Hi friends,
I have some simple questions related to the UCS Deployment. Im quite new to the DC storage, Im more oriented to Routing and Switching, so apologies for silly question,
So, we have a UCS-FI-M-6324 with 2 FIs. I guess.
First question:
Do the Fabric Interconnect is the same physical device when we talk about the I/O modules in the UCS world?
Second question: Please consider the following topology:
The topology is from the UCS connected to a 4948 switch and this 4948 switch is then connected to the physical device called: Netap for storage.
(please take in mind that this chain all have redundacy, 2 cables from the UCS to 2 4948 switches and these switches seprarately, run a cable to the individual nics of the Netap) for redundany.
So, in the UCS world, will this UCS run without the use of the FC or FCoE protocols world? We do not have any Nexus, just the UCS connected to regular Cat OS.
I guess my confusion is the fact that when we talk about UCS, it came to my mind the Nexus as well, so I co related them thinking that if you want to use UCS , then you have to have Nexus
Well, feel free to ask me if you think is not clear my questions.
Regards,
