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B200M2 freezing issue

Is anyone aware of an issue where any given B200 M2 becomes hung - it cannot be pinged, cannot be accessed via KVM and is totally unresponsive. It is running Redhat 5.4. Neither OS logs, UCS events nor tech-support files show that the server was hu...

FCoE Switch

Hi everybody,We are planning to have a smaller private cloud with around 40 VMs and 4-5 VMWare ESXi Servers for now.if we plan to go with FCoE protocol, what will be the best switch of choice to use?brkuku

Resolved! 6248up to nexus 7000 or 2000

we have 2 core witches nexus 7000 and then downstream to 2 nexus 2000 swithes.then e have the fi 6248up for the ucs. should this be going to the nexus 2000 or directly to nexus 7000 core?what is the advantage or disadvantage of going to the nexus 200...

Resolved! NX5K FC port location requirements after installing expansion module?

Cisco requirements state "FC ports should end on last port of the module".. I would assume that means last port of ANY module and not the last ports of the "last module"?Just confirming when installing a "n55-m16up" (16 port expansion module) into a ...

F0283 Error

hi all,I see this error affecting my M72KR-E adapters. I can reset connectivity with the DCE to clear this error, but it just keeps coming back. I'm on 2.0(1x) right now ... and my M71JR-E.Q adapters don't get this error.Any thoughts?Thanks,Cy. ...

nexus 1000v and vmfex

Can vm-fex and nexus 1000v be on the same service profile? I currently have a profile that has 10vnics, 2 of them used for 1000v and the othr 8 is on standard dvswitch. I did this because I antd the option to migrate back toa dvswitch incase soething...

The cisco c220 has a serial port with RJ-45 connector, Does anyone has the port pinout

The cisco c220 has a serial port with RJ-45 connector, Does anyone has the port pinoutthanks

I can't take ressources in global pool of UCS Central

Hello I try to use UCS Central to manage my differents pool (mac, WWN, UUID). From Central I can't see local pool of UCSM !!! From UCSM, i can see global port i defined, but when i choose a ressource of global pool, i have en error : Resolving identi...

UCS 2.05a FI Need to delete ports that don't exist

Had to replace production 6296 with 6248 for customer during day so backed it up and restored config. Config placed additional ports 1/33-1/48 onto 6248 and cannot get them to go away in UCS Manager. They do not have an expansion module in that sl...

missing chasis in bios update

Trying to update two chasis's firmware to 2.0 3c. When I filter on bios the first chasis display's all b200 m3 servers. But the 2nd chasis with two b440 m2's is not visible at all to update. But when I filter on cimc/io modules etc...

Resolved! Unable to register UCS domain from CLI

Hello,Logged into the UCS manager through CLI.Trying to run command to register UCS domain with UCS central.SSH into UCS manager CLI, I run scope system which brings me to cluster name\system#When I try use command create control-ep policy ip_address...

Resolved! NPIV in VMware for UCS

Hello,Let's say I'd like to configure NPIV in my vSphere environment in order to virtualize EMC Networker server which needs connection to a backup library. In this particular case, how does the vSphere NPIV interact with the NPV of the Fabric Interc...

Resolved! UCS Manager release upgrade advise

Hello,We have a UCS infrastructure with UCS Manager 2.0(3) release and vSphere 4.1.Now we'd like to upgrade our vSphere infrastructure to 5.1 version. Taking into consideration that UCS Manager 2.0(3) doesn't support vSphere 5.1, is there any benefit...

ESXi boot from LUN vs. Local disk

Hi,Achieving "full stateless" with booting ESXi from LUN is a great idea but I noticed that some users are still deploying ESXi on local disk.Are there any "real world problems" with boot LUN method?Thanks,Harry

Cisco C240M3 and NVIDIA Quadro 4000

I was told this week @ #vmwarepex that the C240M3 supports the quadro 4000 video card, i'm not certain, but I have yet to see anything internally to that box that would provide power required for the card.

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B200M2 freezing issue

FCoE Switch

Resolved! 6248up to nexus 7000 or 2000

Resolved! NX5K FC port location requirements after installing expansion module?

F0283 Error

nexus 1000v and vmfex

The cisco c220 has a serial port with RJ-45 connector, Does anyone has the port pinout

I can't take ressources in global pool of UCS Central

UCS 2.05a FI Need to delete ports that don't exist

missing chasis in bios update

Resolved! Unable to register UCS domain from CLI

Resolved! NPIV in VMware for UCS

Resolved! UCS Manager release upgrade advise

ESXi boot from LUN vs. Local disk

Cisco C240M3 and NVIDIA Quadro 4000

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B200 M5 Stopped During Boot.

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add a vlan to multiple service-profile remplates vNIC via CLI

CLI command to see IP addresses assigned to the IFM (when using IMM)?