09-22-2016 01:34 PM - edited 03-01-2019 12:53 PM
Can I replace a b200 blade with am older CPU type with anew B200 with a Haswell chipset by just adding the new to the same slot as the old. We are using boot to SAN
09-22-2016 01:52 PM
Here are the spec sheets for each B200:
B200-M2:
http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/spec_sheet_c17-644236.pdf
B200-M3:
http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/B200M3_SpecSheet.pdf
B200-M4:
http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/b200m4-specsheet.pdf
The spec sheet will list the supported CPU combinations for each platform. While other CPU combinations may work, they are not tested and therefore are not supported.
HTH,
Wes
09-22-2016 02:00 PM
So Im asking if I can add new b200-m4 servers to the blade chassis slot use the existing service profiles, boot policy from the older CPU b200 m3 which will be removed. Or do I have to create everything from new including a new boot LUN
09-22-2016 02:09 PM
Hello,
Thank you for clarification. To answer your question, you will not need to recreate anything. Simply remove the service profile from the B200-M3 (disassociate), add the new blade and re-associate the service profile to the B200-M4.
Please share the results.
-Wes
09-23-2016 04:31 AM
I would be rather careful see eg. VIC-1240 in B200-M3 versus VIC-1340 in B200-M4
https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12608446/service-profile-portability-between-b200-m3-and-b200-m4
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