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The remaining management tasks can only be performed on the server.
If a blade server slot in a chassis is empty, Cisco UCS Manager provides information, errors, and faults for
that slot. You can also reacknowledge the slot to resolve server mismatch errors and to have Cisco UCS
Manager rediscover the blade server in the slot.
Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Blade Servers
Consider the following guidelines when deciding whether to remove or decommission a blade server using
Cisco UCS Manager:
Decommissioning a Blade Server
Decommissioning is performed when a blade server is physically present and connected but you want to
temporarily remove it from the configuration. Because it is expected that a decommissioned blade server will
be eventually recommissioned, a portion of the server's information is retained by Cisco UCS Manager for
future use.
Removing a Blade Server
Removing is performed when you physically remove a blade server from the server by disconnecting it from
the chassis. You cannot remove a blade server from Cisco UCS Manager if it is physically present and
connected to a chassis. Once the physical removal of the blade server is completed, the configuration for that
blade server can be removed in Cisco UCS Manager.
During removal, active links to the blade server are disabled, all entries from databases are removed, and the
server is automatically removed from any server pools that it was assigned to during discovery.
Only those servers added to a server pool automatically during discovery will be removed automatically.
Servers that have been manually added to a server pool have to be removed manually.
Note
If you need to add a removed blade server back to the configuration, it must be reconnected and then
rediscovered. When a server is reintroduced to Cisco UCS Manager it is treated like a new server and is subject
to the deep discovery process. For this reason, it's possible that Cisco UCS Manager will assign the server a
new ID that may be different from the ID that it held before.
Booting Blade Servers
Booting a Blade Server
If the Boot Server link is dimmed in the Actions area, you must shut down the server first.
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Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Blade Servers