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asafayan
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In my current role as a Remote Management Services UC engineer, I support large contact centers that include the entire breadth of the Cisco product line including: CUCM, CUC, IOS Gateways, UCCX / UCCE, CER, Cisco TelePresence Infrastructure and Endpoints, and Cisco UCS B and C Series platforms. My previous roles include sales engineer, deployment engineer and staff engineer with a technology focus on routing/switching, wireless and security.
My greatest satisfaction comes from building rapport with my clients and solving their technical problems. Clients always appreciate the fact that I provide them call flow topology diagrams, detailed documentation and knowledge transfer with the long term goal of equipping them to solve their future issues.
In my current role as a Remote Management Services UC engineer, I support large contact centers that include the entire breadth of the Cisco product line including: CUCM, CUC, IOS Gateways, UCCX / UCCE, CER, Cisco TelePresence Infrastructure and Endpoints, and Cisco UCS B and C Series platforms. My previous roles include sales engineer, deployment engineer and s
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in Unified Computing System Discussions
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01-06-2018
03:42 AM
01-06-2018
03:42 AM
What are you using for UCS C Series monitoring besides Cisco Prime or USCM? I'm looking for open source options. I'm not interested in paying for Cisco Prime for the privilege of monitoring our servers.
Thanks,
Amir
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06-03-2015
11:08 AM
06-03-2015
11:08 AM
Hi Padma, I'm attempting to access your attached script but get a "Permission Denied". TIA, Amir
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in Other Collaboration Subjects
in Other Collaboration Subjects
02-18-2015
08:42 AM
02-18-2015
08:42 AM
I've reviewed the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide and see no suggestion that implementing encryption prevents MoS scoring. In other words, when you implement encryption, do you still have access to jitter, latency and packet loss information in clear text? TIA, Amir
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in Unified Computing System Discussions
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01-14-2015
08:41 PM
01-14-2015
08:41 PM
It is possible to gather typical cpu, memory, fan speed, and hdd utilization statistics from the Cisco MIBs for UCS B / C series servers? The excellent Cisco UCS Monitoring Resource Handbook (https://communities.cisco.com/docs/DOC-37197) provides a link to the following document for MIB Loading Order and Statistics Collection Details: MIB Reference for Cisco UCS Standalone C-Series Servers: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/mib/c-series/b_UCS_Standalone_C-Series_MIBRef.pdf In Table Four of the above referenced document, it contains various MIBs/OIDs used for gathering statistics. For example, this processor section: Processor CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.719.1.41 is the parent OID where the key statistics reside. processorEnvStats—Provides all CPU power and temperature statistics for every CPU socket. processorUnit—Provides all CPU statistics for every CPU. When walking the following C Series with the suggested OID: snmpwalk -v2c -c XXXXXXX -m ALL XXXXXX sysdesc SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Cisco Integrated Management Controller(CIMC) [UCS C220 M3S], Firmware Version 1.5(1l) Copyright (c) 2008-2012, Cisco Systems, Inc. I get the following output: snmpwalk -v2c -c XXXXXXX -m CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB XXXXXXXX cucsProcessorUnitTable CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitDn.1 = STRING: "sys/rack-unit-1/board/cpu-1" CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitDn.2 = STRING: "sys/rack-unit-1/board/cpu-2" CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitRn.1 = STRING: cpu-1 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitRn.2 = STRING: cpu-2 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitArch.1 = INTEGER: xeon(179) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitArch.2 = INTEGER: xeon(179) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitCores.1 = Gauge32: 4 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitCores.2 = Gauge32: 4 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitCoresEnabled.1 = Gauge32: 4 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitCoresEnabled.2 = Gauge32: 4 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitId.1 = Gauge32: 0 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitId.2 = Gauge32: 1 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitModel.1 = STRING: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2643 0 @ 3.30GHz CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitModel.2 = STRING: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2643 0 @ 3.30GHz CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitOperState.1 = INTEGER: operable(1) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitOperState.2 = INTEGER: operable(1) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitOperability.1 = INTEGER: operable(1) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitOperability.2 = INTEGER: operable(1) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitPerf.1 = INTEGER: ok(1) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitPerf.2 = INTEGER: ok(1) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitPower.1 = INTEGER: unknown(0) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitPower.2 = INTEGER: unknown(0) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitPresence.1 = INTEGER: equipped(10) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitPresence.2 = INTEGER: equipped(10) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitRevision.1 = STRING: unknown CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitRevision.2 = STRING: unknown CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitSerial.1 = STRING: Not Specified CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitSerial.2 = STRING: Not Specified CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitSocketDesignation.1 = STRING: CPU1 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitSocketDesignation.2 = STRING: CPU2 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitSpeed.1 = INTEGER: 3300 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitSpeed.2 = INTEGER: 3300 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitStepping.1 = Gauge32: 0 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitStepping.2 = Gauge32: 0 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitThermal.1 = INTEGER: unknown(0) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitThermal.2 = INTEGER: unknown(0) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitThreads.1 = Gauge32: 8 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitThreads.2 = Gauge32: 8 CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitVendor.1 = STRING: Intel(R) Corporation CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitVendor.2 = STRING: Intel(R) Corporation CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitVoltage.1 = INTEGER: unknown(0) CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-PROCESSOR-MIB::cucsProcessorUnitVoltage.2 = INTEGER: unknown(0) Typical CPU performance graphs provide percentage integers in vertical or y-axis and time in the horizontal or x-axis. The suggested OID yields no percentage utilization which I can graph. Am I correct in concluding that we must poll the hypervisor for this data instead of the CIMC directly? Thanks, Amir
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in Unified Computing System Discussions
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01-14-2015
08:21 PM
01-14-2015
08:21 PM
Hi Padma, I know this is a stale thread but wanted to confirm if the MIBs now support the ability to gather utilization data natively from the B series blades or C series rack mount servers? Or is it still they case that we need to derive this data from the hypervisor? Thank you! Amir
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in IP Telephony and Phones
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12-12-2014
12:13 PM
12-12-2014
12:13 PM
Certain configuration settings exist at the Phone, Common Phone Profile, and the Enterprise Phone Configuration If you set a parameter at any of the following above mentioned levels - the setting that takes precedence is determined in the following order: 1) Device Configuration window settings, 2) Common Phone Profile window settings, 3) Enterprise Phone Configuration window settings. For example - in the following example - Web Access would be DISABLED. Enterprise Phone Configuration Web Access = Enabled Override Common Settings = Unchecked Phone Device Configuration Web Access = Disabled Override Common Settings = Unchecked What if this was the scenario: Enterprise Phone Configuration Web Access = Enabled Override Common Settings = Checked Phone Device Configuration Web Access = Disabled Override Common Settings = Checked Would the NORMAL order once again apply (Phone - Common Phone Profile - Enterprise) and thus the PHONE setting OVERRIDES the other "Common" setting at the Enterprise level and web access would be DISABLED? TIA, Amir
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10-10-2014
04:18 PM
10-10-2014
04:18 PM
Summary of my situation: The original 146G drive in slot 12 was set to ‘hot spare’. The client then replaced this 146G drive with a 300G drive. The drive state was "unconfigured good" and never transitioned, automatically, to hot spare. I followed these steps, without service impact, to designate the drive as a hot spare: STEP 1 1. Access ESXi1 via vSphere 2. Select Host >> Configuration >> Storage >> Browse datastore2 >> Upload MegaCLI and libstorlib.so to the Datastore STEP 2 Make MegaCli Executable SSH into ESXi IP address. Browse to the data store in the shell. cd /vmfs/volumes/datastore2 type ls to check if the two files are present. now type- chmod 777 MegaCli (to grant executable permission to MegaCLI) STEP 3: Set Global Hot Spare 1. From ESXi shell, issue the following command: ./vmfs/volumes/4fb355df-040855a4-00ca-001018d7454a # ./MegaCli -PDHSP -Set -PhysDrv [18:12] –a0 Here is where it gets weird. I informed the client that the RAID controller does not automatically set the drive to ‘hot spare’ and that requires intervention, on her part, to do that. She informed me that she had done this very same task (replacing hot spare 146G drives with 300G drives) on their other C Series – AND the drives were automatically set to ‘hot spare’. What I'm struggling to understand now is - what is the expected behavior when a replacement hot spare is inserted ? Does the drive automatically transition to the hot spare state OR do you have to manually configure it as a hot spare? Does it depend on the firmware version? ESXi 1 info / server required us to manually set the drives to hot spare: BIOS Version: C200.1.4.3k.0 Firmware Version: 1.4(3u) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i – Firmware Package Build: 12.12.0-0149 ESXi 2 info / drive automatically set to hot spare: BIOS Version: C200.1.4.3h.0 Firmware Version: 1.4(3p) LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i – Firmware Package Build: 12.13.0-0176 I reviewed the tech support from the C Series and, in fact, I see where she is 100% accurate: 6:2014 Oct 8 11:27:32:BMC:storage:-: SLOT-5: Global Hot Spare created on PD 27(e0x12/s11) (global,rev) 6:2014 Oct 8 11:27:32:BMC:storage:-: SLOT-5: State change on PD 27(e0x12/s11) from UNCONFIGURED_GOOD(0) to HOT SPARE(2) Thanks, Amir
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10-10-2014
03:35 AM
10-10-2014
03:35 AM
Naleendra, What was the result of this inquiry? Amir
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10-09-2014
02:37 PM
10-09-2014
02:37 PM
Hi cmcglamry, I have what appears to be a very similar issue. My client inserted new drive and it shows up a "unconfigured good". This is in slot 12 and the previous drive was a "hot spare" 146G and the new drive should also be a hot spare and is 300G. One would think the controller would recognize that the previous drive was a hot spare and make this one a hot spare as well. I also have to come up with an action plan. Did you by chance generate one for your task? If so, would you be willing to share it out? I have LOTS of action plans that I would be happy to share out with you! : ) TIA, Amir ucs-c2xx-m2 /chassis/storageadapter # show physical-drive Physical Drive Number Controller Info Valid Status Manufacturer Model Predictive Failure Count Drive Firmware Coerced Size Type --------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------------------- -------------- -------------- ------------------------ -------------- -------------- ----- 1 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 2 SLOT-5 Yes online TOSHIBA MK3001GRRB 0 5702 285148 MB HDD 3 SLOT-5 Yes online TOSHIBA MK3001GRRB 0 5702 285148 MB HDD 4 SLOT-5 Yes online TOSHIBA MK3001GRRB 0 5702 285148 MB HDD 5 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 6 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 7 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 8 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 9 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 10 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 11 SLOT-5 Yes hot spare TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB 0 5702 139236 MB HDD 12 SLOT-5 Yes unconfigured good TOSHIBA MK3001GRRB 0 5702 285148 MB HDD
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10-09-2014
02:14 PM
10-09-2014
02:14 PM
Hi Kenny, It is a UCS C210 M2 standalone running firmware version 1.4.(3u). Here is the output of the show physical-drive command: ucs-c2xx-m2 /chassis/storageadapter # show physical-drive Physical Drive Number Controller Info Valid Status Manufacturer Model Predictive Failure Count Drive Firmware Coerced Size Type --------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------------------- -------------- -------------- ------------------------ -------------- -------------- ----- 1 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 2 SLOT-5 Yes online TOSHIBA MK3001GRRB 0 5702 285148 MB HDD 3 SLOT-5 Yes online TOSHIBA MK3001GRRB 0 5702 285148 MB HDD 4 SLOT-5 Yes online TOSHIBA MK3001GRRB 0 5702 285148 MB HDD 5 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 6 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 7 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 8 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 9 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 10 SLOT-5 Yes online SEAGATE ST9300653SS 0 0002 285148 MB HDD 11 SLOT-5 Yes hot spare TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB 0 5702 139236 MB HDD 12 SLOT-5 Yes unconfigured good TOSHIBA MK3001GRRB 0 5702 285148 MB HDD ucs-c2xx-m2 /chassis/storageadapter # Are you stating that it is expected to be in an "unconfigured good" state? I thought that the controller should recognize the new drive being inserted and configure it as a "hot spare" - given that the previous drive in slot 12 was also a hot spare. It is RAID 5 and my controller is a LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i with firmware 12.12.0-0149. TIA, Amir
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10-09-2014
01:51 PM
10-09-2014
01:51 PM
Hi, I have a C Series server. I have 2 hot spares in slots 11 and 12. They were both 146G drives. I had to replace the drive in slot 12 with a 300G drive and it came up as "unconfigured good". Is the normal/expected behavior of the controller to create this new drive as a Hot Spare because the drive, that was previously in this slot, was a Hot Spare? In others - how does the controller know that I don't want to add this drive to the RAID array and not as a Hot Spare? Is the process of adding a drive manually in the WebBIOS as a Hot Spare intuitive? If not, do you have any bullet point steps to do so? TIA, Amir
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06-06-2014
10:01 AM
Ah - the worst kind of resolution as it leaves you with no answer. : ) Amir
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06-02-2014
10:31 AM
06-02-2014
10:31 AM
Hi, I'm in the process of building an action plan to perform my first UCS B Series firmware upgrade and found this great blog from Chris Murray. His website is unfortunately down at the moment - but I found his article copied over onto this other blog with further comments added: http://blog.ndaher.dyndns.org/wordpress/?p=157 Good luck and please consider sharing the lessons learned from your upgrade. Amir ++Don't Forget To Rate++
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05-31-2014
08:37 AM
Hi Dehashis, I'm in the process of building an action plan to perform my first UCS B Series firmware upgrade and found this great blog from Chris Murray. His website is unfortunately down at the moment - but I found the his article copied over onto this other blog with further comments added: http://blog.ndaher.dyndns.org/wordpress/?p=157 Good luck and please consider sharing the lessons learned from your upgrade. Amir ++Don't Forget To Rate++
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in Unified Computing System Discussions
01-06-2018
01-06-2018
What are you using for UCS C Series monitoring besides Cisco Prime or
USCM? I'm looking for open sou...
06-03-2015
Hi Padma, I'm attempting to access your attached script but get a
"Permission Denied". TIA, Amir
02-18-2015
I've reviewed the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide
and see no suggestion that imp...
01-14-2015
It is possible to gather typical cpu, memory, fan speed, and hdd
utilization statistics from the Cis...
01-14-2015
Hi Padma, I know this is a stale thread but wanted to confirm if the
MIBs now support the ability to...
12-12-2014
Certain configuration settings exist at the Phone, Common Phone Profile,
and the Enterprise Phone Co...
10-10-2014
Summary of my situation:The original 146G drive in slot 12 was set to
‘hot spare’. The client then r...
10-09-2014
Hi cmcglamry, I have what appears to be a very similar issue. My client
inserted new drive and it sh...
Created by
asafayan
in Unified Computing System Discussions
10-09-2014
10-09-2014
Hi Kenny, It is a UCS C210 M2 standalone running firmware version
1.4.(3u). Here is the output of th...
10-09-2014
Hi,I have a C Series server. I have 2 hot spares in slots 11 and 12.
They were both 146G drives. I h...
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asafayan
in TelePresence and Video Infrastructure
06-24-2014
06-24-2014
Hi Sipser, Did you ever make any progress on this request to export CDR
information from TMS managed...
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