Unified Computing System Discussions

vNIC MTU behaviour

If we have a server profile that has a vNIC profile with the MTU set at 9000 (with no associated COS policy or the upstream switch having large frame support enabled), what is the behavior of traffic flowing out of the host? Given UCS sets the driver...

UCS Update 2.1->2.2

Hi folks, my actual constellation 2x6248 / 1x5108 / 3xB200M3 will get an upgrade wih 2 B200 M4.For the new VIC in B200M4 i need to update the UCS to Firmware 2.2.My question is:Do i first Update the Servers and after that the Infrastructure or the ot...

Resolved! VMQ and RSS

We are setting up a HV cluster on 4 b200M4 blades with 1340 VIC's. Each hosts has 9 NIC for various workloads. I was able to tune and edit the VMQ settings, but I'm not finding a lot of information about editing RSS queues for the vNIC's. The only op...

After configuring Ethernet port as a unified Uplinks, there is no option shown to set VSAN

While I was performing the UCS FCoE Uplink Configuration by following " http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/116188-configure-fcoe-00.html ". After configuring Unified Uplink, I am no able to see any field t...

Cisco UCS C210 M2 Server crashes

Hi, I have Cisco UCS C210 M2 server with LSI Megaraid SAS 9261-8i with 5 300gb drive. My server hangs and crashes with blue screen. This started happening from 30th night after it got update of Windows patches & LSI Megaraid driver / firmware update...

UCI MTU question

This question arises from a UCI environment in our datacenter where I'm trying to track down a fragmentation question. We have 7018 switches with Fabric Interconnects 6296 used to connect to ESX hosts. The interfaces on the 7018 have an MTU of 9216...

Suspending Alerts for UCS during Deploy

We use a API XML type monitoring system and when we deploy a new Service Profile, there are a lot of alerts generated until the OS is installed and networking is configured.Is there a way to suppress alerts on a blade by blade basis? We have tried Fa...

KVM error

Running CIMC 2.0.3i, KVM is giving the error, network connection reset. CIMC 1.5 seemed to work fine.Seeing the following errors in Java console:Missing Application-Name manifest attribute for: https://10.192.160.9:443/software/avctNuova.jarKVM/VM Cl...

UCS director

hiI need some help in installing UCSD license I have 4 physical license and some one told me I must have the base license to install before the 4 physical license and that done for appliance of UCSDis this info right or wrong?and are there any option...

DCUCT certification

Hi guys, I'm a completely newbie and I'll have to take the dcuct certification. Where do i find learning materials ? could you kindly suggest me some links ? thx

Resolved! Cisco Unified Computing System - Smart Play Expiry

Dear Friends,I have quoted the part number "UCS-SPL-5108-AC2" to one of our clients and it has been really cost effective since we have submitted the lowest bid due to smartplay selection.I need to know the validity of this Smartplay Promotion, when ...

How to add second iSCSI vNIC to boot order

Hi,I am configuring iSCSI boot with UCS, my issue is how to add second iSCSI vNIC to boot order and implement multipath for boot lun.1. Configured server profile level iqn.2. Add two vNICs and two iSCSI vNICs(iscsi_1 and iscsi_2).3. Add iSCSI vNICs...

Fabric Interconnect hardware upgrade -- which bundles on new FI:s?

Hi!I am in the process of writing instructions for an upcoming hardware change of UCS Fabric Interconnects -- from 6120XP to 6296UP.The following document is what I have as an preparing guide: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/uc...

Boot Policy Configuration

Hi. I'm researching configuring a boot policy that I could create that once applied, when the machines reboot they Boot to PXE with our Linux OS choices. We boot locally and not to SAN which seems to be what the majority of posts explain how to setup...

what is named vlan/vsan

Hello, I saw two new concepts in UCS documentation -- named vlan and name vsan. A named VLAN creates a connection to a specific external LAN. The VLAN isolates traffic to that external LAN, including broadcast traffic.A VLAN is a switched network tha...