Unified Computing System Discussions

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.

Reg: intigration ESXi vm into CISCO UCS 2.1

Hai All,I have a query . How to intigrate ESX/ ESXi virtual machine into CISCO UCS 2.1 . i have setup home lab on vmware workstation 8 . If there is a way , please share the process . Thanks & Regards,BSR Krishna

UCS Best Practices with Other Switch Mfr

Anyone have any best practices like spanning-tree, port channel, buffer tuning, QOS on connecting UCS to Arista switches? I have a client doing a POC and they are an Arista shop but we are getting them to pilot UCS?Thanks!

nexus 1000v svs connection increase max-port increase

Hello All,Does anybody know the impact if I increase the max-ports under the svs connection from 8192 to 20.000.We are using ESX version 5.0Best regards

Cisco 6248UP License Install

Question. We just purchased some new licenses for the 6248UP. How do I view the current installed licenses used/free and how do I input and enable the new licenses on the ports we want? Is it done via ssh CLI or the UCS gui?

QoS and1000v packet and control traffic

It is important to reserve bandwidth for 1000v packet and control. However, I know of now way to mark those packets so that they can be given end to end QoS treatment.The 1000v allows me to match traffic on output queuing using the following.match pr...

Resolved! UCS C210 M2 Server DVD Drive not working

Hi, In one of our UCS C 210 M2 server the DVD Drive is not working. Whenever i use a bootable CD it will not boot using that CD. When i checked the boot order option i dont see the CD/DVD Drive. Then i checked in BIOS and found out that DVD Drive is ...

iSCSI Boot with EMC ALUA

Hi everyone,I was wondering if you could help me out. Next week I'm planning to implement the following setup:1) UCS B-Series with b200 m3 blades with 1280 VICs; UCSM 2.12) 2x Nexus 5Ks in vPC3) 2x EMC vnx5300 in ALUA mode (active/ac...

iscsi on 1000v showing 6 paths per volume

I added my iscsi vmks into the nexus 1000v but I am confused on why I am getting 6 paths per device/volume. there are 2 vmknics so each ip to the iscsi device has 3 paths per ip.any idea?When it was on a standard dvs, I was only getting 2 path per vm...

Resolved! C-Series single wire management option within UCSM

I am reading the UCSM 2.1 C-Series Integration guide which seems to suggest that with UCSM single wire or dual wire management should be an option which needs to be defined, in my case I am looking for single. However, I can find no such options with...

UCS Blades supported TapeLibrary

Hi, I'm currently building a new architecture and try to minimize the number of server.I have 1 Chassis 5108, 2 FI 6248, 2 Nexus 5548UP and 4 blades B200-M3I have a question ?!?I need to find with Tape Library could be connect to the Nexus 5548UP in ...

Ask the Expert: Introduction to Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) Central

With Chetan ParikWelcome to the Cisco Support Community Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to learn and ask questions about basics of Cisco UCS Central tool and its application. with Cisco expert Chetan Parik. With lots of companies...