Unified Computing System (UCS)

UCS C240 CPU without frame

Need to replace a CPU on a UCS C240 M4 server as per https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/hw/C240M4/install/C240M4/replace.html#45480. However, the CPU that was delivered doesn't have the CPU plastic frame. So I'm not able to...

Resolved! How to generate ESXi Image for Cisco UCS Servers

Could anyone validate this approach for updating our ESXI from v8.0 u3g -> ESXi 8.0 u3k please?Downloaded the vanilla image from VMWare for 8u3k from Broadcom site: VMware-ESXi-8.0U3k-25595708-depot.zipDownload Cisco_UCS_Addon_ESXi_80U3i_25205845_8.0...

Getting error while installing cisco intersight virtual appliance

I am installing cisco virtual connected appliance using vcenter client hosted on esxi host. I followed the installation steps from cisco (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/Intersight/b_Cisco_Intersight_Appliance_Getting_Started_...

Proxmox on C240 M5

Was encouraged to cross post over here...Hoping that someone can assist me in figuring out an mystery... I have proxmox 9.2.4 installed on an HX240c-M5 server and am trying to bring up the interfaces on the VIC1457.My initial install did not utilize ...

Discovery issue on Fabric Interconnect 6536 with Chassis 5108

We have the following connectedFabric Interconnect 6536 (UCS-FI-6536), 5108 Chassis with 2x IOM 2408 (UCS-IOM-2408 V03).We've cabled them with 100G QSFP28 to 4x25G SFP28 AOC 5M (NWP-QF-100G-S4-AOC-05-C)We've configured port as server port on initial ...

Disk usage for partition bootflash on fabric interconnect A exceeded..

We have a minor warning on a Fabric Interconnect relate to disk space."Disk usage for partition bootflash on fabric interconnect A exceeded 70%"Fabric Interconnect APartition Size (MB) Usedbootflash 16329 82opt 3877 4spare 5744 6var_sysmgr 2000 16var...

XenServer on UCS-X

Hello,We are a VMware shop but we are looking to dip our toes into XenServer since it is included in our licensing. I've been searching around for a "best practices" guide for installing XenServer on UCS-X but not finding much. Hoping someone can p...

C220 woes

We recently acquired 5x Cisco C220 M5's off eBay and connected them to our existing UCS cluster. They have identical hardware layouts and pretty similiar firmware levels, and are all connected to our FI's through identical Cisco cables. But, only one...

UCS-220M8- CIMC Screen-Keyboard not responding

Hi All, I've a Cisco UCS200M8 Server with firmware: 6.0 (2.260044)Server was previously connected to a FI 6454, During that time the server failed discovery due to firmware incompatibilty.After disconnecting the server from the FI, i'm now trying to ...

UCS Platform Emulator Downloads: UCSPE 4.2(2a) / UCSPE 4.1(2c)

The following Cisco UCS Platform Emulators are available for download from Cisco: Current Cisco UCS Platform Emulators CONFIGURATION IMPORT NOTE: Importing configuration backups (All, System, or Logical) taken from the UCS Platform Emulator (UCSPE)...

Resolved! Clearing LDAP Alert

I want to get a small point of clarification. If I have: <faultInst ack="no" cause="fsm-failed" changeSet="" code="F999619" created="2016-11-22T02:44:01" descr="[FSM:FAILED]: external aaa server configuration(FSM:sam:dme:AaaEpUpdateEp)" dn="sys/lda...

Proxmox Virtual Environment for Cisco UCS Servers

[Update: Proxmox VE 9.2 was released on May 21, 2026. While there may be minor changes and obvious software updates, this post is still relevant to VE 9.2.]Cisco UCS was born as a virtualization platform, coming to market in 2009. Nearly every virtua...

ucs platform emulator

Am i able to run ucs platform emulator on a vmware esxi version 7.0.3, just for test purposes and is it a good idea??

Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Unified Edge Field Guide

A Field Guide covering the installation and initial configuration of Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix systems using Intersight Managed Mode for Cisco UCS Unified Edge servers. Intersight Managed Mode (IMM) is the term for Cisco Unified Edge ...

Cisco UCS Monitoring Resource Handbook

Cisco UCS Monitoring Resource Handbook Authored by Eric Williams, Jeff Foster, and Jason Shaw This document is intended to be a central repository of monitoring resources and recommendations for Cisco UCS Manager and the Cisco Standalone C-Series S...