Unified Computing System Discussions

Resolved! UCS equpiment serial nbrs

Has anyone developed any scripts or ? that can extract the serial numbers of their UCS equipment? For the life of me I can't understand why the blade export utility doesn't include serial number. We're not using UCS Central yet. Any help appreciated....

UCS Unable to boot from SAN

I have some blades that I'm unable to boot from SAN. The weird thing is I can see the LUN's and I can install ESXi 5.5 fine. It's up until I reboot and the blades just boot to the BIOS because they don't see any disk. When I try to change boot ord...

Connecting c220 rack server to 6248FI in UCS for networking.

Is this possible without a fex in between?

C240 with VIC 1225 : enable Failover

Hi,I have a C240M3 with a VIC 1225. I would want to enable failover.In order that, i have to enable NIV mode. But it seems to me that i could not.Why ????how to solve this issue ???##########################################C240-FCH1749V0VC /chassis/a...

UCS dashboard not updating inventory since 2.2.1b upgrade

Hi, Anyone still using UCS dashboard? We upgraded our ucs fabrics from 2.1.1f to 2.2.1b and ever since UCS dashboard won't update the inventory. It thinks it updated but none of the info is being returned. We would like to switch over to use just ucs...

Host OS install

Hello,I am trying to set-up and UCS -B series blade server from scratch. The network admin has powered up the hardware with fabric interconnects and I am able to access the kvm console for the blade.Next step was to install Ubuntu as the host os whic...

UCS C series maximum hard drive size

Looking for info on the maximum hard drive size support on teh UCS C series. I have a C200M2 that I added a 4TB drive, I have updated the server to the latest firmware and BIOS however the server shows the drive size is 2TB.

UCS and IBM storage V7000

Are there any UCS implementations using external IBM V7000 storage ?

Resolved! UCS Central & Power tools integration

Hi,Is there a UCS Central & Power tools integration on the roadmap?/Jerry

moving port channel / ethernet uplinks to new switch

We have a pair of UCS 6248 Fabric Interconnects. We need to move the ethernet uplinks to a new set of switches. Is there any specific process for doing this? We have two ethernet uplinks setup in a port channel on each of the Fabric Interconnects?...

Resolved! UCS Fabric Interconnect

Hi,do you know if ther is a Fabric Interconnect for UCS with RJ ports instead SFP+ ?I know it's a rather odd question, but I have a client who wants to connect an UCS to a Nexus 2200 Extender that has only RJ45 ports Best regards, Claudio

Resolved! Can Upgrade UCS FI and Server from 2.1.2 to 2.2.1?

Dear All, Is it possible to upgrade FI and Server's firmware from currently running 2.1.2 to the latest 2.2.1? Or i have to upgrade current firemware 2.1.2 to 2.1.3 and then upgrade to the latest 2.2.1?

Resolved! FC Port-Channel not working

Hi,I need help, i am configuring FC port-channel between MDS 9148 and Cisco Fabric Interconnect 6248 and the port-channel isn't working. It says no operational members.See the config below for the MDS:sw(config)#feature npivsw(config)#feature fport-c...

Resolved! FEX-Uplink failover, loadbalancing

I wish to understand more the technology within a vblockI will progressively have a few questionsSo here I go. pls be patient and thanks in advance...VBlock 720 with the following generic config2x Cisco 5000 Series Switch2x FI 62486x Chassis 5108FEX ...

Resolved! UCS Chassis Fans

All of my fans in my UCS chassis are being flagged as inoperable?The fans are screaming in the datacenter. Very loud. Room temp is fine. Lots of errors like this?<faultInstack="yes"cause="equipment-inoperable"changeSet=""code="F037...