Unified Computing System Discussions

Virtual port channel between two sets of Nexus 5010s

Pardon the picture, I don't always have access to visio. We have a home office and DR site connected via two 10Gb links. Those are port channeled on VSS pairs on each side. We are trying to connect fibre channel - or FCoE - between the two sites, whi...

Resolved! Fabric Interconnect Port Mode

During our initial setup of our UCS deployment only two of our four uplinks that connect the Fabric to the Chassis were connected. This was done by a contractor. We now have the other two cables and have them connected but the mode on the ports are s...

Nexus 1Kv and vCenter Server Appliance

Hi,Before deeping dive into the installation process of Nexus 1000v, I was wondering to what extend the vCenter Server all-in-one appliance (vCSA) was supported.It seems the vCSA has some limitations (e.g. no support for the Update Manager), which mi...

Resolved! Fabric Interconnect B, management services are unresponsive

Hi,We have configured Call Home option in UCSM and we are getting below error from Call Home option since last Saturday. We have open TAC with Cisco to troubleshoot this error but as per TAC "The error is a transient error from which the fabric inter...

Resolved! Cisco UCS 5108 Add NIC to ESXi Host

Hello,I am fairly new to the whole UCS world so I am slowly reading up to on it. We currently have a lab that has a 5108 that host two of our esxi5 servers. When I say lab I mean a setup that is not in production yet so I get to use it for learning r...

UCS BIOS Policy Configuration

Hello,Is there any document out there where to find a really comprehensive info about configs in the BIOS Policy for Service Profiles (not enough meat in the UCS Config Guide)?? When to leave "platform-default"?? What is the "platform-default" value ...

FCoE and vPC

Where can I find design guides that specifically address Cisco supported FCoE topologies? I have documents that detail supported configurations of vPC, FEXs and NK5s, but none that include FCoE. With FCoE, there are special considerations to be made....

ESXi 5 boot from SAN with 2.0(1t) on B440 M2 problem

Hi, we have 6 ESXi 5 running B200 M2 blades running fine (with boot from san).This week we got 2 new B440 M2 Blades. We can install ESXi 5 without problems on the desired LUN but when we reboot the server we get:"reboot and select proper boot device ...

Cable Manager For UCS C200M2

How does the cable manager help and is it manadatory to buy it

Resolved! How to backup the ucs configuration periodically?

Hi all.Happy new year!I have one quick question about UCS config backup.Does UCS support periodical configuration automatic backup?Thank u very much!

Resolved! Problem with MAC Pinning and new VLAN

[Cross posting to Nexus 1000V and UCS forums]Hi all, I have a working setup of UCS 1.4 (3i) and Nexus 1000V 1.4 and as per the best practice guide am using 'channel-group auto mode on mac-pinning' on the Nexus uplinks. I am having trouble when adding...

UCS Connectivity - Fiber channel or port channel?

Hello all,1. We have set up 3 VSAN's for the customer here (100-102). Our design has connectivity from the MDS 9148 to the Fabric Interconnect 6120's, however they are not redundant connections (4 FC connections each). Because of this, I created V...

Is NAM license required for Nexus 1010 Standby Node?

Hi, need some expert advice here.My client has a Nexus 1010 currently. It is loaded with Cisco NAM Virtual Service Blade Software 4.2.Recently, they have decided to purchase another Nexus 1010 as a standby node.My key question is do they have to purc...

UCS 2.0(1t) Firmware policy question

Anyone run in to an issue where after applying to 7 servers, the firmware policy won't apply anymore? I can't hit the drop down menu for the firmware policy anymore. even on the servers that HAVE the new policy. It is greyed out. Is there a limit...

Resolved! WIN server 2008 For UCS 200

Good Day, we have a UCS 200 and we tri many time to install WIN server 2008 ent.but every time we face a problem, which " we get a error massage that is the computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windowos installation...