Unified Computing System Discussions

We have a number of B200 M1 blade servers and we are occasionally seeing 'temperature: upper-non-critical' for the CPUs on these blades. This seems to co-incide with us running benchmarking software against the blades so I am not too concerned, but I...

Hi All,we are currently running a UCS environment with 1.4.3.i firmware & ESXi 4.1 update 1. we are looking to migrate that over to firmware 2.x & ESXi 5.x & was wondering if there is a documented/suggested process to follow for this type of upgrade....

I have a chassis with one 2104XP module and B200M2 serversCan I put a 2204XP module and B200M3 servers to this chassis? .Thank in advance.

Hello,I've seen there's recently been uploaded a document with BIOS config reccomendations for UCS in:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps10281/whitepaper_c07-614438.htmlOne of the points states: "if you want the best performance at ...

Hello,Is it supported to connect 3rd party servers to Fabric Interconnects in a UCS in switching mode?Is the switching mode in UCS fully supported (though not preferred)?Thanks,

In our UCS system with 2 chassis, we have 2 links between IOM 2208 and FI 6248 :For a IOM, what is the best cabling design :- to connect theIOM to Eth1/1-2- to connect the IOM to Eth1/1 ; Eth1/8... In mean, it is better to use the same Unified Port C...

Hello,I have a UCS with FI 6248 + IOM 2204 + server B200M3 with :- Mezz Slot : empty- mLOM slot : VIC 1280So, I have for the B200M3, 2 x 10gb/s path from VIC to FI6248 :- port0, 2204-A, FI-A- port1, 2204-B, FI-BWhat is the best practice to configure ...

I am using C200 M2 with VIC P81E adapter card and would like to use iSCSI SAN boot for standalone rackserver.I read that newer rack servers support iSCSI boot with Broadcom adapter but not sure about C200 with P81E adapter. If so, how do I configure ...

Hello FriendsWe have recently installed a UCS cluster consisting of two 6120s configured for HA. While performing fail over testing scenarios, we removed the network cable in mgmt0 on the primary 6120. Immediately the cluster IP address stopped respo...