Unified Computing System Discussions

What is the differenceVN-Link and VM-FEX

I was away on cisco UCS a couple of months from now and this thing still bugs my mind. I was only able to implement a software implementation of ucs using nexus 1000v, assign port profile, port-group, qos, acl on the nk1vI read before that VN-Link is...

Create VLAN "None, Primary, Isolated" Options ???

Wondering what the Create VLAN "None, Primary, Isolated" Options mean?Running 2.0.Craig

UCS C series 10GB Adapter

Hi,We are planning to purchase a C210 server with 2 x 10GB NICs, these NICs will connect to a Nexus 5K switch, no other NICs will be used. The servers will run VMware ESX 5.0What is the best 10GB adapter to use that will allow vNICs to be created for...

UCS fabric Interconnect storage ports

Hi experts,Is it possible in FI to connect storage switches directly to fixed FCOE ports rather than having FC expansion module.Thanks,Mazhar

Management software for VIC [M81KR] card "Cisco VIC Ethernet Interface" - Win 2k8R2

Hi, I am configuring a blade presently that has a VIC (M81KR) card installed.In the UCS profile, I configured 4 vNICS- 2 vNICS for Public (One on Fabric A, one on Fabric B)- 2 vNICS for Private (One on Fabric A, one on Fabric B)I have installed th...

16GB DIMM module for B200 M2

Documentation says that max supportable RAM on this blade is 192GB or 12*16GB DIMMs.Could anyone tell what is part number for 16GB DIMM which will work on B200 and will not log an error about not able to find FRU info?Thanks

UCS Boot from Direct Connected SAN, EMC CX4

First off, thank you all for the great community here. It's a wealth of information, always great to see Hopefully someone can help me with my problem; I have been able to find quite a bit of info here to get me, I believe, 95% of the way. I think I...

Does anyone know why sanboot redhat5 U7 OS kernel panic after running IO about 2 hours?

Hi,I sanboot installed redhat 5u7 x86_64 os on UCS, and then mapped 15 volumes to run IO, os will become kernel panic less then 2 hours.then I have to force power cycle the server.The card used is M81KR.Does anyone what is the problem? Thanks.======...

Resolved! Show configured VLANs on specific Service Profile

Hello,I've been trying to figure out how I can check what VLANs I have assigned to each service profile through CLI. I have no trouble viewing this through the GUI but there's just so many clicks to verify each server (10) with its NICS (2).Anyone kn...

UCS-B: iSCSI performance with M51KR-B BCM57711 vs Palo M81KR

Cisco pushes M81KR card saying that there's no reason to use anything else. What about systems with iSCSI storage (ESXi boots from local drive, VMs are on iSCSI storage, no iSCSI boot)? Is there any performance advantages to using BCM57711 card? It h...

Vmware licensing on C210MT server

Hi All,We tried to install Meeting-Place 8.5.2 on svl-ucs-02 and encounter the VMware Licensing issues.As per current Licensing provided by Cisco for Meeting-Place bundle on UCS C210-MT server, we have 8vCPU on each UCS server, but it supports only ...

Generic Disk/Memory for UCS (C200)

Hi All,is it possible to install non-cisco memory and/or disks into the UCS devices? I find the cisco memory/disks are amazingly expensive down here in Aus and as a startup we''re trying to reduce our costs. Any advice appreciated in advance. Thanks....

Cisco SAS Cable (R200-SASCBL)

I quite urgently need the following cable -> Cisco R200-SASCBL-001=Unfortunately I cannot find a reseller in Germany who has this cable on stock The estimated shipping time is more than three weeks - that's too late Now I am looking for a cable that ...

Resolved! UCS Manager and AD Integration

Hallo, I want to Integrate the UCS Manager into the Active Directory. I read other discussions about it and followed the instructions on http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/cli/config/guide/1.1.2/Cisco_CIMC_CLI_Configuration_G...

UCS Multicast Optimization

Hi all, Could you please tell me when to use multicast optimization in UCS system class configuration?Is there any use case?ThanksJagath

Unified Computing System Discussions

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What is the differenceVN-Link and VM-FEX

Create VLAN "None, Primary, Isolated" Options ???

UCS C series 10GB Adapter

UCS fabric Interconnect storage ports

Management software for VIC [M81KR] card "Cisco VIC Ethernet Interface" - Win 2k8R2

16GB DIMM module for B200 M2

UCS Boot from Direct Connected SAN, EMC CX4

Does anyone know why sanboot redhat5 U7 OS kernel panic after running IO about 2 hours?

Resolved! Show configured VLANs on specific Service Profile

UCS-B: iSCSI performance with M51KR-B BCM57711 vs Palo M81KR

Vmware licensing on C210MT server

Generic Disk/Memory for UCS (C200)

Cisco SAS Cable (R200-SASCBL)

Resolved! UCS Manager and AD Integration

UCS Multicast Optimization

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Help, i have a question about Vlans overlapping different vlan groups

B200 M5 Stopped During Boot.

show int Vethernet time interval

Unable to upload SSL

UCS - B200 M3/M4 - Local Disk Configuration

Managing vNICs and vHBA's

Compatibility query

UCS Port Channel LACP policy