Contents

• Preface
• Audience
• Organization
• Conventions
• Related Cisco UCS Documentation
• Documentation Feedback
• Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

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This preface includes the following sections:

• Audience
• Organization
• Conventions
• Related Cisco UCS Documentation
• Documentation Feedback
• Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Audience

This guide is intended primarily for data center administrators with responsibilities and expertise in one or more of the following:

• Server administration
• Storage administration
• Network administration
• Network security

Organization

This document includes the following chapters:

Chapter	Title	Description
Chapter 1	Overview of Troubleshooting in Cisco UCS Manager	Provides an overview of where to find faults, events, and other information that can help you troubleshoot issues with Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) servers and Cisco UCS Manager.
Chapter 2	Finite State Machine	Describes the finite state machine (FSM) and how to use it to troubleshoot issues with Cisco UCS.
Chapter 3	General Troubleshooting Solutions	Describes solutions that you can implement when you troubleshoot issues with Cisco UCS.
Chapter 4	Troubleshooting Issues with Cisco UCS Manager	Describes solutions that you can implement when you troubleshoot issues with Cisco UCS Manager.
Chapter 5	Troubleshooting SAN Boot and SAN Connectivity Issues	Describes how to troubleshoot SAN boot and SAN connectivity issues, including the Storage Area Network (SAN) configuration in Cisco UCS Manager and the SAN array.
Chapter 6	Troubleshooting Server Hardware Issues	Describes how to troubleshoot hardware issues not specific to a given model of Cisco UCS B-Series server.

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention	Indication
bold font	Commands, keywords, GUI elements, and user-entered text appear in bold font.
italic font	Document titles, new or emphasized terms, and arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.
courierfont	Terminal sessions and information that the system displays appear in courier font.
[ ]	Elements in square brackets are optional.
{x | y | z}	Required alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
[x | y | z]	Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.
string	A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.
< >	Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets.
[ ]	Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

Note	Means reader take note.

Tip	Means the following information will help you solve a problem.

Caution

Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

Timesaver

Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.

Warning

Means reader be warned. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in bodily injury.

Related Cisco UCS Documentation

Documentation Roadmaps

For a complete list of all B-Series documentation, see the Cisco UCS B-Series Servers Documentation Roadmap available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/b-series-doc.

For a complete list of all C-Series documentation, see the Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Documentation Roadmap available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/c-series-doc .

Other Documentation Resources

An ISO file containing all B and C-Series documents is available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/type.html?mdfid=283853163&flowid=25821. From this page, click Unified Computing System (UCS) Documentation Roadmap Bundle.

The ISO file is updated after every major documentation release.

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Documentation Feedback

To provide technical feedback on this document, or to report an error or omission, please send your comments to ucs-docfeedback@external.cisco.com. We appreciate your feedback.

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

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