Cisco UCS Server Configuration Utility User Guide, Release 6.3

Introduction

The UCS-SCU GUI is a web-based management interface that allows you to perform tasks such as operating system installation and RAID configuration.

After UCS-SCU boots up, the first interface is the End User License Agreement. Select I Accept and click Next to agree to this license.

Table 1. UCS-SCU GUI Elements
Element	Description
Navigation Pane	Located on the left side in the UCS-SCU user interface. See for more information.
OS Installation	Located on the right side of the GUI. Different pages appear in the OS Installation page depending on what you select in the Navigation Pane.
Execution Logs	Located at the bottom of the GUI. Shows the dynamic log of the system.

Table 2. Navigation Pane Elements
Element	Description
OS Installation	Installs the RHEL, SLES, Windows, and ESXi operating systems in a fully unattended mode. The most recent drivers for all onboard components are added from the Tools and Drivers CD or from other supported locations during the operating system installation. For more information about OS Install, see Installing Operating Systems.
Server Configuration	Configures a RAID volume on attached hard drives of your server. Contains links to the RAID configuration pages: For more information about Server Configuration, see Configuring RAID Levels
Help	Opens a window in the application that displays context-sensitive help for the displayed page.

Allows you to synchronize data written on a disk that is in an out-of sync RAID 1 partition to a replacement disk.

Note

This button is available only on Cisco UCS C460 M4 server.

Step 1

Click the Reboot button at the bottom of the GUI.

The Reboot dialog box appears.

Step 2

Click Yes to reboot.

The server is rebooted.