Unified Computing System Discussions

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...

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...

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...

I was going through the Vblock0 architecture and saw a network diagram where the storage (EMC Celera) is connected to the nexus 5k instead of connecting directly from the 6100 fabric interconnects.Is there  a specific reason to do that and how the st...

Hello,             I have a question regarding the C series UCS.Is it possible as of now to connect it to the 6120 fabric manager and manage it from there like the blade series. Or are they only manageable through their CIMC port.Deep.

Hi Guys,I wanted some help in better understanding of how the VLAN concept works in Cisco UCS.I am asking this because although we can create VLAN in UCSM but where should I define on which port should this VLAN be applied ?Is there any way this can ...

Hi,Can any one help me with the XML API format for finding server status details like Admin State,Avail State,Assoc State,etc.Thanks and Regards-Prateek