Cisco UCS B200 M3 User manual

Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server Installation and Service Note
Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server 2
LEDs 2
Buttons 4
Connectors 4
Hard Drive Replacement 4
Blade Server Removal and Installation 6
Secure Digital (SD) Card Access 9
Removing a Blade Server Cover 9
Working Inside the Blade Server 13
Enabling a Trusted Platform Module 30
Server Troubleshooting 31
Server Configuration 31
Physical Specifications for the Cisco UCS B200 M3 31
Related Documentation 31
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request 32

Revised: September 9, 2013, OL-26624-01
Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server
The Cisco UCS B200 M3 is an Intel-based, half-width blade supporting two CPU sockets using Intel E5-2600 series CPUs and up
to 24 DIMMs; it supports one modular LOM (dedicated slot for Cisco's Virtual Interface Card) and one mezzanine adapter. At this
time, the UCS B200 M2 (second generation) server is still available and is documented elsewhere. You can install up to eight UCS
B200 Blade Servers to a UCS chassis, mixing with other models or Cisco UCS blade servers in the chassis if desired.
Figure 1: Cisco UCS B200 M3 Front Panel
Network link status LED7Asset tag
Each server has a blank plastic tag that pulls out of the
front panel which is provided so that you can add your
own asset tracking label without interfering with the
intended air flow.
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Blade health LED8Blade ejector handle2
Console connector9Ejector captive screw3
Reset button access10Hard drive bay 14
Beaconing LED and button11Hard drive bay 25
Power button and LED6
LEDs
Server LEDs indicate whether the blade server is in active or standby mode, the status of the network link, the over all health of the
blade server, and whether the server is set to give a flashing blue beaconing indication.
The removable drives also have LEDs indicating hard disk access activity and disk health.
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Table 1: Blade Server LEDs
DescriptionColorLED
Power off.OffPower
Normal operation.Green
Standby.Amber
None of the network links are up.OffLink
At least one network link is up.Green
Power off.OffHealth
Normal operation.Green
Minor error.Amber
Critical error.Blinking
Amber
Beaconing not enabled.OffBeaconing
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.
Blinking blue
1 Hz
Inactive.OffActivity
(Disk Drive) Outstanding I/O to disk drive.Green
Rebuild in progress. Health LED will flash in unison.Flashing
Amber 4 Hz
Identify drive active.Flashing
Amber 4 hz
Can mean either no fault detected or the drive is not installed.OffHealth
(Disk Drive) Identify drive active. If the Activity LED is also flashing amber, a drive
rebuild is in progress.
Flashing
Amber 4 hz
Fault detected.Amber
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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 may get turned on or off by pressing the combination button and LED.
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. 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.
Connectors
The console port allows 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 cable (N20-BKVM) which provides a connection into a Cisco
UCS blade server; it has 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. A KVM cable
ships standard with each blade chassis accessory kit.
Figure 2: KVM Cable for Blade Servers
VGA connection for a monitor3Connector to blade server slot1
2-port USB connector for a mouse and keyboard4DB9 serial connector2
Hard Drive Replacement
Each blade has up to two front-accessible, hot-swappable, 2.5-inch drives. Unused hard drive bays should always be covered with
cover plates (N20-BBLKD) to ensure proper cooling and ventilation.
You can remove blade server hard drives without removing the blade server from the chassis.
The drives supported in this blade server come with the drive sled attached. Spare drive sleds are not available. A list of currently
supported drives is in the specification sheets at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10280/products_data_sheets_list.html
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Before upgrading or adding an HDD to a running system, check the service profile in Cisco UCS Manager and make sure the new
hardware configuration will be within the parameters allowed by the service profile.
To prevent ESD damage, wear grounding wrist straps during these procedures and handle modules by the
carrier edges only.
Caution
RAID Considerations
Each blade contains an LSI SAS 2004 RAID controller embedded in the motherboard that is not separately replaceable. The controller
supports RAID 0 and 1.
If the drive being replaced was part of a RAID array, Cisco recommends using a new drive of identical size, model, and manufacturer
to replace the failed drive. This recommendation comes from the industry standard practice of using drives of the same capacity when
creating RAID volumes. If drives of different capacities are used, the useable portion of the smallest drive will be used on all drives
that make up the RAID volume.
If you ever need to move a RAID cluster from one server to another, both the old and new servers for the cluster must use the same
LSI controller. For example, migration from a server with an LSI 1064E controller to a server with an LSI MegaRAID controller is
not supported. Similarly, migrating a RAID cluster from a B200 M3 to a B420 M3 is not supported.
For hard disk and RAID troubleshooting information, see the Cisco UCS Manager B-Series Troubleshooting Guide.
Removing a Blade Server Hard Drive
To remove a hard drive from a blade server, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1 Push the button to release the ejector, and then pull the hard drive from its slot.
Figure 3: Removing the Hard Drive
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Step 2 Place the hard drive on an antistatic mat or antistatic foam if you are not immediately reinstalling it in another server.
Step 3 Install a hard disk drive blank faceplate (N20-BBLKD) to keep dust out of the blade server if the slot will remain empty.
Installing a Blade Server Hard Drive
Procedure
Step 1 Place the hard drive lever into the open position by pushing the release button.
Figure 4: Installing a Hard Drive in a Blade Server
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.
You can use Cisco UCS Manager to format and configure RAID services. For details, see the Configuration Guide for the
version of Cisco UCS Manager that you are using. The configuration guides are available at the following URL: http://
www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html
If you need to move a RAID cluster, see the Cisco UCS Manager B-Series Troubleshooting Guide.
Blade Server Removal and Installation
Before performing any internal operations on this blade server, you must remove it from the chassis.
To prevent ESD damage, wear grounding wrist straps during these procedures and handle modules by the
carrier edges only.
Caution
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Powering Off Blade Servers Using the Power Button
You can also shut the server down remotely using Cisco UCS Manager. For details, see the Configuration
Guide for the version of Cisco UCS Manager that you are using. The configuration guides are available
at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_
configuration_guides_list.html
Tip
Procedure
Step 1 For each server in the chassis that you want to power off, check the color of the Power Status LED.
•Green indicates that the server is running and must be shut down before it can be safely powered off. Go to Step 2.
•Amber indicates that the server is already in standby mode and can be safely powered off. Go to Step 3.
Step 2 Press and release the Power button, then wait until the Power Status LED changes to amber.
The operating system performs a graceful shutdown and the server goes to standby mode.
To avoid data loss or damage to your operating system, you should always invoke a graceful shutdown of the
operating system.
Caution
Step 3 (Optional) If you are shutting down all blade servers in a chassis, disconnect the power cords from the chassis to completely
power off the servers.
Step 4 Remove the appropriate servers from the chassis.
Removing a Blade Server
Using UCS Manager, decommission the server before physically removing the server. To remove a blade server from the chassis,
follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1 Loosen the captive screw on the front of the blade.
Step 2 Remove the blade from the chassis by pulling the ejector lever on the blade until it unseats the blade server.
Step 3 Slide the blade part of the way out of the chassis, and place your other hand under the blade to support its weight.
Step 4 Once removed, place the blade on an antistatic mat or antistatic foam if you are not immediately reinstalling it into another
slot.
Step 5 If the slot is to remain empty, install a blank faceplate (N20-CBLKB1) to keep dust out of the chassis.
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Installing a Half-width Blade Server
UCS B200 M3 and UCS B22 M3 half-width blade servers are interoperable in a UCS chassis with any other UCS blade servers,
including prior generation B200 M2 and B200 M1 servers, or other UCS B-Series blade servers. To install a half-width blade server,
follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1 Grasp the front of the blade server and place your other hand under the blade to support it.
Figure 5: Positioning a Blade Server in the Chassis
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Step 2 Open the ejector lever in the front of the blade server.
Step 3 Gently slide the blade into the opening until you cannot push it any farther.
Step 4 Press the ejector lever so that it catches the edge of the chassis and presses the blade server all the way in.
Step 5 Tighten the captive screw on the front of the blade to no more than 3 in-lbs. Tightening with bare fingers only is unlikely
to lead to stripped or damaged captive screws.
Step 6 Power on the server. UCS Manager automatically reacknowledges, reassociates, and recommissions the server, provided
any hardware changes are allowed by the service profile.
Secure Digital (SD) Card Access
SD card slots are provided for future usage. Their use is not supported at product release. They will require a future software update
to be used.
Figure 6: SD Card Slot Locations
Removing a Blade Server Cover
Replacing the cover is the reverse of removing the cover. To open a blade server, follow these steps:
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Procedure
Step 1 Press and hold the button down as shown in the figure below.
Step 2 While holding the back end of the cover, pull the cover back and then up.
Figure 7: Opening a Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server
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Air Baffles
The air baffles direct and improve air flow for the server components. Two identical baffles ship with each B200 M3 server. No tools
are necessary to install them, just place them over the DIMMs as shown, with the holes in the center of the baffles aligned with the
corresponding motherboard standoffs.
Figure 8: Cisco UCS B200 M3 Air Baffles
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Internal Components
Figure 9: Inside View of the B200 M3 Blade Server
Internal USB connector
Cisco UCS-USBFLSH-S-4GB= is recommended, but
if another USB drive will be used it must be no wider
than .8 inches, and no more than 1.345 inches long in
order tp provide needed clearances to install or remove
the USB drive.
2Hard drive bays1
CPU and heat sink4Battery3
Diagnostic button6DIMM slots5
Adapter card connector (Adapter not shown installed)
8Modular LOM (shown installed)7
Diagnostics Button and LEDs
At blade start-up, POST diagnostics test the CPUs, DIMMs, HDDs, and adapter cards, and any failure notifications are sent to UCS
Manager. You can view these notifications in the System Error Log or in the output of the show tech-support command. If errors
are found, an amber diagnostic LED also lights up next to the failed component. During run time, the blade BIOS, component drivers,
and OS all monitor for hardware faults and will light up the amber diagnostic LED for a component if an uncorrectable error or
correctable errors (such as a host ECC error) over the allowed threshold occur.
LED states are saved, and if you remove the blade from the chassis the LED values will persist for up to 10 minutes. Pressing the
LED diagnostics button on the motherboard causes the LEDs that currently show a component fault to light for up to 30 seconds for
easier component identification. LED fault values are reset when the blade is reinserted into the chassis and booted, and the process
begins from its start.
If DIMM insertion errors are detected, they may cause the blade discovery to fail and errors will be reported in the server POST
information, which is viewable using the UCS Manager GUI or CLI. UCS blade servers require specific rules to be followed when
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populating DIMMs in a blade server, and the rules depend on the blade server model. Refer to the documentation for a specific blade
server for those rules.
HDD status LEDs are on the front face of the HDD. Faults on the CPU, DIMMs, or adapter cards also cause the server health LED
to light solid amber for minor error conditions or blinking amber for critical error conditions.
Working Inside the Blade Server
Installing a Motherboard CMOS Battery
All Cisco UCS blade servers use a CR2032 battery (Cisco PID N20-MBLIBATT=) to preserve BIOS settings while the server is
powered down.
There is danger of explosion if the battery is replaced incorrectly. Replace the battery only with the same
or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the
manufacturer’s instructions. Statement 1015
Warning
To install or replace a motherboard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) battery, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1 Remove the old CMOS battery:
a) Power off the blade, remove it from the chassis, and remove the top cover.
b) Push the battery socket retaining clip away from the battery.
c) Lift the battery from the socket. Use needle-nose pliers to grasp the battery if there is not enough clearance for your
fingers.
Step 2 Install a motherboard CMOS battery:
a) Push the battery socket retaining clip away from where the battery fits in the housing.
b) Insert the new battery into the socket with the battery’s positive (+) marking facing away from the retaining clip. Ensure
that the retaining clip can click over the top of the battery to secure it in the housing.
c) Replace the top cover.
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d) Replace the server in the chassis and power on the blade by pressing the Power button.
Figure 10: Location of the Motherboard CMOS Battery
CPU and Heatsink Replacement
Special Information For Upgrades to Intel E5-2600 v2 Series CPUs
You must upgrade your server firmware to the required minimum level before you upgrade to Intel E5-2600
v2 Series CPUs. Older firmware versions cannot recognize the new CPUs and this results in a non-bootable
server.
Caution
The minimum software and firmware versions required for the server to support Intel E5-2600 v2 Series CPUs are as follows:
Table 2: Minimum Requirements For Intel E5-2600 v2 Series CPUs
Minimum VersionSoftware or Firmware
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2.1(3)Server CIMC
2.1(3)Server BIOS
2.1(3)Cisco UCS Manager
8.0Board controller firmware
Do one of the following actions:
•If your server’s firmware and/or Cisco UCS Manager software are already at the required levels shown in the table above, you
can replace the CPU hardware by using the procedures in this section.
•If your server’s firmware and/or Cisco UCS Manager software is earlier than the required levels, use the instructions in the
Cisco UCS B-Series Servers Upgrade Guide for Intel E5-2600 v2 Series CPUs to upgrade your firmware and software. After
you upgrade, return to the procedures in this book to replace the CPU and heatsink hardware.
Removing a CPU and Heat Sink
You will use these procedures to move a CPU from one server to another, to replace a faulty CPU, or to upgrade from one CPU to
another.
The CPU pick and place tool is required to prevent damage to the connection pins between the motherboard
and the CPU. Do not attempt this procedure without the required tool, which is included with each CPU
option kit.
Note
Procedure
Step 1 Unscrew the four captive screws securing the heat sink to the motherboard. See callout 1.
Loosen one screw by a quarter turn, then move to the next in the X pattern shown in the following figure. Continue loosening
until the heat sink can be lifted off.
Step 2 Remove the heat sink (UCSB-HS-01-EP). See callout 2.
Remove the existing thermal compound from the bottom of the heat sink using the cleaning kit (UCSX-HSCK= ) included
with each CPU option kit. Follow the instructions on the two bottles of cleaning solvent.
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Step 3 Unhook the first socket hook, which has the following icon: See callout 3 in the following figure.
Step 4 Unhook the second socket hook, which has the following icon: See callout 4 in the following figure.
Step 5 Open the socket latch. See callout 5 in the following figure.
Figure 11: Removing the Heat Sink and Accessing the CPU Socket
Step 6 Press the central button on the provided CPU pick and place tool (UCS-CPU-EP-PNP=) to release the catch.
The CPU pick and place tool is included with each CPU option kit, or the tool may be purchased separately. Be sure to
use the tool for the Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series processors.
Step 7 Remove an old CPU as follows:
a) Place the CPU pick and place tool on the CPU socket aligned with the arrow pointing to the CPU registration mark as
shown in the following figure.
b) Press the button/handle on the tool to grasp the installed CPU.
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c) Lift the tool and CPU straight up.
Figure 12: Proper Alignment of CPU Pick and Place Tool (for Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series Processors)
Alignment mark on the socket2Alignment mark on the button/handle of the pick and
place tool
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Installing a New CPU and Heat Sink
Before installing a new CPU in a server, verify the following:
•The CPU is supported for that given server model. This may be verified via the server's Technical Specifications ordering guides
or by the relevant release of the Cisco UCS Capability Catalog.
•A BIOS update is available and installed that supports the CPU and the given server configuration.
•If the server will be managed by Cisco UCS Manager, the service profile for this server in Cisco UCS Manager will recognize
and allow the new CPU.
The Pick-and-Place tools used in this procedure are required to prevent damage to the contact pins between
the motherboard and the CPU. Do not attempt this procedure without the required tools, which are included
with each CPU option kit. If you do not have the tool, you can order a spare: Cisco PID UCS-CPU-EP-PNP=
for 10-, 8-, 6-, 4-, or 2-core CPUs (green); UCS-CPU-EP2-PNP= for v2 12-core CPUs (purple).
Caution
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Procedure
Step 1 (Optional) If you are installing a CPU in a socket that had been shipped empty, there will be a protective cap intended to
prevent bent or touched contact pins. The pick and pull cap tool provided can be used in a manner similar to a pair of
tweezers. Grasp the protective cap and pivot as shown.
Figure 13: Protective Cap Removal
Step 2 Release the catch on the pick and place tool by pressing the handle/button.
Step 3 Remove the new CPU from the packaging, and load it into the pick and place tool as follows:
a) Confirm that the pedestal is set up correctly for your processor. The pedestal ships configured with the markings
“LGA2011-R0”facing upward, and this is the correct orientation.
b) Place the CPU on the pedestal. The CPU corners should fit snugly at the pedestal corners and the notches should meet
the pegs perfectly.
c) Place the CPU pick and place tool on the CPU pedestal aligned with the A1 arrow pointing to the A1 registration mark
on the pedestal.
d) Press the button/handle on the tool to grasp the CPU.
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e) Lift the tool and CPU straight up off of the pedestal.
Figure 14: Loading the Pick and Place Tool
Alignment mark on the pick and place tool, CPU and pedestal1
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Step 4 Place the CPU and tool on the CPU socket with the registration marks aligned as shown.
Step 5 Press the button/handle on the pick and place tool to release the CPU into the socket.
Figure 15: Using the CPU Pick and Place Tool to Insert the CPU
Alignment mark on the CPU socket2Alignment mark on the tool button/handle1
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