lspci on ESXi console will show you the vmnic/vmhba adapter labeling and the PCI ordering configurable in the service profile.~ # lspci | grep vm  000:001:00.0 Mass storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic LSI1064E [vmhba0]000:004:00.0 Serial bu...

Cisco IT uses the shared control/package/management VLAN model for all VSM in a single L2 Domain.  In our largest L2 domain we currently have 8 VSM pairs with unique domain ids sharing the same VLANs without issue.  Those 8 VSM pairs are split betwee...

We use host firmware packages on all our installations. We create one for each firmware version and we're changing the firmware policy per profile as we get to taking down time one each host.  A new way in 1.4 that was added to help facilitate easier...

By default all UCS NIC interfaces run in trunk mode. Outside of using the CLI there currently is no other way to allow VLANs on an interface other than going through an individually selecting the VLAN for the interface or via a vNIC template which wo...

I'm not sure the IOM uplink connectivity allows for that type of patching.  You have 3 options for Patching as I understand it Port 1, Port 1+2, Port 1-4.  If you only have 2 x IOM uplinks per fabric to your chassis with the B250 and one mezzanine ca...