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Cisco UCS C3160 Rack Server Installation and Service Guide
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Chapter 2 Installing the Server
Initial Server Setup
Initial Server Setup
This section includes the following topics:
•
Connecting and Powering On the System (Standalone Mode), page 2-11
• NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings, page 2-15
Connecting and Powering On the System (Standalone Mode)
This section describes how to power on the system, assign an IP address, and connect to server
management when using the server in standalone mode.
The server is shipped with these default settings:
•
The NIC mode is Dedicated.
With the Dedicated mode, the dedicated management port on the system I/O controller (SIOC) is
used to access the Cisco IMC. You must select a NIC redundancy and IP setting. If you want to use
a different port to access the Cisco IMC, you can connect to the server and change the NIC mode as
described in
Step 1 of the following procedure.
•
The NIC redundancy is None.
• DHCP is enabled.
•
IPv4 is enabled.
There are two methods for connecting to the system for initial setup:
•
Local setup—Use this procedure if you want to connect a keyboard and monitor to the system for
setup. This procedure requires a KVM cable (Cisco PID N20-BKVM). See
Local Connection
Procedure, page 2-11 .
• Remote setup—Use this procedure if you want to perform setup through your dedicated
management LAN. See
Remote Connection Procedure, page 2-12 .
Note To configure the system remotely, you must have a DHCP server on the same network as the
system. Your DHCP server must be preconfigured with the range of MAC addresses for this
server node. The MAC address is printed on a label on the rear of the server node. This server
node has a range of six MAC addresses assigned to the Cisco IMC. The MAC address printed
on the label is the beginning of the range of six contiguous MAC addresses.
Local Connection Procedure
Step 1 Attach a power cord to each power supply in your server, and then attach each power cord to a grounded
AC power outlet. See
Power Specifications, page A-2 for power specifications.
Wait for approximately two minutes to let the server boot in standby power during the first bootup.
You can verify system power status by looking at the system Power Status LED on the front panel (see
Figure 1-1 on page 1-1 ). The system is in standby power mode when the LED is amber.
Step 2
Connect a KVM cable (Cisco PID N20-BKVM) to the KVM connector on the server node at the rear of
the system (see
Figure 1-2 on page 1-2 for the connector location).
Step 3 Connect a USB keyboard and a VGA monitor to the KVM cable.