Server Discovery and Actions
After a chassis or FEX is discovered, the blade servers connected to the chassis or the rack servers connected to the FEX are automatically claimed and discovered. Chassis and FEX Discovery and Operations provides information about this process. For servers to be claimed and discovered, they must be in the factory default state.
For rack servers that are directly attached to the Fabric Interconnect, do the following after the Fabric Interconnect is claimed:
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Connect the server ports to both Fabric Interconnects. For example, ports 1 and 2 to FI-A and ports 3 and 4 to FI-B.
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Configure the server ports on both Fabric Interconnects.
The servers that are discovered appear on the Servers page.
Server Actions
The server actions enable you to manage the server. In Cisco Intersight, when you click on Servers, the Servers Table view is displayed. In Servers Table view page, click the Ellipsis (…) icon to perform server actions.
Server Actions: You can perform the following operations to manage a server:
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Power
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Power On/Off—Turns on/off the power of the server.
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Power Cycle—Turns off and on for the server.
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Hard Reset—Reboots the server.
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Shut Down OS—Shuts down the server if supported by an operating system.
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System
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Turn On/Off Locator—Turns on/off the LED Locator.
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Reset CMOS—Resets the BIOS configuration settings to the original state hence helps in recovery when the server is not in a healthy state. The option to reset CMOS appears only when the server is powered off. For the reset to complete, the server must be powered on. There is an additional option to power on the server using the toggle button present in the Reset CMOS confirmation window.
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This option is available only for Intersight Managed Mode servers.
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Lock Front Panel—Locks the physical power button on the server. For a server that already has the front panel locked, this option appears as Unlock Front Panel.
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This option is available only for Intersight Managed Mode servers.
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Rediscover—Rediscovers the server and all endpoints in that server.
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Decommission—Decommissions the server and removes the server from the Cisco UCS configuration. However, the server hardware physically remains in the Cisco UCS instance.
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Reboot Cisco IMC—Reboots the Cisco IMC.
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Certificate:
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Set KMIP Client Certificate–To Configure a KMIP client certificate to ensure secure communication between the KMIP server and Cisco IMC.
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IMC certificates–To configure the certificate and private key on the server from a third-party managed Certificate Authority(CA). This option is available only for Intersight Managed Mode servers.
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Set Asset Tag—Enables to set the custom asset tag.
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Set User Label—Allows you to set, update, or delete user labels for the selected server. It must be between 1 and 64 alphanumeric characters, containing only the following special characters: ! # $ % & * + , ( ) [ ] { } | / . ? @ _ : ; ~
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Download System Event Log—Downloads the system event logs of a selected server. These logs record server-related events, such as over and under voltage, temperature, and fan events.
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Clear System Event Log—Clears the system event logs of a selected server.
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Install Operating System—Perform an unattended OS installation on one a Cisco UCS C-Series Standalone servers from your centralized data center through a simple process.
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Upgrade Firmware—Perform a firmware upgrade. For more information, see the Firmware Upgrade.
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Launch IMC— Cross-launch Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) UI from Intersight. This action is available only for C-Series Standalone servers.
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Generate Technical Support Data for Local Download and Download Hardware Inventory Data to Local Download options are not supported in the cross-launched CIMC interface.
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Launch Virtual KVM—Launch the virtual keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) console directly for Fabric Interconnect-attached and Standalone server. Local network connectivity to the endpoint/server is required.
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Launch Tunneled vKVM—Tunneled vKVM works by tunneling the KVM traffic through Intersight. You can launch Tunneled vKVM sessions for all servers in Intersight Managed Mode, Cisco UCS C-Series M4, M5, M6, and M7 servers, UCS S-Series, and Hyperflex HX-Series Edge Standalone M4 and M5 servers.
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Open TAC Case—Open a case to report an issue with the server.
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Set License Tier—Update the server to a new license tier. Updating license tier is not allowed on server(s) with an associated server profile. To move the license to another tier, unassign the profile from one or more selected servers and try again.
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Collect Tech Support Bundle—Collect the tech support bundle. An account administrator can select the device and collect the tech support bundle file for the selected device. The downloaded file can be accessed by navigating to Admin > Tech Support Bundles section. This file can be shared with the TAC team for troubleshooting any issue.
Bulk Server Actions
On the Servers table page, you can perform the following operations to manage more than one server.
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Power
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Power On—Power on for one or more servers.
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Power Off—Turn power off for one or more servers.
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Power Cycle—Turns power off and on for one or more servers.
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Hard Reset—Reboot the server.
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Shut Down OS—Shuts down the server if supported by an operating system.
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System
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Turn On Locator—Turn on the LED Locator.
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Turn Off Locator—Turn off the LED Locator.
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Reset CMOS—Resets the BIOS configuration settings to the original state hence helps in recovery when the server is not in a healthy state. The option to reset CMOS appears only when the server is powered off. For the reset to complete, the server must be powered on. There is an additional option to power on the server using the toggle button present in the Reset CMOS confirmation window.
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This option is available only for Intersight Managed Mode servers.
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Lock Front Panel—Locks the physical power button on the server. For a server that already has the front panel locked, this option appears as Unlock Front Panel.
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This option is available only for Intersight Managed Mode servers.
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Reboot Cisco IMC—Reboots the Cisco IMC.
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Install Operating System—Perform an unattended OS installation on one or more Cisco UCS C-Series Standalone servers from your centralized data center through a simple process.
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Upgrade Firmware—Perform a firmware upgrade.
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Set License Tier—Update one or more servers to a new license tier. Updating license tier is not allowed on server(s) with an associated server profile. To move the license to another tier, unassign the profile from one or more selected servers and try again.