Interpreting LEDs 36
CHAPTER 2
Installation 41
Installation Notes and Warnings for the Cisco UCS 5108 Server Chassis 41
Rack Requirements 42
Cable Management 42
Airflow Considerations 43
Moving Server Chassis 43
Installation Guidelines 44
Required Equipment 45
Unpacking and Inspecting the Chassis 45
Attaching the Round Hole Adapter Kit to the Rails (Optional) 46
Installing the Chassis 46
Installing the Rails 48
Installing the Round Hole Adapter Kit 51
Inserting the Chassis into the Rack 52
Installing Rear Brackets 54
Connecting a DC Power Supply 55
Required Tools 55
DC Power Installation Procedure 56
Cabling Considerations for Fabric Port Channels 58
Proper FEX and Fabric Interconnect Port Connectivity 59
Removing the Chassis from a Rack 61
Repacking the Chassis 62
SFP+ Transceivers 62
SFP+ Twinax Copper Transceivers 62
Optical SFP+ Transceivers 63
SFP and SFP+ Transceivers for the UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect 64
Twinax Copper Cables for the UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect 65
QSFP+ Copper Optical Transceivers for the UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect 65
Replacing a Copper Twinax SFP+ Transceiver with an Optical SFP+ Transceiver 66
CHAPTER 3
Installing and Removing Components 69
Components 69
Installing and Removing a Blade Server 71
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