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Cisco UCS C460 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Chapter 2 Installing the Server
Initial Server Setup
Initial Server Setup
This section contains the following topics:
• Connecting and Powering On the Server (Standalone Mode), page 2-7
• Defining Static Network Settings Using a Script File, page 2-10
• NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings, page 2-11
• Using the 10 Gb Ports, page 2-12
Connecting and Powering On the Server (Standalone Mode)
Note The server is shipped with a default NIC mode called Shared LOM, default NIC redundancy is
active-active, and DHCP is enabled. Shared LOM mode enables the two 1Gb Ethernet ports to access
the Cisco Integrated Management Interface (CIMC). If you want to use the 10Gb Ethernet ports, the
10/100 management ports, or a Cisco network adapter card port to access the CIMC, you must first
connect to the server and change the NIC mode as described in
Step 3 of the following procedure. In that
step, you can also change the NIC redundancy and set static IP settings.
Use the following procedure to perform initial setup of the server.
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.
Note Depending on how much memory is installed in the server, bootup might take two minutes or more
because of the memory verification operation during bootup.
You can verify power status by looking at the Power Status LED (see Figure 1-1 on page 1-1):
• Off—The server is in standby power mode. Power is supplied only to the CIMC and some
motherboard functions.
• Solid 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 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 to the USB and VGA connectors on the front panel (see
Figure 1-1 on page 1-1).