UCS Central + Disjoint Layer 2

[Jason Wilkening]

We would like to migrate from using UCS Manager on 5 separate PODS to using UCS Central.  We are looking for the best way to implement global VLANs while still using a Disjoint Layer 2 infrastructure.  It seems like I would have to create them globally and assign them to a profile in a POD for them to get pushed down to that POD and then in UCS manager I would have to get into the VLAN Manager in order to assign those VLANs to the appropriate uplinks.  Is there a way we can implement the vlan manager into UCS Central or possibly a way to push the VLAN's down to the PODS at the beginning so we don't have to remember to do this only after the VLAN has been assigned to a profile?

[Walter Dey · Accepted solution]

Hi Jason

Check https://communities.cisco.com/docs/DOC-35264

The 1.3.1a release has the following features:

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Ability to push Global VLANs/VSANs to UCS Domains without using a Global SP association

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Walter.

[Jason Wilkening]

Thanks, looks like I will be scripting some CLI commands.  Maybe this will be incorporated into the UI in the next release.