Unified Computing System Discussions

To maintain vnic / vmnic naming with a single adapter I can use a placement policy. If I have two adapters and I want to split the static vnic for each traffic type (vmotion, mgmt. etc) between the adapters to provide physical nic redundancy, how can...

I'm trying to upgrade our UCS to 2.0(3a), but when I go to upgrade the IO Modules, the only option I see besides the current 2.0(1s) is 2.0(2q). Should I pick 2.0(2q) or should I see 2.0(3a) as an option?Thanks,--Carl

I am having trouble with getting this to work.  I don't control the iSCSI side of the equation so I am just trying to make sure everything is correct on the UCS side.  When we boot we get an the "Initialize error 1"If I attach to FI via ssh I am able...

Hello,As per B-200M2 Spec Sheet, is not recommended to mix DIMM sizes within the blade:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps10280/spec_sheet_c17-644236.pdfBut as per C-200M2 Spec Sheet, it IS recommended to mix DIMM sizes...in fact on...

Hi, we are configuring a UCS5108 with 6200 Fabric interconnect. We have 2 ports (31 and 32) connected to a Hitachi HUS storage via FC interfaces.The problem is that the state of the ports appears as "admin down" and "Config State: Inconsistent".Can y...

Anybody know of any good documentation on how to setup a MCSC between two Blades in a UCS chassis?                

Hi,We are going to install 2 more additional chassis in existing setup, below is the list of existing setup and new chassis detailsExisting Setup Details: 2 x 6120XP Fabric Interconnect with 2.0(1t) firmware 2 x 5108 Chassis with 2 x 2201XP IOM and 8...

  Hi,i couldn't find a documentation which states clearly how traffic flows from the mezanina adapter ports to FEX adapters. We have the A side and the B-side. that is for both fabric interconnecto and  FEX adapters. does the B side actively send and...

I have a B230-M2 that is going to be SAN booted to a VNX with an MDS 9148 in between.  The vHBA's are seen all the way through to the Array, but when I go to boot via the CD/DVD Virtual Media nothing comings up.  The server goes straight to: Reboot a...

Can you connect a normal server (w/1gb NIC) to a fabric interconnect? As far as I understand it, the only possible way would be to configure an uplink port (which gets created as a trunk) which would require the server NIC to also be in trunk mode, w...

This was an ESXi host that I want to setup as a physical Server 2008 R2 server. Where I get hung up is the Installer give me grief that the partition is GPT and can't do the Windows one. So I attached the Driver DVD for the Cisco UCS B200 M2 and it d...