Unified Computing System Discussions

So I am currently bringing up a new UCS cluster and having connectivity issues after the initial configuration. These are 6120s cabled to a Nexus 7k. All signs on the Fabric Interconnects look good and the group managing the Nexus 7k say it is config...

Hi,we are using a single link to connect to the core switches, this link will be carrying all control, management and data traffic.VEM physical uplinks will also be configured as trunk.Can gre tunnel for VSM - VEM communication in L3 mode be made on ...

Hi all,I have a UCS C200 with 2 NIC. I was installing Windows Server 2008 R2 on it. The windows is successfully installed, i can login to windows. But after a couple seconds, the server shutdown itself. It was unpredicted shutdown and it was always h...

Well, I've been working on this off and on for a few months (yikes) now, and we are still using local authentication for UCS rather than tacacs. I am attaching a few screenshots of how things are set up that I believe encomasses everything, but am mo...

If anyone has gotten the disk perfomance between the bare-metal windows server and an XIV working would you kindly share how?Thanks,Tom

Hello,I am very familiar with Catalyst switches but new to nexus switching.We have a 7k up and running. 5k and 2k are on order. Once they arrive, how do I join/extend all 3 switches?How does a 5k or 2k know which fabric or 7k to join?

Simple questionWhat good tools for OSX are there for working with vmware on ucs ?Not enough obviously ..Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPad App

We've got two sites each with it's own UCS.Site A - Fully operational - local data centre7 x b200 m2 - Oracle Enterprise Linux RAC 11g w/ RDBMS2 x b230 m1 - vSphere 5Site B - Build in progress - remote data centre7 x b200 m2 - Oracle Enterprise Linux...

Hi all,I have a problem, that interfaces shows as up, but it does not actually work - it doesn't work.When I tried vemcmd show port:LTL   VSM Port  Admin Link  State  PC-LTL  SGID  Vem Port   18     Eth4/2     UP   UP    F/B*      0        vmnic1   4...

Hi, Cisco Gurus:Need your authoritative take on the following: Ethernet and FC is all End-Host Mode.1. If client is using FC Port Channel on all of the FC Uplinks for the 2 Fabric Interconnects with a SINGLE VSAN on each FI, MUST THEY USE SAN PIN GRO...

Hi,I performed an upgrade to 2.0(1t) and ever since the local disks give an inoperable error in UCSM. Downgrading the host firmware to a previous version 2.0(1q) or 1.4(3s) resolves the issue.I've collected tech support bundles with and without the e...

With Marcos Hernandez Welcome to the Cisco Support Community Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to learn about FlexPod which is a predesigned, base configuration that is built on the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS), Cisco ...