I'm building a new access layer switch on a collapsed core model, and I'm pondering what would be the best way to cable the uplinks. Most diagrams look like this: SW1 -> Core1 SW1, Core2 SW1 SW8 -> Core1 SW2, Core2 SW2 However I was intrigued to no...

I work for a major Cisco distributor, and we have a two chassis UCS system setup for demonstration purposes. One of the blades is a B440 M1, and the RAID BBU (battery backup unit) is missing. We don't have another one to replace it with, and since th...