Unified Computing System Discussions

Resolved! UCS Fiber Channel Ports

I need to unconfigure two FC ports on UCS 6324. I have read some documentation that states "You cannot unconfigure FC Ports". Do I have to do a full config erase for this to change back to ethernet ports? Any help of guidance would be much appreciate...

Resolved! Server Software Upgrade on C220 M3S

Hi there, I've an UCS C220 M3S with firmware Version 1.4(6c), and I was wondering if I could upgrade directly to the latest version 3.0(3e) or I have to make intermediate upgrades between versions. Thanks in advance

Nexus 5548 / UCS C210M2 / VIC P81E config

Hi guys, I have the setup loisted in the title of this post and need some assistance re configuring all of it so VMs on the C210 servers use the 10GB cards in the UCS servers that are patched directly to the Nexus. Not sure where to start. Nexus is...

Resolved! HyperFlex HX Data Platform 2.1 and VLAN 1 Issue

Hi folks, I've recently deployed a HyperFlex 2.1 with the recommended setup (using different VLANs for all mgmt and data networks) which works perfectly fine. Customer is using some VMs on VLAN1 (I know it's not recommended and should be some other...

UCS C220 M3 Fan Speed Problem

I have 2 C220 M3 servers with nearly identical hardware that act very differently. They are both C220 M3S servers although one thinks it is an SNS-3495-K9, but it isn't the problem one. Both are running BIOS version C220M3.3.0.3a.0 with dual Intel(R)...

Resolved! Remove UCS OOB management IP from pool

Got kind of an odd situation where there is a block of CIMC management IPs for use, and right in the middle of this block we have an IP conflict that can only be resolved on the UCS side. Is it possible to remove an IP from the block, or to split t...

HyperFlex HX240, HDD Blacklisted

Hello Team In my new 5 node HX 240 implementation, i see that one of the HDD status in one node is "BLACK LISTED". Looks like the slot ID is also not correct No alert in UCS manager. What to be checked? Reagrds - Shamim

VIC1240 running out of buffers

We are having a problem with what appears to be NIC hardware buffers being over run.We run B200 M3 servers with1 x E5-2670 v2 10C CPU+32GB RAM and the VIC1240 NIC Card on RHEL 6.4.These servers run on both 6120 and 6248 FI's running firmware 2.1(3a)....

Resolved! Kingston Memory for UCS servers

Hello all Can I use Kingston Memory in UCS servers? The price difference is around £100 per module !The servers are still in Warranty and will this be affected?Thanks

CIMC - Unable to access with admin password due to upgrade to 3.0(1C)

Hello, After upgrading the cimc to version 3.0(1C), unabe to connect to the web interface dur to the bug: Defect ID : CSCvc76757 Symptom : Unable to log into Cisco IMC with version 3.0(1c) when password includes "+" or "=". This happens after upgra...

Connecting UCS2208XP to FI

Hello, We have UCS 5108 blade chassis, equipped with IOM 2208XP modules, I need a guide for mapping the blades to FI fabric, meaning, which port in the IOM points to which blade, we have four blades, two are working, never used the third and the fo...