{"id":1184,"date":"2013-11-15T16:26:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T16:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2013-12-23T20:34:13","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T20:34:13","slug":"using-cisco-ucs-blade-server-diagnostics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/2013\/11\/15\/using-cisco-ucs-blade-server-diagnostics\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Cisco UCS Blade Server Diagnostics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cisco has released\u00a0Cisco UCS Blade Server Diagnostics.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s an ISO file that you boot your blade from and there you can run a series of test to find out if there are any problems with hardware.<\/p>\n<p>To run UCS diagnostics do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Download ISO file from <a href=\"http:\/\/software.cisco.com\/download\/release.html?mdfid=283853163&amp;flowid=25821&amp;softwareid=286123307&amp;release=1.0(1a)&amp;relind=AVAILABLE&amp;rellifecycle=&amp;reltype=latest\" target=\"_blank\">cisco.com<\/a>\u00a0you&#8217;ll need login first. At the time of writing the only version available is 1.0.1a<\/li>\n<li>Login to <strong>UCS Manager<\/strong> and open the <strong>KVM console<\/strong> on the blade that you want to test(the blade must be associated with service profile and CD-ROM must be present in Boot Order at the top of it)<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Virtual Media<\/strong> tab, click on <strong>Add Image<\/strong> button, locate and select Cisco UCS Blade Server Diagnostic\u00a0ISO file that you downloaded. Make sure that <strong>Mapped<\/strong> box is ticket next to ISO file.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1185\" alt=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/1-300x259.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/1-300x259.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/1.jpg 875w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Restart the server. The server should start booting form ISO file<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll be prompted to choose from 3 options(<strong>GUI, CLI, memtest86+<\/strong>) if you do not choose in 10sec the blade will into GUI<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1186\" alt=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/2-300x215.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/2-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/2.jpg 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGUI and CLI are self explanatory. memtest86+ is RAM testing utility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select <strong>GUI<\/strong>. It may take couple minutes UCS diagnostic to start. You&#8217;ll be prompted with EULA dialog screen. Select <strong>Accept<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1187\" alt=\"3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/3-300x207.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/3-300x207.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/3-1024x709.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/3.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Once you see UCS Diagnostics on the screen you start tests.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1188\" alt=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/4-300x201.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/4-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/4-1024x687.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/4.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Diagnostics Tools<\/strong>. You can choose between 2 tests(<strong>QuickTests, ComprehensiveTests)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1189\" alt=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/5-300x201.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/5-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/5-1024x686.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/5.jpg 1089w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>QuickTests<\/strong> and click on\u00a0<strong>Run all quick tests.\u00a0<\/strong>You&#8217;ll see a popup on the top right corner<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/61.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1191\" alt=\"6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/61-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/61-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/61-1024x685.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/61.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Test Summary <\/strong>you can see\u00a0the number of tests passed, failed and still in the queue.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/71.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1193\" alt=\"7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/71.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>Test log Summary\u00a0<\/strong>you can see the details about the tests.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1194\" alt=\"8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/8-300x205.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/8-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/8-1024x701.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/8.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>To properly test the system you should use\u00a0<strong>\u00a0ComprehensiveTests\u00a0<\/strong>instead of <strong>QuickTests.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Once finished testing Click on <strong>Reboot\u00a0<\/strong>button and unmap the ISO file.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1195\" alt=\"9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/files\/2013\/11\/9.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"87\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cisco UCS Diagnostics User Guide for B-Series Servers, Release 1.0:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/en\/US\/docs\/unified_computing\/ucs\/sw\/ucs_diagnostics\/b_UCS_Blade_Server_Diagnostics_User_Guide.html\">http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/en\/US\/docs\/unified_computing\/ucs\/sw\/ucs_diagnostics\/b_UCS_Blade_Server_Diagnostics_User_Guide.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note:\u00a0Cisco UCS Blade Server Diagnostics does not support M1 blades<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cisco has released\u00a0Cisco UCS Blade Server Diagnostics. It&#8217;s an ISO file that you boot your blade from and there you can run a series of test to find out if there are any problems with hardware. To run UCS diagnostics do the following: Download ISO file from cisco.com\u00a0you&#8217;ll need login first. At the time of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[380,381],"tags":[432,497,475,225,498],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1225,"href":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions\/1225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kozeniauskas.com\/itblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}