New blade servers

                   i have new b22 blade server ineed to install esxi on it ,but the admin for ucs for another team .can i use console to configure the the two  server and islote the mangment and install esxi on the two blade .
i need help for this issue.

so you mean that you want to install ESXi on UCS B22 server but you are not the admin of the UCS. so you want to go attach keyboard and monitor to the blade directly to install ESXi on that server, is that the case?
Before you install the ESXi on the server, make sure the UCS admin has assigned a service profile to the server.
There are 2 ways for you to install ESXi on the server directly.
1. use the cable blew and attach it to the server, the connector supports USB/VGA/DB9 Serial port
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/hw/blade-servers/B22.html#ID129
2. alternatively, you can ask the UCS admin to create a user for you on UCS which only allows accessing the KVM, then you can remotely log on to the UCS and install ESXi. the previliage required for this role is "Service Profile Server Oper"

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