Unified Computing System Discussions

Hi there.  I'm trying to upgrade firmware of OS driver on SCU.  But now i'm facing a issue. I want to use my local drive to upgrade firmware which is my windows 7 with shared folder.  created user and make shared folder. but i can't upgrade. I can re...

Hi,I've been told that UCS Blade Servers have some parts that are considered consumable so the customer must purchase them if they need to replace them. Apparently, one of those parts is the CMOS Battery (PID = N20-MBLIBATT). Is there any public docu...

I am setting up a new ucs cluster with new FIs, how do I copy the service profiles and policies fromone FI to another?

Hi All, I have two Cisco UCSs C210 M2. let's say UCS A and UCS B.and I have problem with my UCS A, at least there are 2 hardisks failure in the last two months.My question is what is the root cause of the harddisk failure? because the problem only ha...

Hi, I am trying to install Windows 2012 on a LUN hanging off an EMC Clariion CX120 to a B200 M3 blade.  The blade has 1 FC HBA zoned to a single target.What I notice during the Windows install is that once the FCoE Miniport driver is loaded, the init...

In preparing for a SAN install in the next couple of weeks, I applied the latest updates using the infrastructure and server firmware packages to my UCS chassis.  The infrastructure upgrade/update applied without incident.  Cant say the same for the ...

Hi,After firmware upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2, I am not able to boot from LUN over iSCSI. I try out to reinstallt the vSphere from CD to LUN, and that works fine. After first reboot, it fails. UCS Server goes directly to the BIOS. Unter Boot Options noth...

Dear all,After an firmware update from UCS 2.1 to 2.2, on the BIOS the Boot Options are changed. I found no bootable devices, like my NetApp LUN or local disk or my Vitual CD. Anyone an idea?  

I have some nics in esxi 5.5 showing 10000 and some showing 40000 I have 10 nics on the service profile and I am using the VIC 1280 any idea why?

Can someone please confirm, that the following MDS interop. information applies to UCS FI in NPV, as well as FC switch mode ! or is it only for switch mode ? Hardware and Software Interoperability Matrixhttp://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unifie...

Customer replaces a broken IOM (RMA process);Question: can one simply install the replacement IOM, and the Northbound FI will handle everything ? e.g.- what if the IOM doesn't come with the proper (equal firmware level) as the FI ?- will the IOM just...