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Cisco UCS B250 Extended Memory Blade Server
Installation and Service Note
Last Revised: August 22, 2011
The UCS B250 blade server (shown in Figure 1) is available in both M1 and M2 versions. This document
applies equally to both versions. The Cisco UCS B250 is a full-width blade with 48 DIMM slots for up
to 384 GB of memory; it supports two adapters. You may install up to four UCS B250 Blade Servers to
a UCS chassis.
Figure 1 UCS B250 Extended Memory Blade Server
1 Hard drive bay 1 8 Power button and LED
2 Hard drive bay 2 9 Network link status LED
3 Left ejector captive screw 10 Blade health LED
4 Left blade ejector handle 11 Console connector
5 Asset tab
6 Right blade ejector handle 13 Beaconing LED and button
7 Right ejector captive screw
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.
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LEDs
The LED indicators (see Table 1) indicate whether the blade server is in active or standby mode, the
status of the network link, the overall health of the blade server, and whether the server is set to give a
flashing blue beaconing indication.
The removable hard disks also have LEDs indicating hard disk access activity and hard disk health.
Table 1 Blade Server LEDs
LED Color Description
Power
Link
Health
Beaconing
Activity
(Disk Drive)
Off Power off
Green Normal operation
Amber Standby
Off None of the network links are up
Green At least one network link is up
Off Power off
Green Normal operation
Amber Minor error
Blinking
Critical error
Amber
Off Beaconing not enabled.
Blinking
blue 1 Hz
Beaconing to locate a selected blade—If the LED is not
blinking, the blade is not selected. You can initiate
beaconing in UCS Manager or with the button.
Off Inactive.
Green Outstanding I/O to disk drive
Buttons
2
Health
(Disk Drive)
Off No fault
Amber Some fault
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 may be turned on or off by pressing the combination
button and LED. See Tab le 1 for details. Beaconing will be reflected in the UCS Manager interface and
can also be turned off and on from there.
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, or to bring it back into service. 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 the
server to become out of sync with the actual power state and the server may unexpected shutdown at a
later time. To safely reboot a server from a power-down state, use the Boot Server action in Cisco UCS
Manager.
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Connectors
A console port is provided to give a direct connection to a blade server to allow operating system
installation and other management tasks to be done directly rather than remotely. The port uses the KVM
dongle device included in the chassis accessory kit.
The KVM cable (N20-BKVM, shown in Figure 2) provides a connection into a Cisco UCS blade server;
it has a a DB9 serial connector, a VGA connector for a monitor, and dual USB ports for a keyboard and
mouse. With this cable you can create a direct connection to the operating system and the BIOS running
on a blade server.
Figure 2 KVM Cable for Blade Servers
Conventions
This document uses the following conventions for notes, cautions, and safety warnings.
Notes and Cautions contain important information that you should know.
Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material that are not covered
in the publication.
Caution Means reader be careful. You are capable of doing something that might result in equipment damage or
loss of data.
Safety warnings appear throughout this publication in procedures that, if performed incorrectly, can
cause physical injuries. A warning symbol precedes each warning statement.
1 Connector to blade server slot 3 VGA connection for a monitor
2 DB9 serial connector 4 2-port USB connector for a mouse and keyboard
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Warning
Waarschuwing
Varoitus
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
This warning symbol means danger. You are in a situation that could cause bodily injury. Before you
work on any equipment, be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar
with standard practices for preventing accidents. Use the statement number provided at the end of
each warning to locate its translation in the translated safety warnings that accompanied this
device.
Statement 1071
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
BELANGRIJKE VEILIGHEIDSINSTRUCTIES
Dit waarschuwingssymbool betekent gevaar. U verkeert in een situatie die lichamelijk letsel kan
veroorzaken. Voordat u aan enige apparatuur gaat werken, dient u zich bewust te zijn van de bij
elektrische schakelingen betrokken risico's en dient u op de hoogte te zijn van de standaard
praktijken om ongelukken te voorkomen. Gebruik het nummer van de verklaring onderaan de
waarschuwing als u een vertaling van de waarschuwing die bij het apparaat wordt geleverd, wilt
raadplegen.
BEWAAR DEZE INSTRUCTIES
TÄRKEITÄ TURVALLISUUSOHJEITA
Tämä varoitusmerkki merkitsee vaaraa. Tilanne voi aiheuttaa ruumiillisia vammoja. Ennen kuin
käsittelet laitteistoa, huomioi sähköpiirien käsittelemiseen liittyvät riskit ja tutustu
onnettomuuksien yleisiin ehkäisytapoihin. Turvallisuusvaroitusten käännökset löytyvät laitteen
mukana toimitettujen käännettyjen turvallisuusvaroitusten joukosta varoitusten lopussa näkyvien
lausuntonumeroiden avulla.
Attention
Warnung
SÄILYTÄ NÄMÄ OHJEET
IMPORTANTES INFORMATIONS DE SÉCURITÉ
Ce symbole d'avertissement indique un danger. Vous vous trouvez dans une situation pouvant
entraîner des blessures ou des dommages corporels. Avant de travailler sur un équipement, soyez
conscient des dangers liés aux circuits électriques et familiarisez-vous avec les procédures
couramment utilisées pour éviter les accidents. Pour prendre connaissance des traductions des
avertissements figurant dans les consignes de sécurité traduites qui accompagnent cet appareil,
référez-vous au numéro de l'instruction situé à la fin de chaque avertissement.
CONSERVEZ CES INFORMATIONS
WICHTIGE SICHERHEITSHINWEISE
Dieses Warnsymbol bedeutet Gefahr. Sie befinden sich in einer Situation, die zu Verletzungen führen
kann. Machen Sie sich vor der Arbeit mit Geräten mit den Gefahren elektrischer Schaltungen und
den üblichen Verfahren zur Vorbeugung vor Unfällen vertraut. Suchen Sie mit der am Ende jeder
Warnung angegebenen Anweisungsnummer nach der jeweiligen Übersetzung in den übersetzten
Sicherheitshinweisen, die zusammen mit diesem Gerät ausgeliefert wurden.
BEWAHREN SIE DIESE HINWEISE GUT AUF.
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Avvertenza
Advarsel
Aviso
IMPORTANTI ISTRUZIONI SULLA SICUREZZA
Questo simbolo di avvertenza indica un pericolo. La situazione potrebbe causare infortuni alle
persone. Prima di intervenire su qualsiasi apparecchiatura, occorre essere al corrente dei pericoli
relativi ai circuiti elettrici e conoscere le procedure standard per la prevenzione di incidenti.
Utilizzare il numero di istruzione presente alla fine di ciascuna avvertenza per individuare le
traduzioni delle avvertenze riportate in questo documento.
CONSERVARE QUESTE ISTRUZIONI
VIKTIGE SIKKERHETSINSTRUKSJONER
Dette advarselssymbolet betyr fare. Du er i en situasjon som kan føre til skade på person. Før du
begynner å arbeide med noe av utstyret, må du være oppmerksom på farene forbundet med
elektriske kretser, og kjenne til standardprosedyrer for å forhindre ulykker. Bruk nummeret i slutten
av hver advarsel for å finne oversettelsen i de oversatte sikkerhetsadvarslene som fulgte med denne
enheten.
TA VARE PÅ DISSE INSTRUKSJONENE
INSTRUÇÕES IMPORTANTES DE SEGURANÇA
Este símbolo de aviso significa perigo. Você está em uma situação que poderá ser causadora de
lesões corporais. Antes de iniciar a utilização de qualquer equipamento, tenha conhecimento dos
perigos envolvidos no manuseio de circuitos elétricos e familiarize-se com as práticas habituais de
prevenção de acidentes. Utilize o número da instrução fornecido ao final de cada aviso para
localizar sua tradução nos avisos de segurança traduzidos que acompanham este dispositivo.
¡Advertencia!
Varning!
GUARDE ESTAS INSTRUÇÕES
INSTRUCCIONES IMPORTANTES DE SEGURIDAD
Este símbolo de aviso indica peligro. Existe riesgo para su integridad física. Antes de manipular
cualquier equipo, considere los riesgos de la corriente eléctrica y familiarícese con los
procedimientos estándar de prevención de accidentes. Al final de cada advertencia encontrará el
número que le ayudará a encontrar el texto traducido en el apartado de traducciones que acompaña
a este dispositivo.
GUARDE ESTAS INSTRUCCIONES
VIKTIGA SÄKERHETSANVISNINGAR
Denna varningssignal signalerar fara. Du befinner dig i en situation som kan leda till personskada.
Innan du utför arbete på någon utrustning måste du vara medveten om farorna med elkretsar och
känna till vanliga förfaranden för att förebygga olyckor. Använd det nummer som finns i slutet av
varje varning för att hitta dess översättning i de översatta säkerhetsvarningar som medföljer denna
anordning.
SPARA DESSA ANVISNINGAR
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Aviso
Advarsel
INSTRUÇÕES IMPORTANTES DE SEGURANÇA
Este símbolo de aviso significa perigo. Você se encontra em uma situação em que há risco de lesões
corporais. Antes de trabalhar com qualquer equipamento, esteja ciente dos riscos que envolvem os
circuitos elétricos e familiarize-se com as práticas padrão de prevenção de acidentes. Use o
número da declaração fornecido ao final de cada aviso para localizar sua tradução nos avisos de
segurança traduzidos que acompanham o dispositivo.
GUARDE ESTAS INSTRUÇÕES
VIGTIGE SIKKERHEDSANVISNINGER
Dette advarselssymbol betyder fare. Du befinder dig i en situation med risiko for
legemesbeskadigelse. Før du begynder arbejde på udstyr, skal du være opmærksom på de
involverede risici, der er ved elektriske kredsløb, og du skal sætte dig ind i standardprocedurer til
undgåelse af ulykker. Brug erklæringsnummeret efter hver advarsel for at finde oversættelsen i de
oversatte advarsler, der fulgte med denne enhed.
GEM DISSE ANVISNINGER
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Installing and Removing a Blade Server Hard Drive
There are up to 2 front-accessible, hot-swappable, 2.5-inch drives per blade. An LSI 1064E RAID
controller is embedded in the motherboard (it is not separately replaceable) and it supports RAID 0 and
1. You can remove blade server hard drives without removing the blade server from the chassis. All other
component replacement for a blade server requires removing the blade from the chassis. Unused hard
drive bays should always be covered with cover plates (N20-BBLKD) to assure proper cooling and
ventilation. The chassis is omitted from illustrations here to simplify the drawing.
Caution To prevent ESD damage, wear grounding wrist straps during these procedures and handle modules by
the carrier edges only.
Note Seagate SATA disks and Intel or Samsung SATA SSDs are not supported in UCS Manager release 1.2(1)
and cannot be used with servers using UCS Manager release 1.2(1).
Replacing an HDD or SSD with a drive of the same size, model, and manufacturer generally causes few
problems with UCS Manager. If the drive being replaced was part of a RAID array we recommend using
a newly ordered drive of identical size, model, and manufacturer to replace the failed drive. Cisco
recommends following industry standard practice of using drives of the same capacity when creating
RAID volumes. If drives of different capacities are used, the usable portion of the smallest drive will be
used on all drives that make up the RAID volume. Before upgrading or adding an HDD to a running
system, check the service profile in UCS Manager and make sure the new hardware configuration will
be within the parameters allowed by the service profile.
Hard disk and RAID troubleshooting information is in the “Troubleshooting Server Hardware” chapter
of the Cisco UCS Troubleshooting Guide.
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Table 2 shows the drives supported in this blade server.
Table 2 Supported Hard Disk Drives (HDD)
Product ID Description
A03-D073GC2 73 GB 6Gb SAS transfer rate
A03-D146GA2 146 GB 6Gb SAS transfer rate1, 10K RPM SFF HDD/hot plug/drive sled mounted
A03-D146GC2 146 GB 6Gb SAS transfer rate
A03-D300GA2 300 GB, 6Gb SAS transfer rate
A03-D100SSD 100 GB SATA SSD HDD/hot plug/drive sled mounted (no longer sold)
A03-D600GA2 600 GB, 6Gb SAS transfer rate
A03-D500GC3 500GB 6Gb SATA 7.2K RPM SFF hot plug/drive sled mounted
UCS-SSD100GI1F104 100 GB Low-Height 7mm SATA SSD hot plug/drive sled mounted
A03-D1TBSATA 1 TB SATA 7.2K RPM SFF HDD /hot plug/drive sled mounted
UCS-HDD300GI2F105 300GB 6Gb SAS 15K RPM SFF HDD/hot plug/drive sled mounted
UCS-HDD900GI2F106 900GB 6Gb SAS 10K RPM SFF HDD/hot plug/drive sled mounted
1. The built-in 1064E RAID controller runs at 1.5Gb Link Speed instead of 3Gb with 6Gb Local Disks when running UCS 1.4(2) and earlier software
releases.
2. This drive requires UCS capability catalog version 1.0.50.T or 2.0.1nT or later.
3. This drive requires UCS capability catalog version 1.0.54.T or 2.0.1pT or later.
1
, 15K RPM HDD/hot plug/drive sled mounted
1
, 10K RPM SFF HDD/hot plug/drive sled mounted
1
, 15K RPM HDD/hot plug/drive sled mounted
1
, 10K RPM HDD/hot plug/drive sled mounted
2
3
Removing a Blade Server Hard Drive
To remove a hard drive from a blade server, follow these steps:
Step 1 Push the button to release the ejector, and then pull the hard drive from its slot.
Step 2 Place the hard drive on an antistatic mat or antistatic foam if you are not immediately reinstalling it in
another blade server.
Step 3 Install a blank faceplate (N20-BBLKD) to keep dust out of the blade server if the slot will remain empty.
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Figure 3 shows the removal and installation of a hard drive within a blade server.
Figure 3 Installing and Removing a Hard Drive in a Blade Server
Installing a Blade Server Hard Drive
To install a blade server hard drive in either type of blade server, follow these steps:
Step 1 Place the hard drive lever into the open position by pushing the release button (see Figure 3).
Step 2 Gently slide the hard drive into the opening in the blade server until it seats into place.
Step 3 Push the hard drive lever into the closed position.
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