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The UCS API is a goldmine of information and control for UCS.  The Big 4 systems management companies are all integrating their enterprise software with UCS, especially our partners BMC, but that doesn't stop you from exploring the API yourself.What'...

The Cisco UCS M81KR helps reduce the number of physical adapters, simplify management, increase hypervisor performance, and facilitate collaboration between groups. UCS M81KR supports Multiple virtual adapters per physical adapter. Using M81KR you ca...

Dear all,I have setup 2 set of brand new MDS9124 SAN switch, and I found an warning message in event log "NoLicenseFeatureNotify clmLicenseGracePeriodLeft FM_SERVER_PKG=119 days 23 hours", detail see attached file. Could any one tell me where is the ...

If the configuration in UCS gets corrupted or erased by some reason it can be recovered. Recovery of the configuration in the UCS can be performed by importing the configuration from a location where it was previously saved. To recover the configurat...

IntroductionI have received many questions about how the Cisco Application Control Engine allocates MAC addresses. MAC addresses are used for physical interfaces, alias IP addresses, NAT, and VIP addresses. The default way in which the handles MAC ad...

CAE: UCS Quick Start Guide             Author: Kristin Duran, [email protected] of Contents Preface. 3Introduction. 3Prerequisites. 3Sample Topology. 4Managing UCS. 4Console Connection. 4UCS Manager GUI 5UCS Manager CLI 7Initial Setup Steps. 7Set...

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Dave Alexander is a UCS expert and trainer at Cisco and runs a brilliant UCS blog at http://www.unifiedcomputingblog.com/ < CHECK IT OUT!He just posted a great tip that I thought needed to be syndicated here for support.  Great work, Dave, keep 'em c...

I recorded a sub-3 minute video demo on locating and fixing Faults in UCS Manager.As I can't seem to embed the video, here's the link http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stU01QRkxIR19aQl1aU1JeUlJWFree online screencasting tool

When a new release of UCS code is released you need to do a few things in sequence, and add these all together you get something called "UCS Upgrade Standard Operating Procedure".  Here's what the summary of that SOP looks like:Be notified of the rel...

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Hi,i'm looking for the installation guide for the 6509 switch.please provide me the link for the same.Thanks

Introduction Terminologies BMC - Baseboad Management Controller Using KVM Connection to Setup the Blade Server  IntroductionAlthough not required but readers are highly encouraged to get familar with the concepts discussed in the following document f...

IntroductionThis document describes the procedure and concepts that can be used to configure the UCS for the networking on your LAN network. There could be many different VLAN configured in a LAN environment for different applications and purposes. F...