installing 2nd power supply in C210 M1 - downtime needed ?

[todjohns]

I have several UCS C210 M1 servers that have just one power supply, I need to install a second one.   Will I need to shut down the servers to install the second power supply?

I found details on installing them here...

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/hw/C210M1/install/replace.html

and see that they're hot pluggable but it's not clear if downtime is required to install a second pwr supply.  I'm thinking it may be needed so that the system boots with two power supplies and is then aware of that configuration.

Thanks,

Todd

[simon.geary · Accepted solution]

You don't need to power off the server to install the second power supply.