Server Monitoring And Management Tools; Cisco Integrated Management Interface; Server Configuration Utility - Cisco UCS C420 Installation And Service Manual

Maintaining the Server
This chapter describes how to diagnose server system problems using LEDs. It also provides information
about how to install or replace hardware components, and it includes the following sections:
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Server Monitoring and Management Tools

Cisco Integrated Management Interface

You can monitor the server inventory, health, and system event logs by using the built-in Cisco Integrated
Management Controller (CIMC) GUI or CLI interfaces. See the user documentation for your firmware
release at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10739/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Server Configuration Utility

Cisco has also developed the Cisco Server Configuration Utility for C-Series servers, which can aid and
simplify the following tasks:
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This utility is preinstalled on an internal Cisco Flexible Flash (Cisco FlexFlash) card inside the server
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from Cisco.com. See the user documentation for this utility at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/ucsscu/user/guide/20/SCUUG20.html
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Server Monitoring and Management Tools, page 3-1
Status LEDs and Buttons, page 3-2
Preparing for Server Component Installation, page 3-8
Installing or Replacing Server Components, page 3-11
Monitoring server inventory and health
Diagnosing common server problems with diagnostic tools and logs
Setting the BIOS booting order
Configuring some RAID configurations
Installing operating systems
Overview of the Preinstalled Cisco FlexFlash Drive, page
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