Unified Computing System Discussions

As we move more and more of our services to VMWare, we keep adding 2RU servers and I'm wondering at what point it would make more sense for us to move to a chassis/blade UCS system.  The key issue being a small organization is we lack the capital to ...

NetApp's Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT) does not show direct attach support yet with UCS 1.4(1i) for FC or FCoE.Presumably it will be supported. Any idea how long that'll take?-Craig

Hi All,Is there information about connecting a C210 M2 rack server to a CX4-120 EMC SAN? What would be required hardware/software wise?ThanksKassim

hiafter creating a service profile expert and write the proper MAC and Wwwnp , I create two vnic , vnic0, vnic1 and one VHBAthe serveice profile associted anf no errors , but it give me major faults that the adapter 1/1/1 and 1/1/2  link down , and V...

Hi:Just want to know the difference of the following 2 configurations for SAN Boot for UCS with 2 WWPNs being presented from SAN Storage Array: I know 1 will work, but how about Option 2????Cisco UCS manual DOES NOT go into the details needed.1.SAN P...

Hi,Currently we are running the folllowing configuration2 x Chassis2 x FI8 x Blade Servers (4/Chassis)2 x Server ports per every IOM1 x Ethernet Uplink port per FI1 x FC Uplink port per FI.In the future we are looking at increasing the amount of Blad...

Has anyone configured a connection to an EMC SAN from the Cisco Fabric Interconnect via 10gb ISCSI?  I know that you have to configure the port as an "Appliance Port" for connectivity, but I'm not able to get traffic to past.  Any ideas or documentat...

We have a UCS 250 M1 server and last night we had a power failure.  The system did not automatically restart after the power was restrored.  I have looked through the BIOS and the Managment counsol but I could not find any setting that would cause th...

Is there any way to turn off some of the UCS fans in an appropriately cooled room to reduce the overall noise levels?Also, does UCS have any management to show the speed of the fans or does it allow one to manually adjust the fan speeds?Thanks

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 ...