I am writing this blog to share my experience of implementing UCS 210 M2 blade with esxi for one of the customer.
You can look for good document in cisco.com and those are enough but i looked to capture some important point and capture these in form of screenshots so that it will be easy for one to understand the process and go with the initial configuration .
Here are the basic information about the server hardware :
You can look for good document in cisco.com and those are enough but i looked to capture some important point and capture these in form of screenshots so that it will be easy for one to understand the process and go with the initial configuration .
Here are the basic information about the server hardware :
1) Rack Size required for UCS- 2U
2) Attach a power cord to each power supply in your server, and then
attach the power cord to a grounded AC power outlet.(Max Input Current-115 to
230 VAC nominal
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Power Supply Specifications
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3) Use the supplied KVM cable to connect a keyboard and VGA monitor to
the console connector on the front panel
4) 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 you want to use to
access the CIMC for server management
Dedicated—The two 10/100 management ports are used to access the
CIMC. You have to select a NIC redundancy and IP setting.
Shared LOM (default)—The two 1Gb Ethernet ports are used to access
the CIMC. This is the factory default setting, along with Active-active NIC
redundancy and DHCP enabled.
d) Cisco Card—The ports on an installed Cisco network adapter card are
used to access the CIMC. You have to select a NIC redundancy and IP setting.
Use this utility to change the NIC redundancy to your preference.
This server has three possible NIC redundancy settings:
None—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.
e) Choose whether to enable DHCP for dynamic network settings, or enter
static network settings
f) Press F10 to save your settings and reboot the server
5) Connect to the CIMC for server management. Connect Ethernet cables
from your LAN to the server by using the ports that you selected by your NIC
Mode setting in Step 3. The Active-active and Active-passive NIC redundancy
settings require you to connect to two ports.
6) Use a browser and the IP address of the CIMC to connect to the CIMC
Setup Utility. The IP address is based upon the settings that you made in Step
3 (either a static address or the address assigned by your DHCP server).
The default user name for the server is
admin. The default password is password.
7) After giving IP to CIMC in UCS reboot the server and set the Raid
setting depends upon the requirement
8) Procedure – Mapping of EXSI on UCS C- Series
a) Step 1 Use a browser to
connect to CIMC Manager using the CIMC IP address.
b) Step 2 Log in to CIMC Manager
using your administrator user ID and password.
The default user ID is admin; the default
password is password.
c) Step 3 Enable the Virtual
Media feature, which enables the server to mount virtual drives:
> On the CIMC Manager Server tab, click Remote Presence.
> On the Remote Presence pane, click the Virtual Media tab and check
the check box to enable Virtual Media.
> Click Save Changes
> Step 4 On the Remote Presence panes, click the Virtual KVM tab and
then click Launch KVM Console.
Installation of Esxi.. Coming Next...
