Cisco UCS server integration with shared storage

[Redash6174183]

Dear team,

we have UCS hosts contains some VMs (IPT, cctv ) and we brought emc storage to enable shared storage for all VMs .

is this applicable ?

if we need to automate the cctv archiving from ucs local store to shared storage , what is the requirments?

[Kirk J]

Most Supported Operating systems will have FC, iSCSI, NFS shared storage support.

It is just a matter of understanding what type NIC/HBAs you have.

For instance if you have a Cisco VIC card, it will support FCOE and the IP based storage (iSCSI, NFS, CIFs).

What kind of connectivity does EMC storage provide (i.e. iSCSI, NFS, FC) ?

What kind of switches are you planning to connect your UCS servers and the EMC storage?

What OS is installed on the UCS servers?

What model of UCS servers (i.e. c240M4, c240m5, etc)?

Kirk...

[Redash6174183]

Thanks Kirk ,
below info
Product Name:
UCS C220 M4S
BIOS Version:
C220M4.3.0.4a.0.0226182253

Controllers :-
SLOT-HBA (cisco 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller)

[Kirk J]

So what kind of storage is the EMC?  FC, iSCSI, NFS ???

Also what kind of NICs, HBAs, VICs, are installed on the server besides the 2 built in 1 Gb Intel LOM ports?

Just noticed you referenced guestVms... VMware supports all the previously mentioned storage protocols (FC, iSCSI, NFS).

If you only have the 1 Gb ethernet ports on the back, then you could connect to your shared storage as NFS or iSCSI, depending on how the EMC storage is configured.

Kirk...