Unified Computing System Discussions

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Dear All,I'm considering to monitor some packet traffic as well as detecting any router issues with a customized application deployed on a SRE module on a ISR G2. However i'm still not quite sure about the following issues:1, Will it be possible to s...

As per http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/release/notes/OL_24086.html UCM 1.4 release notes the VLAN virtual port limit in release 1.4(1) is 6000. Any plans from Cisco to resolve this issue soon???We have two UCS chassis which comp...

The cisco nexus interface is only detecting the type as SFP-H10GB-CU1M, instead of  SFP-H10GB-ACU7M. Is the PROSFP transceiver and cable supported by Cisco's Nexus? Is this a supported connection?Thanks....

Could anybody can tell what "ping-arp-targets" means?ARP the IP address or something else

Hello,I have a customer with XenServer and would like to know the UCS - Citrix combination benefits in such an environment. I presume VN-Link in HW is not possible...but at least the inherent advantages of the Palo card might be very valuable in a Xe...

Anybody have any issues upgrading to 1.4(2b)?  I asked a consultant and he said that the reserved range of VLANs you can use for VSAN to FCoE VLAN mapping shrinks which could affect me.  The FCoE VLAN mapping for VSAN 1 can get reset to VLAN1 and tha...

hi:Is there a way to change the UCS Fabric Interconnect password once it is setup? Do I have to do it twice for a cluster setup or it will be synchronized? That leads to the next question, "Do I have to change it at Primary FI?"I hope I do not have t...

I have a UCS c200m2 with 4 1 tb drives.. Is there any docs thatshow how to setup the datastores. I hate to put esx-i on a 1  terab drive that would eat up two of my drives.I have talked to peers and as far a UC running on UCS no one has any good docs...