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Folks,I have installed many FlexPods this year but all involved either Nexus 5Ks or 7Ks with vPC. This protects the NFS LUN connections from both network outages or UCSM FIM outages. What is not clear to me is the best practice on connecting a NetApp...
Dave,Proper fabric failover really pertains to the OS and how is deals with the storage platform paths. When UCS failsover the the fabric an MPIO driver on the OS must be tested and functional to achieve proper a connection status. When installing Wi...
Harold,Boot from SAN is very easy. You first ensure you have UCS connected to a fiber fabric with NPIV support enabled. Next, configure a boot-from-SAN boot policy (set you WWPN SAN targets) within UCSM. Then apply that policy to a Service Profile ne...
Folks,Thanks for all the comments. We figured it out and here is what we found. We cabled the NetApp to the UCS with each FIM having a dual path to the NetApp. Each path was setup as Active/Passive within the NetApp (static paths) with UCS failover ...
I agree with Jeremey, the vNIC placment policy is the way to got. If you pin the vNIC to the vCON in the order in which you want then, they will always show up in VMware correct.Cheers,Dave
Padma,To my knowledge you cannot set the Service Profile power behavior after an AC power loss. You can the the "down" option during profile creation and this will power down the server after association but does does not help you after an AC power l...