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Cisco UCS Manager CLI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0

Managing the Chassis

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Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
Preface
Introduction
System Configuration Contents
Network Configuration
Managing the Chassis
Storage Configuration
Server Configuration Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Chassis
System Management Acknowledging a Chassis
Managing Time Zones Decommissioning a Chassis
Managing the Chassis
Removing a Chassis
Managing Blade Servers
Recommissioning a Chassis
Managing Rack-Mount
Servers Renumbering a Chassis
Managing the I/O Modules Toggling the Locator LED
Backing Up and Restoring the
Turning On the Locator LED for a Chassis
Configuration
Recovering a Lost Password Turning Off the Locator LED for a Chassis
System Monitoring
Index Managing the Chassis
This chapter includes the following sections:

Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Chassis

Acknowledging a Chassis
Decommissioning a Chassis
Removing a Chassis
Recommissioning a Chassis
Renumbering a Chassis
Toggling the Locator LED

Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Chassis

Consider the following guidelines when deciding whether to remove or decommission a chassis using Cisco UCS Manager:

Decommissioning a Chassis
Decommissioning is performed when a chassis is physically present and connected but you want to temporarily remove it from the configuration. Because it
is expected that a decommissioned chassis will be eventually recommissioned, a portion of the chassis' information is retained by Cisco UCS Manager for
future use.

Removing a Chassis
Removing is performed when you physically remove a chassis from the system. Once the physical removal of the chassis is completed, the configuration for
that chassis can be removed in Cisco UCS Manager.

Note You cannot remove a chassis from Cisco UCS Manager if it is physically present and connected.

If you need to add a removed chassis back to the configuration, it must be reconnected and then rediscovered. During rediscovery Cisco UCS Manager will
assign the chassis a new ID that may be different from ID that it held before.

Acknowledging a Chassis
Perform the following procedure if you increase or decrease the number of links that connect the chassis to the fabric interconnect. Acknowledging the
chassis ensures that Cisco UCS Manager is aware of the change in the number of links and that traffics flows along all available links.
After you enable or disable a port on a fabric interconnect, wait for at least 1 minute before you reacknowledge the chassis. If you reacknowledge the chassis
too soon, the pinning of server traffic from the chassis may not be updated with the changes to the port that you enabled or disabled.

Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 UCS­A# acknowledge chassis chassis­num
Acknowledges the specified chassis.

Step 2 UCS­A# commit­buffer Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

The following example acknowledges chassis 2 and commits the transaction:

UCS­A# acknowledge chassis 2
UCS­A* # commit-buffer
UCS­A #

Decommissioning a Chassis
Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 UCS­A# decommission chassis chassis­num
Decommissions the specified chassis.

Step 2 UCS­A# commit­buffer

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

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The decommission may take several minutes to complete.

The following example decommissions chassis 2 and commits the transaction:

UCS­A# decommission chassis 2
UCS­A* # commit-buffer
UCS­A # show chassis

Chassis:
Chassis Overall Status Admin State
­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­
1 Operable Acknowledged
2 Accessibility Problem Decommission
UCS­A #

Removing a Chassis
Before You Begin
Physically remove the chassis before performing the following procedure.
Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 UCS­A# remove chassis chassis­num
Removes the specified chassis.

Step 2 UCS­A# commit­buffer

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

The removal may take several minutes to complete.

The following example removes chassis 2 and commits the transaction:

UCS­A# remove chassis 2
UCS­A* # commit-buffer
UCS­A #

Recommissioning a Chassis
This procedure returns the chassis to the configuration and applies the chassis discovery policy to the chassis. After this procedure, you can access the
chassis and any servers in it.

Before You Begin

Collect the following information about the chassis to be recommissioned:

Vendor name
Model name
Serial number

Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 UCS­A# recommission chassis vendor­name model­name serial­num
Recommissions the specified chassis.

Step 2 UCS­A# commit­buffer

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

The following example recommissions a Cisco UCS 5108 chassis and commits the transaction:
UCS­A# show chassis

Chassis:
Chassis Overall Status Admin State
­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­
1 Accessibility Problem Decommission

UCS­A# recommission chassis "Cisco Systems Inc" "N20-C6508" FOX1252GNNN

UCS­A* # commit-buffer
UCS­A #

Renumbering a Chassis

Note You cannot renumber a blade server through Cisco UCS Manager. The ID assigned to a blade server is determined by its physical slot in the chassis.
To renumber a blade server, you must physically move the server to a different slot in the chassis.

Before You Begin

If you are swapping IDs between chassis, you must first decommission both chassis and then wait for the chassis decommission FSM to complete before
proceeding with the renumbering steps.
Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 UCS­A# show chassis
Displays information about your chassis.
inventory

Step 2 Verify that the chassis inventory

does not include the following: The chassis you want to renumber
A chassis with the number you want to use

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If either of these chassis are listed in the chassis inventory, decommission those chassis. You
must wait until the decommission FSM is complete and the chassis are not listed in the chassis
inventory before continuing. This might take several minutes.
To see which chassis have been decommissioned, issue the show chassis decommissioned
command.

Step 3 UCS­A# recommission

Recommissions and renumbers the specified chassis.
chassis vendor­name model­
name serial­num [chassis­num]
Step 4 UCS­A# commit­buffer
Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

The following example decommissions two Cisco UCS chassis (chassis 7 and 8), switches their IDs, and commits the transaction:
UCS­A# show chassis inventory

Chassis PID Vendor Serial (SN) HW Revision

­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­
1 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GAAA 0
2 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GBBB 0
3 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GCCC 0
4 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GDDD 0
5 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GEEE 0
6 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GFFF 0
7 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GGGG 0
8 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GHHH 0
9 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GIII 0
10 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GJJJ 0
11 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GKKK 0
12 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GLLL 0
13 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GMMM 0
14 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GNNN 0

UCS­A# decommission chassis "Cisco Systems Inc" "N20-C6508" FOX1252GHHH

UCS­A*# commit-buffer
UCS­A# decommission chassis "Cisco Systems Inc" "N20-C6508" FOX1252GIII
UCS­A*# commit-buffer
UCS­A# show chassis inventory

Chassis PID Vendor Serial (SN) HW Revision

­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­
1 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GAAA 0
2 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GBBB 0
3 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GCCC 0
4 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GDDD 0
5 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GEEE 0
6 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GFFF 0
7 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GGGG 0
10 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GJJJ 0
11 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GKKK 0
12 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GLLL 0
13 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GMMM 0
14 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GNNN 0

UCS­A# show chassis decommissioned

Chassis PID Vendor Serial (SN) HW Revision

­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­
8 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GHHH 0
9 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GIII 0

UCS­A# recommission chassis "Cisco Systems Inc" "N20-C6508" FOX1252GHHH 9

UCS­A* # commit-buffer
UCS­A# recommission chassis "Cisco Systems Inc" "N20-C6508" FOX1252GIII 8
UCS­A* # commit-buffer
UCS­A # show chassis inventory

Chassis PID Vendor Serial (SN) HW Revision

­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­
1 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GAAA 0
2 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GBBB 0
3 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GCCC 0
4 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GDDD 0
5 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GEEE 0
6 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GFFF 0
7 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GGGG 0
8 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GIII 0
9 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GHHH 0
10 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GJJJ 0
11 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GKKK 0
12 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GLLL 0
13 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GMMM 0
14 N20­C6508 Cisco Systems Inc FOX1252GNNN 0

Toggling the Locator LED

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Turning On the Locator LED for a Chassis
Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 UCS­A# scope chassis chassis­num
Enters chassis mode for the specified chassis.

Step 2 UCS­A /chassis # enable locator­led

Turns on the chassis locator LED.

Step 3 UCS­A /chassis # commit­buffer

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

The following example turns on the locator LED for chassis 2 and commits the transaction:
UCS­A# scope chassis 2
UCS­A /chassis # enable locator­led
UCS­A /chassis* # commit­buffer
UCS­A /chassis #

Turning Off the Locator LED for a Chassis

Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 UCS­A# scope chassis chassis­num
Enters chassis mode for the specified chassis.

Step 2 UCS­A /chassis # disable locator­led

Turns off the chassis locator LED.

Step 3 UCS­A /chassis # commit­buffer

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

The following example turns off the locator LED for chassis 2 and commits the transaction:
UCS­A# scope chassis 2
UCS­A /chassis # disable locator­led
UCS­A /chassis* # commit­buffer
UCS­A /chassis #

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