Unified Computing System Discussions

Resolved! Cimc error

HI all, I have the following error Error: The current operation failed. CIMC may be running any critical operation or in an error state. Retry after sometime or reboot CIMC if necessaryI would like to know if I can restart and how, the CIMC only with...

Any CLI method to get all server hostnames inside UCS chassis?

Is it possible to use CLI to list all the configured server hostnames inside a UCS chassis? Whether to use ssh and run UCS commands or curl to run API query. Thanks. - Young

VIC 1225 connection issues

Hi all, I am having issues connecting a VIC1225 to our network, we were advised by our Cisco rep to purchase these as we required 10gb connection to our san/network. My network is a follows - UCS C240 M4 SFF (Card 1) -> C3850 -> VNXe SAN UCS C240 M...

Resolved! unit identification button on ucs?

i have a ucs c220 m4s and the unit identification button is flashing blue ? what is this button for and why is it flashing? is there something wrong with my server?

Resolved! UCS boot from SAN new SAN

Hello All, I currently have 3 UCS chassis and all blades are currently configured to boot from SAN. this is all currently running perfectly, now I am changing out my san and I need to continue booting from san. Once I move the boot disks over to th...

Private IP address for cluster heartbeat on physical Windows Nodes

Hi everyone, I am installing a Windows 2016 failover cluster to bare metal on several M5 and M3 blades. I have created several vnic teamplates, one for management, and one for cluster heartbeat. I will use the management vNic to connect to the ho...

Resolved! UCS Manager Upgrade Checklist

we are planning to upgrade UCS Manager from 2.2(6f) to 3.2(2f). I want to know what are the things that need to be checked before the upgrade. There are 10 Chasis, FI model is 6248UP. servers are B200M3 and B200M4.

UCS C240 M4SX – HDD Failure

hi All, We have on issue for UCS C240 M4SX " we are getting error Storage Virtual Drive 1 Degraded: please check the storage controller, or reseat the storage drive Virtual drive 6 is missing but in HDD status showing as Green with single LED. We...

Call Home when UCS Central is offline

Hi all, I got asked this question today which I couldnt answer so asking the community. If UCS Central is offline, will the UCS domains still send notification to Call Home? Smart Call Home is configured on UCS Central so Call Home is greyed out...

Resolved! Does vCon Placement represent physical "DCE" to "Backplane Port" of IO Module connection?

Hi, When configuring vNIC/vHBA Placement in Server Profiles, i can see that we have four vCon available. Does this number represent my DCE to Backplane Port connecton which can be seen in "Hybrid Display" under "Chassis"? Because here i see four lane...

Resolved! UCS VMware 6.5 Drivers

Hi, I have some B200M4 servers running on UCS version 3.2(2b) with Cisco VIC 1340s. I have just installed the Cisco custom image for ESXi 6.5 U2 On checking the installed drivers vs the "supported" drivers on the UCS Hardware and Software Compati...

Is VM-FEX being deprecated?

Hi, One of the commercial advantages of choosing Cisco UCS is the performance improvement of VM-FEX. This is sold by Cisco in all Datasheet, Whitepaper and any commercial information available. However, when one has to install it and configure it...

Resolved! UCS C220M3 SFF not able to access CIMC

Unable to access CIMC via browser or SSH UCS C220M3 Server with firmware 2.0(3f), though I am able to ping the CIMC ip address in my network. Can you please let me know whether powering down the server and then powering up will fix this issue. Please...

Resolved! UCS Director Problem

Hello Friends When I want to open the UCS Director through the web I always found this phrase "The system is starting up. Please wait until the system is ready." I wait for hourses and nothing happen :(

Resolved! Get UCS gear warranty information in programmatic way

Hi all, I'm trying to get UCS gear warranty information in programmatic way python/curl for automation project.Could you help me how to start off. thanks

Unified Computing System Discussions

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Resolved! Cimc error

Any CLI method to get all server hostnames inside UCS chassis?

VIC 1225 connection issues

Resolved! unit identification button on ucs?

Resolved! UCS boot from SAN new SAN

Private IP address for cluster heartbeat on physical Windows Nodes

Resolved! UCS Manager Upgrade Checklist

UCS C240 M4SX – HDD Failure

Call Home when UCS Central is offline

Resolved! Does vCon Placement represent physical "DCE" to "Backplane Port" of IO Module connection?

Resolved! UCS VMware 6.5 Drivers

Is VM-FEX being deprecated?

Resolved! UCS C220M3 SFF not able to access CIMC

Resolved! UCS Director Problem

Resolved! Get UCS gear warranty information in programmatic way

increase KVM timeout in UCSM

UCSM vMedia mount error

Confusing slot assignment in C240-M5SX

SNS 3515 cannot downgrade firmware to lower version of 3.0(4m)

Outage when multiple domains became ungrouped in UCS Central

Find power consumption

Blade B200 M3 "Compute Failure" after CPU upgrade to V2

Can UCSX be managed without intersight?

About UCS B series or UCSX vhba pin to fc uplinks

UCS Firmware update to Chassis