Installing UCS chassis and components
Care must be taken during the installation of all components as failure to follow installation procedures may result in component malfunction and bodily injury.
Note
UCS chassis don'ts:
Do not try to lift even the empty chassis alone. At least two people are required to handle a UCS chassis. Do not handle internal components such as CPU, RAM, and mezzanine cards without an ESD field kit.
Physical installation is divided into three sections:
- Blade server component (CPU, memory, hard drives, and mezzanine card) installation
- Chassis and component (blade servers, IOMs, fan units, and power supplies) installation
- Fabric Interconnect installation and physical cabling
Installing blade servers
Cisco UCS blade servers are designed with industry-standard components with some enhancements. Anyone with prior server installation experience should be comfortable installing internal components using guidelines provided in the blade server's manual and following standard safety...