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Cisco UCS B230 Blade Server Installation and Service Note
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operating expenses. Among the I/O adapter options, and unique to the Cisco Unified Computing System,
the Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card (VIC) delivers up to 128 dynamic virtual adapters and
interfaces, all integrated with Cisco UCS Manager and VMware vCenter Server. Incorporating Cisco
VN-Link technology, this advanced fabric interface provides network visibility to virtual machines and
helps enable configurations and policies to follow the virtual machine during migration.
Figure 1 Cisco UCS B230 (N20-B6730) Front Panel
Buttons
The Reset button is just inside the chassis and must be pressed using the tip of a paper clip or a similar
item. Hold the button down for five seconds and then release it to restart the server if other methods of
restarting are not working.
The beaconing function for an individual server can be turned on or off by pressing the combination
button and LED or in UCS Manager. See Table 1 on page 3 for details.
The power button and LED allows you to manually take a server temporarily out of service but leave it
in a state where it can be restarted quickly. Pressing the button for one second initiates a graceful
shutdown, and pressing it for over 4 seconds initiates an immediate shutdown. If the desired power state
for a service profile associated with a blade server or an integrated rack-mount server is set to "off",
using the power button or Cisco UCS Manager to reset the server will cause the desired power state of
1 SSD 1 activity LED 9 Beaconing LED and button
2 SSD 1 Fault/Locate LED 10 System activity LED
3 SSD sled in bay 1 11 Blade health LED
4 SSD 2 activity LED 12 Reset button access
5 SSD 2 fault LED 13 Power button and LED
6 Ejector lever captive screw 14 Console connector
7 Ejector lever 15 Asset tab
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1. Each server has a blank plastic tag that pulls out of the front panel, provided so you can add your
own asset tracking label without interfering with the intended air flow.
8 SSD sled in bay 2
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4 6 14
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9 10 12 131
3 8 112 5 7