Trying to use the UCS Central PowerTool to create VLANs, set org permissions, and publish VLANs to UCS Domains. I have been able to create VLANs and set org permissions but cannot find a method to publish VLANs. In the UCS Central CLI, the 'publish ...
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Hi, I have a C Series server (C240-M4L) with UCSC-PCIE-QD40GF Card, I am unable to find data sheet for this particular card, I want to know which ESXi version this card will support with what kind of drivers ? Regards, Amit Vyas
I had to integrate a standalone Cisco C240 M4S server into UCS this morning. It does iSCSI boot from a Netapp LUN which works fine but I noticed it wasn't saving config changes after a reboot. I realized after some troubleshooting that I had hit a bu...
Resolved! FI Uplink Port Channel Questions
I am attempting to design the best FI to 5K setup possible given my limited understanding of networking and UCS FIs. I have a few questions that I am hoping someone can help me with. 1. Can I configure a port channel that spans multiple expansion...
Resolved! Get high CPU temp alerts for two blades
My UCS environment temprature threshold policy is configured as such: Critical: between 50 & 52 degress C Major: 47 & 49 degress C Do these thresholds look good to you guys? The site preparation guide says CPUs shouldn't run high than 82 degress C wh...
Hey Guys.. I am new to Cisco UCS and support an environment with 5108 chassis with B200 M3 blades connected with redundant fabric interconnects. These blades are configured as ESXi servers with 2 Distributed switches and 2 uplinks on each switch. M...
Hi there! I've inherited the management of a chassis, running UCS Manager 2.1(3g). Now it must be moved into a new network, new IPs, etc. So, I changed the management IP addresses of the Fabric Interconnects and the UCS Manager connects just fine, ...
Resolved! Power Consumption in UCS
Hi,We are running 4 Chassis in our enviroment with firmware 1.4 (3q) and recently we had an issue with one of the PSU (PSU2) in chassis 2 and we got it replaced and after that we are observing that 1 of the PSU in each chassis is showing as "Power Sa...
Hi All, Is it possible to do a UEFI secure boot from Flex 32GB SD card for esxi 6.5 or a Local lun is required for this as the UEFI boot parameters cannot be set. From the below article UEFI boot mode is only supported in Locla LUn or iSCSI LUN or...
Hello, we own an UCS c420 m3 and we are looking to expend the storage capacity. to do so we need to buy the now end of sales/life spare parts to add 8 hdd to it. i have been able to find the raid controller but i cannot find a reliable website that...
Hi All, Quick question: I'm currently running UCS v3.2.3 and may need to reconfigure the fiber channel switching mode. According to the UCS doc (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-manager/GUI-User-Guides/Network-Mgmt/3-...
I am planning to add additional ports into the uplink vPC's on the FI's to provide more bandwidth. At the moment there is 2 interfaces in each port channel, on each FI and I'd like to increase that to 4 ports.The environment is all IP storage so I'd ...
Hello, We are preparing a setup for a new VMware environment, on CISCO UCS B200-Series (M4 and M5) and we have VIC 1340 running 1.6.0.37 driver, connected by FI (6248UP and 6332-16UP, running 3.1(3h), soon 3.2(3h)) to MDS SAN to HP 20800R2 storage. ...
Can i Use the Hyperflex without a Hypervisor? can i create VM directly to the Cluster?
Hello, we are using KVM IP Pools in UCS Manager 4. We have one IP for every Blade in the UCS. Is there any way to reduce the number of IPs in the pool and assign them like DHCP with a short lease? thanks, Andreas
