09-23-2014 01:13 PM - edited 03-01-2019 11:51 AM
Hello,
I was looking for a recommendation of which parts I should be looking at for buying a UCS system to run just a few virtual machines and a catalyst switch that has the WLC capability. This is for a test environment to play around with ISE and Prime so additional machines might also get added to it.
However I will have to keep it relatively low cost for the business expense.
The things I will need are:
UCS blade - no idea which one to look at but the machines I will need on it at a minimum are ISE, Prime and a windows AD infrastructure with a CA server.
Catalyst 3650 for testing the functionality of ISE with the built in wireless capabilities of the switch.
Cheers,
Waqas
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09-23-2014 09:28 PM
Hello,
CISCO UCS B200 is good option to start with, for further details check below url.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/models-comparison.html
09-23-2014 11:03 PM
There are attractive UCS bundles, check eg.
https://apps.cisco.com/ccw/cpc/guest/home.do#!/content/ucsModelDetails/model_b200m3
Features 2x B200 M3 Blade Servers, 2x 6248UP Fabric Interconnects, and a Chassis.(UCS-SP7-B200-E)
09-23-2014 09:21 PM
Hi,
Following are ISE system requirements.
Platform | Processor | RAM | Hard disk | RAID | Ethernet NIC | Power |
Cisco Identity Services Engine Appliance 3315 (Small) | 1 x QuadCore | 4 GB | 2 x 250-GB SATA HDD | No | 4x Integrated Gigabit NICs |
|
Cisco Identity Services Engine Appliance 3355 (Medium) | 1 x QuadCore | 4 GB | 2 x 300-GB SAS drives | Yes (RAID 0) | 4 x Integrated Gigabit NICs | Redundant |
Cisco Identity Services Engine Appliance 3395 (Large) | 2 x QuadCore | 4 GB | 4 x 300-GB SFF SAS drives | Yes (RAID 0+1) | 4 x Integrated Gigabit NICs | Redundant |
Cisco Secure Network Server 3415 (Small/Medium) | 1 x QuadCore | 16GB | 1 x 600-GB 10k SAS HDD | No | 4 x Integrated Gigabit NICs |
|
Cisco Secure Network Server 3495 (Large) | 2 x QuadCore | 32GB | 2 x 600-GB 10k SAS HDDs | Yes (RAID 1) | 4 x Integrated Gigabit NICs | Redundant |
09-23-2014 09:28 PM
Hello,
CISCO UCS B200 is good option to start with, for further details check below url.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/models-comparison.html
09-23-2014 11:03 PM
There are attractive UCS bundles, check eg.
https://apps.cisco.com/ccw/cpc/guest/home.do#!/content/ucsModelDetails/model_b200m3
Features 2x B200 M3 Blade Servers, 2x 6248UP Fabric Interconnects, and a Chassis.(UCS-SP7-B200-E)
09-24-2014 02:44 AM
If you want to use it just for a few VMs, UCS mini may be interesting for you :)
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