Unified Computing System Discussions

I have a blade chassis with 8 servers, and a pool of management addresses assigned to a service profile template.  All 8 servers are built from this template.  There are 8 addresses in the pool.I am finding that 4 servers in I have exhausted all 8 ad...

May I know the difference between UCS central and UCS manager ? 

I'm looking for as much detail as I can get. Is this configurable? What is the maximum value when fully configured? Is there a default setting? Many thanks. J

Hi All, Bit of a problem here. When i create a new vlan, then vnic template in UCS manager and then add the template to a server's service profile, reboot the server, vnics appear but vmotion stops working straight away without even creating a vswitc...

After successfully installing VMware Player v6.0.3 in my Windows 7 64-bit laptop and downloading the ucspe .ova file I cannot open the ucspe GUI at the specified IP address, because of an error message "vmx file corrupt" . What action can I take to r...

I booted up a b200 m3 from a sp that I use on a b200 m2. but its stuck on the EFI Shellcurrent running mode 1.1.2map: cannot find required map name.Press ESC in 1 seconds to skip startup.nsh, any other key to continueany idea?

 Is it possible to convert local service profile to global in UCS central 1.1(2). I tried to restore ucs central system state backup on new vm.It restored successful but Domain went to suspend mode because GUID on UCS central changed. It is asking to...

Hello,I just bought 2x C220 M3 USC servers and both comes with 2x flash cards for FlexFlash. The issue I have on both is that the secondary card on both servers comes up as unhealthy state.I tried to replace one of them with a new flash card but even...

VLAN was deleted in UCSM prior to it being removed as a reference on multiple vNIC's, I'm receiving faults on the vNIC's now in reference to the VLAN that was removed, but its no longer visible on the LAN tab or within the vNIC.Please Advise.

Hi, we have a lot of trouble with a new setup. Brought a new open-e storage server with Qlogic HBAs into our fabric (nexus 55xx) connected this through zoning into our B200M3 with 2.1.2a and 2.1.3a BIOS and running ESXi 5.1 Update 1b on top. After th...