Unified Computing System Discussions

Best Practice for Networking in UCS required

HiWe are planning to deploy UCS n our environment. The Fabric Interconnects A and B will need to connect to pair of Catalyst 4900 M switch. Whats is the best practice to connect? How should the 4900 switch be configured? Can I do port channel in UCS?...

Resolved! UCS B200 M1 & M2

Hi, all, I have UCS B200 M1 & M2 in one chassis . I had installation ESX 4.0 update 2 in both server . I found out virtual machine can't vmotion on both ESX servers , how can I resolve this problem ? Thanks a lot.

Resolved! UCS/VMWare build question

Hi,I am looking for some clarification on how the Palo VIC presents the vNICs, how to tell/control which vNICs map to which physical ports, and how to best configure my environment for VMWare.Hardware Summary :B250 (full width) blades with 2 Palo VIC...

regarding the VSAN

when creating VSAN and provide it to uplink in UCS , does the VSAN needs to have the same ID on the production Vsan in the MDS- core fabric switchI have one two Fabric each sinngle MDS- switch and I need to connectone uplinks from one single fabric ...

I am set up all the connectivity LAN and san Uplinks now I am create service profiles:?

I create a service profile template that boots form local disk when I create Service profile from it , it give me config fuiluer and the error was regarding the missing or no wwnp on virtulization port. I create obe VHBA fc0 and also the wwwn and www...

Resolved! updating UCS Manager from 1.2(1d) to 1.3(1o)

I'm using the instructions in the UCSM_GUI_Configuration_Guide_1_3_1.pdf to upgrade my ucs equipment. There are several questions and issues I've had.1) It says to update the firmware for the IOM's and wait till you activate the firmware on the fab...

Resolved! UCS and QoS

Hi:The UCS ecosystem leverages a port aggregation solution to chassis I/O, namely, the FEX modules.The FEX modules are not fully featured switches. Nor do they possess any forwarding policy intelligence at all. Instead, the FEX modules deploy a "p...

Newbie UCS200 question / problem booting.

I have a new UCS200 that I will be evaluating. I am getting errors on boot: pxe-e61 media test failure and asking to check cables. I removed the cover and all looks well. I have also tried to boot form different devices, all with the same message...

Distance Limitation for FCOE over DCB

What is the max distance that I can carry FCOE over Data Center Bridging (DCB)? Secondly, how do I accomplish that length?

Fabric interconnect et LACP

HiHow many ports can I put in a 10GbE LACP etherchannel on a fabric interconnect?

I am trying now to Upgrade the UCS from 1.2 to 1.3

I am trying now to Upgrade the UCS from 1.2 to 1.3,I follow the Procedure and guide , the guide said that the IOM staus should be Operabel , I have only Fabric A and no Fbraib B , and I connected The chassi to single IOM status operable, the athe oth...

configuration backups of UCS config

Anyone know how to do automated, regular backups of the full UCS config? So far, all I can find in the docs is how to setup regular scheduled backups of the system event log.

Resolved! Booting from iSCSI SAN

Let's say I have a diskless blade I want to install ESXi 4.1 on, and an iSCSI storage array plugged in to my northbound ethernet switches. Can I use boot from SAN in this scenario to boot from iSCSI? I can't quite seem to find anything definitive eit...

AVAMAR installation in c-series c210m1 server rack

Hi, i have cisco c-series C210M1 rack-mount server. i have customized RHEL4.8 for Avamar 5.0 to be installed. While installaing RHEL first it is installaing but i can't see any avamar files in \usr\local. Does c210m1 server compatable with avamar?