Unified Computing System Discussions

Windows 2008 R2 will not install on ESXi 4.0 Update 2

Hello,I am attempting to install Windows 2008 R2 from an iso downloaded directly from Microsoft on ESXi 4.0 update 2. The server is a C210-M2. The iso is booting to the initial install screen properly, but when electing to install I am immediately ...

Resolved! No link between IOM 1/1/3 and FI A 1/3

Hi,when we first set up our UCS we connected all four of the IOM Ports to the Fabric Interconnects but now we wanted to remove two of them in order to save some ports on the FI. We unconfigured the server ports #3 and #4 on both FIs and removed the c...

Resolved! RAID - Local Disk Configuration Policy Question

I'm having this issue where I configured my Basic Service Profile as Any Configuration mode, associate that service profile to the server (1) and then boots the OS.After a while, I create an Expert Service Profile and change the have my Local Disk Co...

UCS 1.4(3i) Available

Greetings all,Please note that the second maintenance release for UCS 1.4 is now available for download from Cisco.com. This release, 1.4(3i), is a bug fix and stability release. It also introduces support for the new B230 M2 and B440 M2 platforms.As...

Moving a UC vm between C-Series Servers

Hi, Is it possible to move a configured UC vm from one C Series server to another without using UCS Manager?thanksColin

Resolved! KVM security for ucs1.4.x

hi all,I have very small "issue" with KVM security feature in ucs 1.4.xWhen somebody use the KVM, i can;t reach KVM if i have not get the permission from the guy.Do we have any way to kick off the existing KVM session holder if i have UCS admin accou...

How to manage simultaneously two types of RAID in a server ?

Hi,Do the megaRaid LSI card can simultaneously manage two types of RAID in a server? (eg. RAID 0 and RAID 1). Regards

error disassociating service profile

Hi All,Has anyone come across an issue with firmware version 1.4(2b) where when trying to disassociate a profile from a blade, it fails & errors out. The overall status is then stuck in config mode.i have attached a screenshot of the FSM. I have alre...

Clarification on management NIC's

Forgive my ignorance, but this is my first experience with the Cisco line of servers.We have a Cisco 210 rack server that is currently in a stand-alone configuration. I am running into some confusion concerning the embedded NICs that come with the s...

UCS Backup solution

Hi all,Recently, my company bought Cisco UCS system, but we couldn't build the backup solution for it.We have experienced on RLX blade servers. It has very good backup and restore solution. The system is controlled by Control Tower server.Can I do th...

B230 m2 XML file for UCS Platform Emulator

I am using 1.4 (73034.361150) Cisco UCS Manger Platform Emulator and would like to add the B230 M2 server into the Hardware Inventory; is this possible by importing an XML file?is such a file available for download?thanksTom

Server Configuration Utility issue

Trying to install Windows Server 2008 on a UCS C200 M1, the utility gets to the point where it wants updated drivers. I have downloaded multiple drivers from cisco.com and also tried to allow the UCS utility to login to cisco.com with my CCO acct bu...

MDS--Brocade issue

Hi,I have MDS and Brocade switch in the network scenario , suppose i have configured MDS 9124 with VSAN and all the port licensed ports in MDS which are connected to BROCADE switch and also i am using Interop Mode 3 , so what configuration parameter...

Resolved! B230 BIOS Setting for Intel Speedstep

I was curious if anyone has been able to disable Speedstep on a B230 blade? I've set a custom BIOS policy with it disabled, assigned it to the Service Profile for the blade and then rebooted the blade, but it still shows as enabled inside the BIOS s...

UCSM 1.4(1x) to 1.4(2x)

Hi, Cisco Gurus:Looks like cisco guys are really busy as we have quite a lot of unanswered questions.Now I need someone from Cisco to tell me authoritatively on the following as there is no manual available on http://www.cisco.com at all:q1.What is t...

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Windows 2008 R2 will not install on ESXi 4.0 Update 2

Resolved! No link between IOM 1/1/3 and FI A 1/3

Resolved! RAID - Local Disk Configuration Policy Question

UCS 1.4(3i) Available

Moving a UC vm between C-Series Servers

Resolved! KVM security for ucs1.4.x

How to manage simultaneously two types of RAID in a server ?

error disassociating service profile

Clarification on management NIC's

UCS Backup solution

B230 m2 XML file for UCS Platform Emulator

Server Configuration Utility issue

MDS--Brocade issue

Resolved! B230 BIOS Setting for Intel Speedstep

UCSM 1.4(1x) to 1.4(2x)

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