Procedure - Cisco UCS C210 Installation And Service Manual

Procedure

Use the following procedure to connect the Cisco UCS C210 M2 server to the Cisco UCS environment.
Step 1 Install the server into your rack. See
The card-firmware level for a Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card must be minimum 2.0(2g) for this
Note
integration. It is recommended that you update the card firmware in standalone mode before you
integrate the server into UCSM mode (see
UCS Manager 2.0(2) Integration, page
system with earlier card firmware, the UCS Manager software might return discovery and
association/disassociation failures. If you encounter this problem, see
Firmware in an Integrated Server, page D-21
Connect the management traffic paths from the server to the FEXes (see
Step 2
a.
b.
c.
d.
Connect the data traffic paths from the server to the FEXes (see
Step 3
a.
b.
Step 4 Connect the paths from the FEXes to the FIs. These paths carry both data and management traffic.
The maximum number of uplinks is eight. The port cabling requirements between the FEX and the FI
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vary, depending on whether your UCS Manager FI discovery policy is set to hard-pinning mode or
port-channel mode. See
a.
b.
Attach a power cord to each power supply in your server, and then attach each power cord to a grounded
Step 5
AC power outlet.
During bootup, the server beeps once for each USB device that is attached to the server. Even if there
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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.
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Insert one GLC-T transceiver into a port of the FEX in Fabric A. You can use any port on the FEX.
Insert one GLC-T transceiver into a port of the FEX in Fabric B. You can use any port on the FEX.
Connect an RJ-45 Ethernet cable between 1-Gb port Eth1 or Eth 2 on the rear panel of the server
and the transceiver that you inserted into the FEX in Fabric A.
Connect an RJ-45 Ethernet cable between 1-Gb port Eth1 or Eth 2 on the rear panel of the server
and the transceiver that you inserted into the FEX in Fabric B.
Connect a 10-Gb SFP cable between the 10-Gb adapter card in the server and a port on a FEX in
Fabric A. You can use any port on the FEX.
Connect a 10-Gb SFP cable between the 10-Gb adapter card in the server and a port on a FEX in
Fabric B. You can use any port on the FEX.
Hard-Pinning Mode and Port-Channel Mode Discovery Policies, page
Connect two 10-Gb SFP cables between FEX A and two ports on FI A. You can use any ports on FI
A, but the ports must be enabled for server traffic.
Connect two 10-Gb SFP cables between FEX B and two ports on FI B. You can use any ports on FI
B, but the ports must be enabled for server traffic.
Installing the Server Into a Rack, page
Upgrading a Server Earlier Than Release 1.4(3c) for Cisco
D-6). If you connect this card to a Cisco UCS Manager 2.0(2xx)
for an upgrade procedure.
2-4.
Updating Cisco UCS P81E VIC
Figure D-2):
Figure D-2):
Appendix
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