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Cisco UCS C420 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 Server (Standalone Mode), page 2-8
•
NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings, page 2-11
Connecting and Powering On the Server (Standalone Mode)
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 a Cisco 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 10/100 dedicated management ports to access the CIMC, you
can connect to the server and change the NIC mode as described in
Step 4
of the following procedure.
In that step, you can also change the NIC redundancy and set static IP settings.
To perform initial setup of the server, follow these steps:
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.
You can verify the power status by looking at the Power Status LED (see
Figure 1-1 on page 1-1
):
•
Off—There is no AC power present in the server.
•
Amber—The server is in standby power mode. Power is supplied only to the CIMC and some
motherboard functions.
•
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 a 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 by connecting the supplied KVM cable to the KVM
connector on the front panel (see
Figure 1-1 on page 1-1
).
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.
Step 3
Connect Ethernet cables to the server ports or card ports that you want to use.
