Unified Computing System Discussions

ESXi VMDirectPath I/O pass-through on Cisco UCS !

Hi everybody, My system has a configuration like below: Blade Server: UCS B200 M2 (Model: N20-B6625-1) with mezzazine card M81KRHost OS: VMWare ESXi 5.0.0 - 623680VM-to-SAN Network Connection: <(Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) on an ESXi5.0> Blade Server...

How to move a blade server between chassis and domains

I am going to move a Windows server from one chassis to a new one and they are on different domains. OS is on local disks and I have no scrub policy in use on it. It has iSCSI drives which are configured within the OS. I’ll expect the OS to find new ...

Fusion-io, B200-M4: „PCIe Power over Budget“ Error

I have a customer with B200-M4 and VIC1340 and one 1300GB Fusion ioMemory3 PX. The Fusion-io card flags „PCIe Power over Budget“ Errors. Spec Sheet for B200-M4 shows this as a certified configuration. I found below for C-Series servers. Q. does this ...

Replacement for M81KR in B230-BASE-M2

I have a number of B230-BASE-M2 servers with the End of Support M821KR adapter. The last replacement spec I saw was the VIC 1280...and that was about 3 years ago. Is there an update to the appropriate replacement VIC? Thanks.

Cisco UCS Manager

Looking for software download to manage my UCS 1508 I need to add more blades and do not have the UCS Manager software.

Resolved! Vcenter Server and UCS

Hello, someone can help me with this error? please. Vcenter Server Version 5.0.0 UCS Manager Version 2.1(3a) Thanks

How To...Set correct time on UCS for Central Time Zone

I'm trying to set the time correctly on our UCS. When going thru the scope instructions for "set timezone" and pick the correct options, the last option is to confirm the time is correct. However, the time shown at that point is incorrect. We have...

Cisco UCS FI In-Band access

Hello.I have the following question , did anybody setup the In-Band access on Fabric interconnect ?In Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.2 I can’t find it and from other source the same...Have anybody practice in such configuration ...

UCS Blade B200M3 - KVM does not respond to keyboard input.

New install 4 blades. 3 of them are working fine KVM Keyboard is ok. On one of them there is no keyboard input translated to the blade when using KVM. Please advice.

UCS Central Latest version and Installation Document

Hi Team Can you please some one provide me complete UCS Central Latest version and Installation Document Thanks in Advance

UCSM addition to UCS Central, need to add ownership and description..

Start-UcsTransaction$mo = Add-UcsPolicyControlEp -AckState "no-ack" -Secret "$CentralSecret" -SuspendState "off" -SvcRegIP "0.0.0.0" -SvcRegName "$UCSCentralName" -Type "policy"$mo_1 = $mo | Add-UcsPolicyConfigBackup -ModifyPresent -Source "policy"$m...

Resolved! Multiple RAID configurations - Local disk policy

Hi guys,We are doing a bare metal install and going to have 2x300GB RAID1 and 2x300GB RAID1 and 3x600GB RAID5.When I look in the Local Disk Config Policy I have the option of choosing RAID level but how do I decide which HDDs goes with what RAID?Than...

Resolved! Powertool list vlans attached to vnic template

I can't seem to find how to do this. Any help?

UCS not detecting ESXi Host reboot to apply Firmware Updates

Not sure if I'm missing something, but it seems that UCS doesn't detect reboots outside of the CI environment.I'm updating the firmware on the B200-M3 and M4 blades and I have the User Acknowledgement set and the blade is sitting waiting for me to a...

Will my Windows server 2012r2 boot from Boot LUN on Cisco UCS C-Series Hardware in DR site? Will I face any challenges if the hardware configuration gets changed?

Dear Friends, I am designing the DR plan on Cisco UCS environment. Current Configuration: Primary Site – Cisco UCS Blade Chasses – Cisco UCS 5108 Blade - UCSB-B200-M3 with Processor 2 x Inter Xeon E5-2680v2 with 10 Core, Processor Speed 2.8 Ghz P...