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Was trying to get neworking to work on a new Ubuntu install on a UCS server. I did a "shutdown -r" and rebooted the server. Now it seems to be stuck in the Aptio setup utility. I either choose "save and exit" or exit without saving changes and I am brough... Read More

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Just wonder we recently try to add 2 M200 with firmware 4.1.1b, our UCS manager version is 4.0.2d, we got error said cannot donwgrade. I know we can update ucs manager from 4.0 to 4.1, bur wonder we can downgrade

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Overview OpenStack Neutron project offers pluggable framework means you can extend the capability of Neutron by orchestrating the Neutron functions to your upstream networking gears. For example, if you have provisioned a VLAN tagged Neutron network in Op... Read More

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https://soundcloud.com/user-327105904/s7e25-from-the-office-to-anywhere-empowering-secure-remote-work-with-cisco-vdi-solutions As organizations have had to rapidly respond and transition in the face of swift change, Cisco VDI solutions have enabled busine... Read More

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Overview In today’s fast paced digitization, Kubernetes enables enterprises to rapidly deploy new updates and features at scale while maintaining environmental consistency across test/dev/prod. Kubernetes lays the foundation for cloud-native apps which ca... Read More

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Executive Summary Apache Spark has been the de-facto standard and world’s leading data analytics platform for implementing data science and machine learning framework. Spark 3.0, with native GPU support, is something that almost every data scientist and d... Read More

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Hi, I have deployed Hypeflex using installer VM in past with no issues. However, this time I need to deploy new Hyperflex cluster with 4 HX nodes in entirely different infrastructure using Cisco Intersight and I am following below CVD for this. https://ww... Read More

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We are creating a new service profile for Window 2019 on a B200 M5 blade using using UEFI and secure boot. We are using Microsoft Deployment toolkit and the associated ISO to deploy the operating system. When we boot the server it never mounts the ISO or ... Read More

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If your business is like most, you are now supporting many more remote workers than you were just a few weeks ago. But given how quickly this shift came about, many IT teams are now looking for new, more efficient resources to help them meet demand. Learn... Read More

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Preface This technical blog implements Apache Submarine in Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics(https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Cisco_UCS_Integrated_Infrastructure_for_Big_Data_with_Hortonwork... Read More

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o you think that moving to the higher version of installed firmware will help?

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Hello Team, I read a Cisco article back in Oct. 2019 on the UCS N20-C6508 blade chassis going EOSL on November 30th 2021 but now I am noticing on the Cisco Warranty online portal that its not showing any date announcements. I checked with Cisco Tech Suppo... Read More

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Since I was unable to find any info in the documentation or forums on this topic, I'm sharing my findings here. We did get boot to a M.2 SSD in RAID1 to boot ESXi on a new UCS Mini/FlashStack deployment with the new "UCS-M2-HWRAID Boot-Optimized M.2 RAID ... Read More

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We have discovered that sometimes UCS Server firmware doesn't always install properly. When you look at the server firmware, it displays sometimes like this; Firmware Version3.1(2f)C,3.2(3i)C Now we have track some of this down to human error. When the op... Read More

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Many users of technology in today's workforce are considered "remote workers". We have laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc. that allows us to stay connected if we choose ~96.259% of the time (personal "guestimate" percentage). When you get down to it, work... Read More

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HUU upgrade via CIMC virtual media

Created by glenntebbe on 01-26-2021 08:52 AM

We have a dozen or so C220 M4 servers that I need to upgrade with HUU. I have the Latest HUU downloaded and I have done a couple of servers so far with no issues. All of the servers are remote in various parts of the world. If the upgrade were to fai... view more

Cannot access m5 blades via KVM - new install

Created by classicman151_ on 01-25-2021 03:58 PM

Hi, I am having one heck of a time trying to get KVM access to work on my new UCS deployment (details below). I am using a service profile template to configure the settings which then have been deployed to the blade via a service profile. ... view more

Problem with the UCS 220 M5 boot menu (requesting a password...

Created by JesusDaniel182 on 01-25-2021 10:57 AM

Hi everybody!!I´m trying to load an iso in a UCS 220 M5, after I restart the server and press F6 for boot menu a password is required to continue (I can´t even see the boot menu). Does anybody know which default password is set for this option? I already ... view more

Unable to detect boot from SAN

Created by Justin Acera on 01-22-2021 07:52 PM

Hi, We have a spare Cisco UCS B200 M2 server and we used it to replaced a defective server in the UCS chassis. We disassociated the Service profile from the defective one and associated it to the spare. After booting the spare server, we got the foll... view more

remove 3 ESX host from cluster and create new cluster

Created by JeddGo80482 on 01-21-2021 01:46 PM

Hello Cisco communityWe have configured our ESX cluster and all the vNIC templates per the FlexPod documentation. We are in need right now to segment 3 ESX hosts and create a new cluster (already done)We have to create new VLAN's and assign those new VLAN... view more