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Chapter 2 Installing the Server
Initial Server Setup
Note
Alternatively, you can use the VGA and USB ports on the rear panel. However, you cannot use the front
panel VGA and the rear panel VGA at the same time. If you are connected to one VGA connector and
you then connect a video device to the other connector, the first VGA connector is disabled. You can
then reactivate the first VGA connector only by rebooting the server.
Step 3
Set NIC mode, NIC redundancy, and choose whether to enable DHCP or set static network settings:
a.
Press the
Power
button to boot the server. Watch for the prompt to press F8.
b.
During bootup, press
F8
when prompted to open the BIOS CIMC Configuration Utility.
c.
Set the NIC mode to your choice for which ports to use to access the CIMC for server management
(see
Figure 1-3 on page 1-2
for identification of the ports):
•
Shared LOM EXT (default)—This is shared LOM extended mode. This is the factory-default
setting, along with Active-active NIC redundancy and DHCP-enabled. With this mode, the shared
LOM and Cisco Card interfaces are both enabled.
In this mode, DHCP replies are returned to both the shared LOM ports and the Cisco card ports. If
the system determines that the Cisco card connection is not getting its IP address from a Cisco UCS
Manager system because the server is in standalone mode, further DHCP requests from the Cisco
card are disabled. Use the Cisco Card NIC mode if you want to connect to the CIMC through a Cisco
card in standalone mode.
•
Dedicated—The dedicated management port is used to access the CIMC. You must select a NIC
redundancy and IP setting.
•
Shared LOM—The 1-Gb Ethernet ports are used to access the CIMC. You must select a NIC
redundancy and IP setting.
•
Cisco Card—The ports on an installed Cisco UCS virtual interface card (VIC) are used to access the
CIMC. You must select a NIC redundancy and IP setting.
•
Shared LOM 10G—The two 10Gb Ethernet ports are used to access the CIMC. You have to select
a NIC redundancy and IP setting.
Note
See
Using the 10 Gb Ports, page 2-12
for more information about the SFP+ and
10G Base-T ports.
Note
The Cisco Card NIC mode is currently supported only with a Cisco UCS VIC that is installed in
PCIe slot 1. See also
Special Considerations for Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards, page 3-42
.
d.
Use this utility to change the NIC redundancy to your preference. This server has three possible NIC
redundancy settings:
–
None—(Available only with the Shipping NIC mode) The Ethernet ports operate independently
and do not fail over if there is a problem.
–
Active-standby—If an active Ethernet port fails, traffic fails over to a standby port.
–
Active-active—All Ethernet ports are utilized simultaneously. See
NIC Modes and NIC
Redundancy Settings, page 2-11
for more information.
