Cisco Catalyst Center Third-Generation Appliance Installation Guide, Release 3.1.x

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Connect and power on the appliance

Updated: April 3, 2026

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Overview

Describes how to power on the appliance and check that it's functional.

Describes how to power on the appliance and check that it's functional.

Procedure

1.

Attach a supplied power cord to each power supply in the appliance. Connect the power cords to a grounded AC power outlet. See Power supply specifications for details.

Note

You can use either one or both of the power supplies that come with the appliance. One power supply is mandatory; one more can be added for 1 + 1 redundancy.

Wait for approximately two minutes to let the appliance boot into standby power mode during the first startup.

The Power Status LED displays the power status of the appliance:

  • Green: All power supplies are operating normally.

  • Amber, steady: One or more power supplies are in a degraded operational state.

  • Amber, blinking: One or more power supplies are in a critical fault state.

For more information about these and other appliance LEDs, see the "Front and Rear Panels" topic for your appliance:
2.

Connect a USB keyboard and VGA monitor to the server, using the supplied KVM cable connected to the KVM connector on the front panel. Alternatively, you can use the VGA and USB ports on the rear panel. You can only connect to one VGA interface at a time.