Migrating User from MCS 7828 H3 to UCS C220

[scooter817]

        Hi All

I wanted to can someone tell me what is the process for migrating users from a MCS 7828 to a UCS C220. A associate of mine called me about doing a migration from the MCS to the UCS series and he wants to know how does he get the users over to the new platform.Thanks in advance for the help and have a great day.         

[blnelson · Accepted solution]

Hi Scooter817,

There are a few options depending on what the customer has today and what will be the end state.  Below are the most common scenarios:

1st Scenario - Customer is on older SW releases (8.x, 7.x, etc..) on MCS server(s) without UCSS wanting to move to new SW releases (9.x)  on UCS C220.    The most cost effective way is to buy $9 upgrade per user per application SKUs (ex. UPG-6K-ENH) with UCSS for 3 years.  There is more information on the BE6K product page under the partner section around migrations  BE6K Product Page - http://www.cisco.com/go/be6000

2nd Scenario - Customer is on older SW releases (8.x, 7.x, etc..) on MCS server(s) with UCSS wanting to move to new SW releases (9.x)  on UCS C220.    Since they have UCSS, they can go to PUT with thier contract number request updated SW and licensing, then re-host licenses to the new server.  PUT link: http://tools.cisco.com/gct/Upgrade/jsp/productUpgrade.jsp

3rd Scenario - Customer is on older SW releases (8.x) on MCS server(s) with or without UCSS wanting to move to same SW releases (8.x)  on UCS C220.   They can re-host licensing to the new server via SWIFT.  Here is the link to the process.  https://tools.cisco.com/SWIFT/LicensingUI/lookupLicenseForRehost

Thanks

Blake