Architectural and Engineering Specification (A&E Spec).(originally shared in Cisco Partner Communities by rekkrish. Migrated to Support Community 0n Jan 20, 2012 by jasonle)
As Scott mentioned:CPS-UCS-xxxx is BARE METAL for VSM7.For virtualized VSM, you need to get a Cisco UCS part number (e.g. UCSC-C240-xxxx) AND the VMware licenses.VSM does not come with VMware licensing.
Danny,Short answer is NO. Your system came with SUSE configured and in a state that Cisco understands and has tested the software on. Updating the operating system may cause unforeseen, untested, and most importantly...unsupported issues.Hope this he...
Haris,#1 & #3Licenses, upgrades, cost, etc. will depend many factors. However, part numbers for migrating from VSM 6.3.2 to VSM 7 are quite affordable. I would suggest contacting your Cisco sales rep for this.#2Migrating to VSM 7 requires a fresh st...