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FEX 2232 as uplink for 6248 FI?

hi,have a customer who wants to connect their UCS FI's to their N7K using 2232's ("because a 10G port on the FEX is cheaper").anyone want to suggest why this might be a bad (or good) idea?thanks,R.

Resolved! Upgrade to UCS 2.1(3a) stuck

Hello,I'm relatively new to UCS, so I thought I'd learn by upgrading our lab UCS system from 2.1(1a) to 2.1(3a). I first downloaded the firmware files to the FI's without any issues, and then I launched Firmware Auto Install. Everything was going g...

Resolved! Blade server asking for reboot or insertion of media.

We suffered power loss and are now having trouble bringing our servers back online. What is the best path to take when the server is asking me to reboot or insert media? Thanks for any help!

High Availability using service profiles

HiI have a doubt about High Availability using blade servers. In this case I have three server B200 , but in production are two, the third one is a spare , this blade will be in production if anyone of previous servers is fall down for any reason. ...

SAP sizing on UCS

We are in the process of putting documentation together for sizing an SAP environment running on UCS. Our initial documentation looks to equate the SAP benchmark (SAPS) with blade/chassis sizing for UCS. When working with other hardware vendors, we u...

Resolved! UCS c220 m3 root

Can we login as root on a UCS c220m3? or any UCS c

cabling IOM / FI

hi,I begin to work for a new customer. This customer have a UCS domaine since 2012 with 2 chassis.By looking, i have notice that the chassis 2 is connect to FI as follow :IOM-A (left when we look from the behind side) to FI-BIOM-B (right) to FI-AThe ...

Best practices for VSAN on FI

Hi there guys! I have a question: Why the mayority of the blogs, tutorial, videos recommend a unique VSAN ID per FI? I can make a pin group whit a couple Port Channel + VSAN Trunking enabled for failover?Additionally can you tell me the best practic...

B200 SR-IOV

Hi,My UCS chassis is full of B200 M3's on 2.0(3a). Do I require a firmware upgrade first before I investigate configuring the UCS for SR-IOV?Thanks.

usNIC support for UCSM managed C-series server

According to http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/usnic/c/deployment/1_5_2/b_Cisco_usNIC_Deployment_Guide_For_Standalone_C-SeriesServers.htmlusNIC is only supported for standalone c-series server, with VIC-1225 and RHELAny plans to s...

Harden webgui of CIMC - Standalone C series

Is there anyway to harden access to the webgui of CIMC of a standalone C series server say C220Appreciate inputs!

UCS VMware Plug-In Tips and Hints

You can download the plug-in from this link.http://developer.cisco.com/web/unifiedcomputing/vmwareThe install guide is a good starting place, but here are a few tips and hints.· You will need a HTTP or HTTPS server to share\install the plug-i...

Resolved! UCS C220 Series server

Hi All,I have to perform a new installation of UC on UCS servers. This is the first time i am handling the c series servers and I would like to get some clarity on how the Raid is configured.The servers came with MegaRAID 9266-8i + Battery Backup f...

Resolved! Disable/Enable NIC with CIMC

Is it possible to disable and enable a NIC on a UCS server (C220 in my case) using the CIMC? Thanks, Mike

UCS manager web login failed

Hi experts,I ran into a problem to login the UCS manager with the following error.While I can SSH to the box without issues.Could anyone help me what is the problem might be and how to troubleshoot it? BTW,I'm using macbook with firefox/safari.The th...

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FEX 2232 as uplink for 6248 FI?

Resolved! Upgrade to UCS 2.1(3a) stuck

Resolved! Blade server asking for reboot or insertion of media.

High Availability using service profiles

SAP sizing on UCS

Resolved! UCS c220 m3 root

cabling IOM / FI

Best practices for VSAN on FI

B200 SR-IOV

usNIC support for UCSM managed C-series server

Harden webgui of CIMC - Standalone C series

UCS VMware Plug-In Tips and Hints

Resolved! UCS C220 Series server

Resolved! Disable/Enable NIC with CIMC

UCS manager web login failed

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