initiates an immediate shutdown. If the desired power state
for a service profile associated with a blade server or an integrated rack-mount server is set to "off",
using the power button or Cisco UCS Manager to reset the server will cause the desired power state of
1SSD 1 activity LED 9Beaconing LED and button
2SSD 1 Fault/Locate LED 10 System activity LED
3SSD sled in bay 1 11 Blade health LED
4SSD 2 activity LED 12 Reset button access
5SSD 2 fault LED 13 Power button and LED
6Ejector lever captive screw 14 Console connector
7Ejector lever 15 Asset tab 1
1. Each server has a blank plastic tag that pulls out of the front panel, provided so you can add your
own asset tracking label without interfering with the intended air flow.
8SSD sled in bay 2
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