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In this post I will show the deployment of IPv6 using Provider Networks. There is no specific OpenStack release that I am dictating for this setup. I have used this config on Kilo-to-Newton.OpenStack Provider Networks with VLANs  allows for the use o...

Beginning with Cisco IMC 3.0, standalone Cisco UCS servers can be managed through a Redfish API.  Redfish is an industry standard management interface based on the Open Data Protocol (OData) RESTful API specification.  Many common management tasks ca...

Cisco released its next version of its CVD, Cisco Validated Design and Deployment Guide, on Red Hat Openstack Platform OSP8.The deployment guide provides, step-by-step instructions to install Red Hat Openstack Platform Director and Red Hat Ceph Stora...

UCS provides management at any scale (single server through multiple unified fabric domains) with a unified API and programming model that allows you to "learn it once, use it everywhere".  Read more in the attached solution brief (also available on ...

Cisco UCS Management HandbookAuthored by Devi Kumarappan, John McDonough, Jason Shaw, and David SoperThis document is intended to be a central repository of UCS Management resources and recommendations for Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco UCS Central, Cisco ...

UCS Performance Manager v2.0.2 is now available!Built with technology from ZENOSS, Cisco UCS Performance Manager (UCSPM) is an agent-less, performance monitoring and capacity planning tool custom built for the UCS Administrator.  UCSPM provides unifi...

See how to manage your infrastructure from a booted host OS using the Cisco UCS Configuration Utility (ucscfg User Guide) and Puppet.  The video demo covers these management operations:Verifying that IPMI is functioning on the system (ucscfg communic...

Video demo of the 3.1(2b) UCS Platform Emulator including the following new features for the 3260 Storage Server:Disk Zoning PoliciesChassis Profiles

Here's where you'll find a zip file containing the schema files for UCS Central.As future versions are released, the corresponding schema files will be added to this Doc.Looking for the schema files for UCS Manager?   Please check here:   https://com...

Check-out the YouTube Video below to learn more about UCS Central DR Backup and Restore!UCS Central DR Backup and Restore - YouTube

UCS Performance Manager v2.0.1 is now available!Built with technology from ZENOSS, Cisco UCS Performance Manager (UCSPM) is an agent-less, performance monitoring and capacity planning tool custom built for the UCS Administrator.  UCSPM provides unifi...

A new feature of UCS Central 1.5, HTML-5 UI is the ability to edit Static ID's for UUID, MAC, WWNN, WWPN, iSCSI-Iqn and Mgmt IP within a Global Service Profile.The attached document will assist you in using this capability, and also show you how to r...

Google hangout event:https://plus.google.com/u/1/b/112306339297997566930/events/chnm9acn1u1e6k3dbr0c9f293s0Join Cisco for a discussion on the features and capabilities of the new Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor version 2.0. Th...

Virtual Machine Setup and Example Networking Configuration for UCSPE under Windows Hyper-VThe UCS Platform Emulator is distributed in several formats to allow use under different hypervisors.  For use with Windows Hyper-V, .vhd and .vhdx disk images ...

UCS Performance Manager 2.0 is now availableBuilt with technology from ZENOSS, Cisco UCS Performance Manager (UCSPM) is a Performance Monitoring and Capacity Planning tool custom built for UCS Administrators.  UCSPM provides visibility into UCS Hardw...