Unified Computing System Discussions

HiI have some issues after migrate from CX4 SAN to VNX SAN. Everything is moved from CX4 to VNX and I have disabled FC Uplink port that is connected to CX4. Both my FI's is only connected to VNX.We want SAN boot on our ESXi host, and some of them is ...

I am setting up my first UCS system and have run into something that I wouldnt have expected.In keeping with best practice, I use a vlan # other than 1 for the default vlan on trunk connections. The network I am using has been setup for vlan 4000 to ...

Hi, we are running UCS ver 2.1.1e. We are doing multihop FCoE to the N5ks from the FIs. I noticed that if you bind the FCoE uplinks into a FCoE port-channel, you cannot tag ethernet vlans on it. BUT if you keep them as just FCoE uplinks you can tag v...

Hi, i try to install C460M2 and a C260M2 via fex 2232PPBecause we are waiting for delivery of VIC Cards I have to install the Servers via 2 wire.This means I connected each Server with the 2 LOM gigabit ports to the nexus 2232PP (one port ono each ne...

hi,How do i connect UCS 6248 Fabric Interconnect to N5K-C5548UP? do i need to use FCoE or vPC as i will have multiple SAN connected (using FC) on FI.Please suggest best possible solution where i have minimul cabling hedache & can optimise physicl por...

Hi Expert,Sorry to disturb, I am recently validating a configuration of VIC1240+VMware ESXi5.1+storage array with SANboot mode, but unfortunately i hit a problem during which VMware ESXi 5.1 threw a PSOD(purple screen of death) as attached when i am ...

How do i connect UCS 6248 Fabric Interconnect to N5K-C5548UP? do i need to use FCoE or vPC as i will have multiple SAN connected (using FC) on FI.Please suggest best possible solution where i have minimul cabling hedache & can optimise physicl ports ...

Dear UCS experts,We have recently aquired our UCS B200M3 Blades and currently planning the installation Vsphere 5.1 on that. Here is the currentt configuration we haveChassis : 4 * 5108Interconnect : 6296IO Module : 2208 XP (4 cables from to each to ...

With Louis WattaWelcome to the Cisco Support Community Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to learn and ask questions about design, configuration, and troubleshooting of Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches operating inside VMware ESXi a...

I have selected the UCS C series server smart play bundle "UCS-SP6-C22E" along with "UCS-EZ-300GB-2PK" ( as i believe the selected smart play bundle does not include any hard drive), we'll use this server for the installation of Unified Communication...

Has anyone experienced the following?Running UCS 2.1(1a):When adding a new pair of uplinks (one per FI) to a new L2 disjointed network, existing servers (and VMs in our case) were disconnected and unreachable until the configuration was rolled back -...

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I have two fabrics interconnect 6140xp, 9 chassis 5108, 1 mds 9513 and a tape library unit STK-SL8500, my customer is asking me, if is factible, if they can connect, the tape unit, through the mds to the ucs platform? i just need to know if this tape...