Unified Computing System Discussions

FI licensing

we currently have a single fabric interconnect with 4 additional 10GE port licenses to the default of 8 and totalling to 12we are planning to deploy a redundant pair of FI and have the UCS chassis dual connected to both interconnectsNo additonal 10Ge...

Network issue(s) with ESXi 4.1 on B200 M1's.

Has anyone else had any odd networking issues with the B200 M1 (running latest BIOS/fw on everything) + ESXi 4.1? After installation zero networking functions for me. Revert back to ESXi 4.0-U2 and everything is golden again.I'm using the Intel 82598...

Resolved! Configuring Nexus 5k for SAN switching between UCS 6100s and NetApp storage

We are trying to get our UCS environment setup to do SAN boot to LUNs on our NetApp storage. We have a pair of Nexus 5Ks with the Enterprise / SAN license on them and the 6-port FC module installed. What needs to be done to configure the Nexus 5000 t...

ASK THE EXPERTS - NEXUS 5000 AND 2000 SERIES

Welcome to the Cisco Networking Professionals Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to learn how to troubleshoot Nexus 5000 & 2000 series with Lucien Avramov. Lucien Avramov is a Customer Support Engineer at the Cisco Technical Assis...

Configuring C250 M2 with Netformx

The original configuration request was for 16GB of memory in a C250 M2. In using the Netformx UCS version (beta), it seems to be telling me that I need 4 pairs of 8GB DIMM's for each processor and with two processors, it would appear that 64GB to...

Can the Cisco UCS 6120XP direct attach the EMC CX4-120 by fibre protocol ?

Hi allI have two question for Cisco UCSQ1: Can the Cisco UCS 6120XP direct attach the EMC CX4-120 by fibre protocol ?Q2: I know the UCS 61XX Series support the Cisco SAN Switch(MDS).But we are only Brocade san switch , so UCS 61XX Series supoor...

Resolved! Behavior of UCSM vNIC/vHBA placement policy

hi,Can anyone please explain me the behavior of UCSM vNIC/vHBA placement policy, and its three options assigned-only, Exclude-Dynamic and Exclude-Unassigned. I have gone through the documentation, but I am not very clear yet.May be an explaining with...

Resolved! Nexus 1000V design/implementation

Hi Team,I have a premium partner who is an ATP on Data Center Unified Computing. He posted this question, hopefully you can help me provide resolution.I have questions about nexus 1KV design/implementation:-How migrate virtual switchs distint to vswi...

UCS service level options

In the UCS Advisor tool in DesignXpert there are several hardware and software service levels to choose from. e.g. UC Support 24X7X4OS (UCS7) and UC Plus 24X7X4 (UCW3) plus a bunch of others.Is there a plain English explanation anywhere of what exact...

Resolved! Connecting an FC Storage Array to a Native FC port on Nexus 5K or UCS 6100

Hi,Can anyone please confirm this:Connecting an FC Storage Array directly to the FC NAtive ports of the UCS or Nexus 5K (and not through an MDS or Brocade switch) is supported and requires FC-SW mode and not NPV mode:For Nexus 5K: It can run in FC-SW...

C200 M1 - BIOS setting for powering on server after power fail

We've noticed that when removing power to the C200 M1s and then restoring power; the server doesn't automatically start. We've looked for a BIOS setting but can't seem to find it. Any pointers would be appreciated.Thanks,-chris

Virtual HBA details

AllIs there any software to show the details of Cisco virtual hba’s within VM’s like Qlogic Sansurfer or Emulex HBAnywareAmbi

6120XP's and VDC's/VPC's in Nexus 7K's

An interesting question was posed to me today which goes as follows:If you have 4 VDC's configured in a VPC domain on a Nexus 7010, and you design for each VPC domain to have VLANS that do not overlap, and you also have 4 10GEuplinks from each FI, t...

Resolved! mgmt0 is listed as down

All,I notice from some show tech log files that mgmt0 is down (Administratively down). Doing a sh int mgmt0 also says its down. Is this normal? I can ssh into the fabric IP (both cluster ip and fab IPs). If the port is "down", should I be able to...

Resolved! Win2k3R2 with SP2 can't recognize local HDD in B200 :(

Hi,I've tried to install en_win_srv_2003_r2_datacenter_x64_with_sp2 but it could not recognize built-in hard disk in B200 blade. Is that a feature or I'm doing something wrong? Or to reformulate my question, is there a special driver for this and whe...

Unified Computing System Discussions

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FI licensing

Network issue(s) with ESXi 4.1 on B200 M1's.

Resolved! Configuring Nexus 5k for SAN switching between UCS 6100s and NetApp storage

ASK THE EXPERTS - NEXUS 5000 AND 2000 SERIES

Configuring C250 M2 with Netformx

Can the Cisco UCS 6120XP direct attach the EMC CX4-120 by fibre protocol ?

Resolved! Behavior of UCSM vNIC/vHBA placement policy

Resolved! Nexus 1000V design/implementation

UCS service level options

Resolved! Connecting an FC Storage Array to a Native FC port on Nexus 5K or UCS 6100

C200 M1 - BIOS setting for powering on server after power fail

Virtual HBA details

6120XP's and VDC's/VPC's in Nexus 7K's

Resolved! mgmt0 is listed as down

Resolved! Win2k3R2 with SP2 can't recognize local HDD in B200 :(

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