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What are some of the advantages/disadvantage of using FC or FCoE with a storage array (EMC)? What is Cisco's recommendation and why?

What are some of the advantages/disadvantages of using FC or FCoE for a storage array? What does Cisco recommend?

Resolved! nexus1000v RSPAN

Hi Guys. I want to create a RSPAN session on the 1000v, i need to copy packets from a veth local interface and send the packets into a different flat L2 vlan, is this possible because i only see that 1000v can do local span and erspan?thanks

Resolved! Creating an LDAP Provider

Hi,While configuring UCS Manager 2.0 to authenticate against an LDAP provider (Active Directory) I´m a bit unclear whether the "Attribute" field is required or not when the LDAP Provider is configured?According to the Configuration Guide page 137 it ...

Nexus 5548UP upgrade, note on micro-controller

Hi, I recently upgraded our 5548UP nexus switches from 5.1(3)N1(1a) to 5.2.1.N1.3. during the end of the upgrade (before rebooting) it says the following - ote: Micro-controller upgrade needs a power-cycle to take into effect.On success of micro-con...

connecting the FIs to the N5ks with layer-3

Hi, we have a setup where we are connecting the UCS FIs to nexus 5548UP with layer3 modules. All layer 3 for the UCS domain will be handled by the n5ks. The n5ks are in a vpc domain and each FI is dual connected to both the n5ks. Now I will have to c...

Monitoring Cisco UCS Manager via HP System Information Manager 7.1 (SIM)

I am working with a customer to configure HP System Information Manager 7.1 (SIM) to monitor their Cisco UCS Manager. The customer is looking to monitor the following:- CPU Utilization on manager, blades, servers, etc...- Memory utilization- Network ...

Resolved! UCS/Nexus and FCoE Question

Hi, All:Can one connect an FCoE target directly to a Fabric Interconnect or a Nexus 5xxx FCF when in NPV mode and not connected to an FC switch for fabric services and still be able to have the initiator see the target and be able to provision storag...

how delete internal port-channel with no members

Hi,In Internal LAN section, I have a port-channel with no members. When I try to delete it with GUI, I have an error "Port channel cannot be deleted". With CLI, I only can delete member, but I have no members.Thanks for help Stéphane

login vnic shows blank no info

when I do this following on my FI, I am getting no info at allconnect adapter 1/3/1connectattach-flsadapter 1/2/1 (fls):2# vnic---- ---- ---- ------- -------vnic ecpu type state lif---- ---- ---- ------- -------23 1 fc active 1224 2 fc...

UCS C220 M3 Cores

Hi,I was wondering how many CPU cores come with UCS C220 M3?.As the customer need to implement so many application on UCS C220 M3 (CUCM,CUC,Presence and CCX). I have checked UCS seizing guide but i cannot find it clearly about the quantity of cores i...

UCS B-Series PXE Boot Options

I'm looking to have my B200 M3 servers attempt to continuously PXE boot without user intervention but they stop after about 60 seconds with "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Media in selected Boot device and press a key". I've tried th...

how to extend an existing raid 5 array- C220M3

Hello we have an existing UCS c220M3 server running as standalonedue to fiscal constraints at the time of order, we were only able to procure 4 HD for the serverwe now wish to extend the raid array from 4 -> 8 HD.we do not want to loose the ex...

Resolved! Release date for UCS firmware 2.1.1b?

Dear all,Does anyone know the release date for firmware 2.1.1b?

C Series integration with UCSM and Apex 2800 Offload Card

Looking at the compatibility matrix this card may not be supported when integrated into UCSM?? It is supported in standalone mode. Is this support on the road map? Also, if the card is support as standalone what would prevent it from working when int...

Vnic speed/BW

Hi all, I have a question regarding the speed/BW of vNics we create put of VIC 1240/1280. Lets say I am using 6248 FI's and 2208 IOM's and I connect all 8 ports from each I/O module to FI, so I will have 80 GB B/W on each IOM going to FI. I have a V...

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What are some of the advantages/disadvantage of using FC or FCoE with a storage array (EMC)? What is Cisco's recommendation and why?

Resolved! nexus1000v RSPAN

Resolved! Creating an LDAP Provider

Nexus 5548UP upgrade, note on micro-controller

connecting the FIs to the N5ks with layer-3

Monitoring Cisco UCS Manager via HP System Information Manager 7.1 (SIM)

Resolved! UCS/Nexus and FCoE Question

how delete internal port-channel with no members

login vnic shows blank no info

UCS C220 M3 Cores

UCS B-Series PXE Boot Options

how to extend an existing raid 5 array- C220M3

Resolved! Release date for UCS firmware 2.1.1b?

C Series integration with UCSM and Apex 2800 Offload Card

Vnic speed/BW

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