cisco prime server

[Mostafa Alzareef]

I'm just wondering about the feasibility of installing a virtual machine on a Cisco PI-UCSM5-APL-K9 server to host additional services such as a DNS or DHCP server.

 PI-UCSM5-APL-K9 is specifically designed for Cisco Prime Infrastructure so is it available?

[Flavio Miranda · Accepted solution]

Hi @Mostafa Alzareef 

 I would not  say it was specifically designed for Prime as Prime actually runs on a CentOS.

   I once, in the past, did something similar with an UCS we used to run APIC on it. Of course, you need to install the vCenter or some other virtualization platform and you are going to build it from scratch. However,  if the server crash of something, you will not have support from Cisco as you are not using the server for what it was intent to.

[Mostafa Alzareef]

Thank you for your reply.

Given that I currently have a DNA server in my network and no longer require Cisco Prime, I'm considering reformatting the PI-UCSM5-APL-K9 server for other services

could format the server as and use for other services

[Flavio Miranda]

That´s makes all sense @Mostafa Alzareef . It is a pretty good hardware and I would follow the same direction.

You can surely  format it and use it as a virtualization platform.

[Mostafa Alzareef]

"I want to convert a Cisco Prime server into a UCS server running VMware ESXi. Can you provide guidance on hardware compatibility, BIOS configuration, ESXi installation, and UCS integration? I'm aware that Cisco might not officially support this, but I'm hoping to find resources or workarounds."

[Flavio Miranda]

@Mostafa Alzareef 

 There will be planty  of information here in the community. You need to look at is as an UCS.

https://community.cisco.com/t5/data-center-and-cloud-knowledge-base/how-to-install-esxi-on-ucs-servers/ta-p/3149030