Installation guide

PrerequisiteCompleted?
Make sure you have the Cisco UCS C-Series Drivers DVD, or the ISO image of this DVD,
for the type of C-Series server that you are using.
The driver DVD ISO image is available from the Cisco.com support site under Unified
Computing and Servers > Cisco UCS Rack-Mount Standalone Server Software >
server_model Server Software > Unified Computing System (UCS) Drivers .
To view the list of available server models, go to the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/
cisco/software/navigator.html?mdfid=283612685&flowid=26802.
If you download the ISO image, you need to burn the image to a DVD or use a
third-party utility to mount the image on a laptop hard drive.
During the installation, you will need to extract the appropriate driver image file
from this DVD to a location accessible to the server so that it can be mounted as
a virtual floppy.
Note
If your server has an LSI MegaRAID controller, configure RAID settings for the drives in
your server. If you do not configure your LSI MegaRAID LUNs before installing the OS,
disk discovery failures might occur during the installation and you may see error messages
such as “No Device Found.”
Mounting the Installation ISO Image
Before You Begin
Make sure you have completed the prerequisites described in Installation Prerequisites Checklist, on page
2.
Procedure
Step 1
In your web browser, type or select the web link for CIMC GUI.
Step 2
In the login window, enter your administrator username and password.
The default username is admin and the default password is password.
Step 3
In the Navigation pane, click Remote Presence on the Server tab.
Step 4
(Optional) If you are going to use any virtual media, such as an ISO installation image or a driver IMG file,
do the following:
a) Go to the Virtual Media tab in the Work pane.
b) If the Enabled check box in the Virtual Media Properties area is not checked, check it.
c) If you changed the settings, click Save Changes.
Step 5
Go to the Virtual KVM tab in the Work pane.
Step 6
If the Enabled check box in the vKVM Properties area is not checked, check it and click Save Changes.
Step 7
Click Launch KVM Console in the Actions area.
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Installation Checklists and Prerequisites
Mounting the Installation ISO Image