Cisco SNS3515, SNS3595 Hardware Installation Manual

Cisco SNS 3500 Series Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

First Published: 2016-10-10

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

Cisco SNS 3500 Series Appliance Overview 1

Cisco SNS 3500 Series Appliances 1

LED Indicators on Cisco SNS 3515 and 3595 Appliances 1

Cisco SNS-3515 and SNS-3595 Appliances Hardware Specifications 1

Cisco SNS-3515 or 3595 Appliance Front Panel View 3

Cisco SNS 3515 or SNS 3595 Appliance Back Panel View 6

Internal Diagnostic LEDs 8

Regulatory Compliance 10

Before You Begin 11

Safety Guidelines 11

Unpack and Inspect the Server 12

Prepare for Server Installation 13

Installation Guidelines 14

Rack Requirements 15

Equipment Requirements 15

Slide Rail Adjustment Range 15

Server Specifications 15

Physical Specifications 15

Environmental Specifications 16

Power Specifications 16

CHAPTER 3

Install the Cisco SNS 3515 and Cisco SNS 3595 Hardware Appliances 19

Install the Cisco SNS 3515 and Cisco SNS 3595 Hardware Appliances 19

Install the Cisco SNS 3515 or 3595 Appliance in a Rack 20

Install the Side Rails 20

Install the Cable Management Arm (Optional) 23

Reverse the Cable Management Arm (Optional) 25

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Connect Cables 25

Connect the Network Interface 26

Ethernet Port Connector 26

Connect the Console 27

Connect the Keyboard and Video Monitor 28

Cable Management 29

Connect and Power On the Cisco SNS 3515 or 3595 Appliance 29

Connect and Power On the Server (Standalone Mode) 29

Local Connection Procedure 30

Remote Connection Procedure 30

Cisco Integrated Management Controller 31

Setup CIMC Configuration Utility 31

NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings 33

Upgrade the BIOS and Cisco IMC Firmware 34

Access the System BIOS 36

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Cisco SNS 3500 Series Appliance Overview

Cisco SNS 3500 Series Appliances, page 1

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Cisco SNS 3500 Series Appliances

The Cisco SNS 3515 or Cisco SNS 3595 appliance is designed for performance and density over a wide range
of business workloads, from web serving to distributed databases.

CHAPTER 1

Note

The SNS 3515 and SNS 3595 appliances support only Cisco ISE 2.0.1 or later releases. You cannot install
a release earlier than 2.0.1 on the SNS 3515 or SNS 3595 appliance.

Support for UEFI Secure Boot

The SNS 3515 and SNS 3595 appliances support the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) secure
boot feature. This feature ensures that only a Cisco-signed ISE image can be installed on the SNS 3515 and
SNS 3595 appliances, and prevents installation of any unsigned operating system even with physical access
to the device. For example, generic operating systems, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Microsoft Windows
cannot boot on this appliance.

LED Indicators on Cisco SNS 3515 and 3595 Appliances

This section describes the front- and rear-panel controls, ports, and LED indicators on the Cisco SNS 3515
and Cisco SNS 3595 appliances.

Cisco SNS-3515 and SNS-3595 Appliances Hardware Specifications

The following table describes the hardware specifications of Cisco SNS-3515 and Cisco SNS-3595 appliances.

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LED Indicators on Cisco SNS 3515 and 3595 Appliances

Engine Appliance

Cisco SNS 3500 Series Appliance Overview

DiagramsHardware SpecificationsCisco Identity Services

Cisco SNS-3515-K9

Cisco SNS-3595-K9

Cisco UCS C220 M4

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Single socket Intel Xeon E5-2620

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v3 series CPU @ 2.40GHz, 6 total
cores, 6*2 total threads

16 GB RAM

•

1 x 600-GB disk

•

6 GbE network interfaces

•

For physical, environmental, and

•

power specifications, see Server

Specifications, on page 15

Cisco UCS C220 M4

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Dual socket Intel Xeon E5-2640

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v3 series CPU @ 2.60GHz, 8 total
cores, 8*2 total threads

64 GB RAM

4 x 600-GB disks

RAID 10

6 GbE network interfaces

For physical, environmental, and
power specifications, see Server

Specifications, on page 15.

Cisco SNS-3515 or 3595 Appliance
Front Panel View, on page 3

Cisco SNS 3515 or SNS 3595
Appliance Back Panel View, on
page 6

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Cisco SNS 3500 Series Appliance Overview

Cisco SNS-3515 or 3595 Appliance Front Panel View

The following figure shows the components of the Cisco SNS-3515 or Cisco SNS-3595 appliance front panel
view.

Figure 1: Front Panel LEDs

LED Indicators on Cisco SNS 3515 and 3595 Appliances

System status LED7Drive bays 1-8 support SAS/SATA drives1

2

Fan status LED8Drive bays 1 and 2 support SAS/SATA

and NVMe PCIe solid state drives (SSDs)

Temperature status LED9Pull-out asset tag3

Power supply status LED10Operations panel buttons and LEDs4

Network link activity LED11Power button/power status LED5

12Unit identification button/LED6

KVM connector (used with KVM cable that
provides two USB 2.0, one VGA, and one
serial connector)

The following table describes the LEDs located on the front panel of the Cisco SNS-3515 or Cisco SNS-3595
appliance.

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LED Indicators on Cisco SNS 3515 and 3595 Appliances

Front Panel LEDs

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Hard drive fault

Hard drive activity

Power button/LED

• Off—The hard drive is operating properly.

• Amber—Drive fault detected.

• Amber, blinking—The device is rebuilding.

Amber, blinking with one-second

•
interval—Drive locate function activated.

• Off—There is no hard drive in the hard drive

tray (no access, no fault).

• Green—The hard drive is ready.

• Green, blinking—The hard drive is reading or

writing data.

• Off—There is no AC power to the server.

• Amber—The server is in standby power mode.

Power is supplied only to the Cisco IMC and
some motherboard functions.

• Green—The server is in main power mode.
Power is supplied to all server components.

Unit identification

• Off—The unit identification function is not in
use.

• Blue—The unit identification function is
activated.

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Front Panel LEDs

LED Indicators on Cisco SNS 3515 and 3595 Appliances

System status

• Green—The server is running in normal

operating condition.

• Green, blinking—The server is performing

system initialization and memory check.

• Amber, steady—The server is in a degraded

operational state. For example:

Power supply redundancy is lost.

◦

CPUs are mismatched.

◦

At least one CPU is faulty.

◦

At least one DIMM is faulty.

◦

At least one drive in a RAID configuration

◦

failed.

• Amber, blinking—The server is in a critical

fault state. For example:

Boot failed.

◦

Fatal CPU and/or bus error is detected.

◦

Server is in an over-temperature condition.

◦

Fan status

Temperature status

• Green—All fan modules are operating properly.

• Amber, steady—One or more fan modules

breached the critical threshold.

• Amber, blinking—One or more fan modules

breached the non-recoverable threshold.

• Green—The server is operating at normal

temperature.

• Amber, steady—One or more temperature

sensors breached the critical threshold.

• Amber, blinking—One or more temperature

sensors breached the non-recoverable threshold.

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LED Indicators on Cisco SNS 3515 and 3595 Appliances

Front Panel LEDs

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Power supply status

Network link activity

Cisco SNS 3515 or SNS 3595 Appliance Back Panel View

The following figure shows the components of the Cisco SNS-3515 and Cisco 3595 appliance back panel
view.

• 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.

• Off—The Ethernet link is idle.

• Green—One or more Ethernet LOM ports are

link-active, but there is no activity.

• Green, blinking—One or more Ethernet LOM
ports are link-active, with activity.

Figure 2: Back Panel LEDs

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supplies)

9Grounding-lug hole (for DC power

1-GbE Ethernet dedicated management port;
used to access CIMC

Serial port (RJ-45 connector)10PCIe riser 1/slot 12

1-GbE Ethernet port (Eth 0)11PCIe riser 2/slot 23

1-GbE Ethernet port (Eth 1)121-GbE Ethernet port (Eth 2)4

VGA video port (DB-15)131-GbE Ethernet port (Eth 3)5

Rear unit identification button/LED141-GbE Ethernet port (Eth 4)6

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LED Indicators on Cisco SNS 3515 and 3595 Appliances

151-GbE Ethernet port (Eth 5)7

Power supplies (up to two, redundant as
1+1)

USB 3.0 ports (two)8

The following table describes the LEDs located on the back panel of the Cisco SNS 3515 or Cisco SNS 3595
appliance.

StateLED Name

Optional mLOM 1-GbE SFP+ (there is a single status
LED)

• Off—No link is present.

• Green, steady—Link is active.

• Green, blinking—Traffic is present on the active

link.

Optional mLOM 1-GbE BASE-T link speed

• Off—Link speed is 10 Mbps.

• Amber—Link speed is 100 Mbps/1 Gbps.

• Green—Link speed is 10 Gbps.

Optional mLOM 1-GbE BASE-T link status

1-GbE Ethernet dedicated management link speed

1-GbE Ethernet dedicated management link status

1-GbE Ethernet link speed

• Off—No link is present.

• Green—Link is active.

• Green, blinking—Traffic is present on the active

link.

• Off—Link speed is 10 Mbps.

• Amber—Link speed is 100 Mbps.

• Green—Link speed is 1 Gbps.

• Off—No link is present.

• Green—Link is active.

• Green, blinking—Traffic is present on the active

link.

• Off—Link speed is 10 Mbps.

• Amber—Link speed is 100 Mbps.

• Green—Link speed is 1 Gbps.

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Internal Diagnostic LEDs

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StateLED Name

1-GbE Ethernet link status

Rear unit identification

Power supply status

• Off—No link is present.

• Green—Link is active.

• Green, blinking—Traffic is present on the active

link.

• Off—The unit identification LED is not in use.

• Blue—The unit identification LED is activated.

AC power supplies:

• Off—No AC input (12 V main power off, 12 V
standby power off).

• Green, blinking—12 V main power off; 12 V
standby power on.

• Green, solid—12 V main power on; 12 V
standby power on.

• Amber, blinking—Warning detected but 12 V
main power on.

• Amber, solid—Critical error detected; 12 V
main power off.

Internal Diagnostic LEDs

The server has internal fault LEDs for CPUs, DIMMs, fan modules, SD cards, the RTC battery, and the mLOM
card. These LEDs are available only when the server is in standby power mode. An LED lights amber to
indicate a faulty component.

Power must be connected to the server for these LEDs to be operate.Note

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