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Cisco UCS Platform Emulator, Release 2.2(2cPE1)New Hardware FeaturesCisco UCS Platform Emulator, Release 2.2(2cPE1), adds support for the following new hardware:New scalable M4 Blade Module for the UCSC-B260-M4 or UCSC-B460-M4 Blade Server addedNew r...

Direct Youtube Link:Monitoring UCS Integrated Infrastructure with UCS Performance Manager - YouTubeUCS Tech Talk (Hosted on Google+ via Hangout on Air):https://plus.google.com/events/csi5seu38mg5vdlp02e5ckt5e4sJoin Cisco data center management expert...

Hey folks,I’m relatively new to the community but have been working with UCS for a number of years. Probably the most tedious task I have encountered in that time is the firmware and driver update process on all our blades (currently about 350). Not ...

This script will generate an Excel workbook report of power utilization of all the servers (Blade and Rack) in a single or multiple UCS Domains.Change Log:     v0.1.00 - Initially posted version

Direct YouTube Link:  Introducing UCS Manager Solutions for Remote Office Deployments - YouTubeUCS Tech Talk (Hosted on Google+ via Hangout on Air):  Introducing UCS Manager Solutions for Remote Office Deployments - Google+Details on how to join UCS ...

Direct Youtube Link:What's New In the World of UCS Central 1.2(1) - YouTubeUCS Tech Talk (Hosted on Google+ via Hangout on Air):What's New In the World of UCS Central 1.2(1)  - Google+Join Cisco Technical Marketing Engineers and other data center man...

This script is designed to make it easy to locate a blade which requires maintenance.  Once you specify the chassis and blade the script turns on ALL the locator LEDs on the chassis' blades and the chassis itself.  The user then taps the chassis loca...

This script creates a secure credentials file with an encrypted password which can be used with many windows applications and is supported in PowerShell scripts.Change Log:     v0.1.00 - Initially posted version

This script clones a NetApp LUN on a C-Mode system, builds an initiator group with UCS WWPNs and associates the IG to the LUN.Change Log:     v0.1.00 - Initial version

Cisco UCS Platform Emulator, Release 2.1(1aPE3)Release 2.1(1aPE3) adds support for the following:Cluster support with dual Fabric Interconnects simulated on same virtual machineSupport for FEX and Rack-mount servers. This was a major effort including...

Overview:A virtualized server implementation consists of one or more VMs running as 'guests' on a single physical server. The guest VMs are hosted and managed by a software layer called the hypervisor or virtual machine manager (VMM). The hypervisor ...

Direct YouTube Link:What's new in the world of Cisco Standalone C-Series Integrated management Controller (IMC) 2.0 - YouTubeUCS Tech Talk (Hosted on Google+ via Hangout on Air): What’s new in the world of Cisco Standalone C-Series Integrated managem...

Chris Wahl (christopher.wahl Wahl Network) recently posted a great blog and YouTube video on customizing the UCSM interface. Well worth a watch.

Makes a great desktop background or print it out and you have a fun dartboard.  (The gears are worth 100 points and each of the integrated infrastructure are worth 10) 

"Unable to launch application" Error when trying to login into UCS Manager If you get  that error message and the UCSM GUI do not start you can try to disable HTTPS, and log in successfully. Open an ssh session to the UCSM ip address and do the follo...