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Cisco UCS C460 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Chapter 2 Installing the Server
Initial Server Setup
Initial Server Setup
This section contains the following topics:
•
Connecting and Powering On the Server (Standalone Mode), page 2-8
•
NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings, page 2-11
Connecting and Powering On the Server (Standalone Mode)
Note
This section describes how to power on the server, assign an IP address, and connect to server
management when using the server
in standalone mode
. To use the server in UCS integration, specific
cabling and settings are required. See
Installation for Cisco UCS Integration, page D-1
.
Note
The server is shipped with a default NIC mode called Shared LOM EXT, default NIC redundancy is
active-active, and DHCP is enabled. Shared LOM EXT mode enables the 1-Gb Ethernet ports and the
ports on any installed Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) to access the Cisco Integrated Management
Interface (CIMC). If you want to use the dedicated management ports to access the CIMC, you can
connect to the server and change the NIC mode as described in
Step 3
of the following procedure. In that
step, you can also change the NIC redundancy and set static IP settings.
Use the following procedure to perform initial setup of the server.
Step 1
Attach a supplied power cord to each power supply in your server, and then attach the power cord to a
grounded AC power outlet. See the
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.
Note
Depending on how much memory is installed in the server, bootup might take two minutes or more
because of the memory verification operation during bootup.
You can verify power status by looking at the Power Status LED (see
Figure 1-1 on page 1-1
):
•
Off—The server is in standby power mode or no power is present. Power is supplied only to the
CIMC and some motherboard functions.
•
Solid green—The server is in main power mode. Power is supplied to all server components.
Note
During bootup, the server beeps once for each USB device that is attached to the server. Even if there
are no external USB devices attached, there is a short beep for each virtual USB device such as a virtual
floppy drive, CD/DVD drive, keyboard, or mouse. A beep is also emitted if a USB device is hot-plugged
or hot-unplugged during BIOS power-on self test (POST), or while you are accessing the BIOS Setup
utility or the EFI shell.
Step 2
Connect a USB keyboard and VGA monitor to the USB and VGA connectors on the front panel (see
Figure 1-1 on page 1-1
).
