Unified Computing System Discussions

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. I...

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...

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 ...

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...

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

Hi sir:I have install ESXi 5.1 in UCS C240 with VIC 1225.I have confured the ESXi5.1 with VM-FEX standard mode.How can I change it to performance mode ?

Server Infrastructure: Microsoft Server 2012 Hyper-V installed on UCS Blade Servers. Network infrastructure is Nexus1000v for HyperV - FI62xx (endhost mode) uplinked to Catalyst 4510 Core Switch.Plan: Deploy Exchange 2010 NLB with two servers, each w...

Hello-I am in the process of planning my Cisco UCS firmware upgrade from 2.1(1a).  Is it recommended that I could directly to 2.1(3a)?  Are there any known issues going directly to this firmware versions?  My environment consists of Cisco UCS 5108 Ch...