Unified Computing System (UCS)

Visio stencil for FI-6664

Im looking for a visio stencil for the UCS FI-6664 to be posted. Does anyone have that front and rear stencil they can share or know who to contact to update the UCS stencil zip that looks to be last updated in 2025?Thank you,Todd

Changing Management IP addresses on an operational UCS chassis

Hello,I need to change management networks and IP addresses that I'm using to access UCS-M and my blades.For UCS-M is it as simple as changing Management Interfaces on the Admin tab or do I need change IP addresses on each FI via CLI?Also, I'm using ...

PVE Cluster on UCS C220-M8S out of box, Enough?

The vics would be dedicated to a active passive linux bond and a couple HA sync segments. The handful of vm's would boot off a NetAPP NFS cluster for offload. All vlans would be redundantly attached to 2 TOR switches. The CIMC's would be standalone ...

Cisco UCS FI 6200 to 6400 Migration with Storage Appliance Ports

Hi.I am working on an upcoming UCS FI 6200 to 64108 migration running infrastructure firmware 4.1(3m).Regarding the existing ports, this UCS domain is using direct-attached iSCSI storage using appliance ports. Are there any additional steps that need...

Cisco FlashStack with Nutanix ISM Installation Field Guide

A Field Guide covering the installation, initial configuration, and expansion of Cisco FlashStack with Nutanix clusters using Intersight Standalone Mode (ISM) on Cisco UCS C-series servers connected to Everpure Storage FlashArray external storage. Th...

Resolved! UL 60950-1 Compliance for the UCS B200 M5

Hi I would like to know if the UCS B200 M5 blade server is UL 60950-1 compliant

MTBF for the B200 M5 blade server

Hello I am looking for the MTBF for the UCS B200 M5 blade server.

UCS C220 M6N - Intel ME Node Manager is unhealthy or unresponsive!!!

Hello All,I have a C220 M6N that will not power on. It appears the Intel ME Node Manager is "unhealthy or unresponsive" per the log and it's causing the server to not power on. I also have a corrupted BIOS, see logs below.Critical F1707 sys/rack-unit...

CIMC image for a no-contract, past-LDoS UCS-E140DP-M1

Hoping someone here has walked this exact path. I have a **UCS-E140DP-M1/K9** blade that I bought second-hand — no service contract, and the module is**past its Last Day of Support (2021-05-31)**. The x86 host side is completely fine; Windowsboots an...

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)...

Reseting an uplink port during an FI upgrade

I'm in the middle of upgrading a pair of FIs and after the first one rebooted, it came back up with an uplink port down. I'm curious if it's safe to reset the uplink port before proceeding to the second FI or should I proceed with the second FI's up...

Spinifex - AWS alternative for Cisco Unified Edge

An AWS-Compatible Cloud on Cisco Unified EdgeInstall a three-node Spinifex cluster on Cisco Unified Edge, then run a live computer-vision pipeline on it using nothing but the AWS CLI and OpenTofu.Cisco Unified Edge puts real compute where the data is...

Cisco UCS/CIMC Integration with HPE Aruba ClearPass TACACS+

We need to integrate our Cisco UCS/CIMC with HPE Aruba ClearPass TACACS+ for centralized authentication.UCS Model: BE7H-M5-K9CIMC Version: C240M5.4.3.2bCould someone please share the required CIMC configuration, TACAS parameters/attributes, and ...

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 ...

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...