Unified Computing System Discussions

Hi chaps,  Trying to upgrade the FPGA and PSU firmware on my C240 M3 servers via the HUU 3.0.3a utility however it does not have an option for upgrading the firmware on the FPGA and PSUs.  Over time, I've had to replace PSUs due to failures which mea...

We are deploying a new 4 node cluster (B200 M4s). Currently have 2 x 5108 chassis. What is the downside (if any) if I put 2 nodes in Chassis 1 and 2 nodes in Chassis 2 as opposed to all nodes in Chassis 1 or 2? I know that communications will have to...

Hi there,Is is possible to completely disable the MegaRAID SAS Invader Controller on a B200 M4 blade? We do not use this controller as we boot over the network using Auto Deploy in ESXi 5.5. I would like for it not to show up in ESXi. I have created ...

Hello,  I try to transfer a file to UCSM for firmware upgrade but  the proccess gets stuck in 73% and current task says:. " sync image to subordinate".  Also I get one critical alarm and 3 warnings about faild copy image.  I check the bootflash spac...

We have to Mirgrate two Blades with local Disks (Boot + Data) to another UCS Domain. I know that there might be troubles with the NICs aso. But the most thing we are worried about is the data on the local disks and if the Blades will boot on the new ...

I am confused about the difference between the "bundle" and "offline bundle" that come with the UCS VMware driver ISO. The zip files contain completely different VIBs, for example for an fnic driver: In fnic_driver_1.6.0.34-offline_bundle-5367434.zip...

With in UCS manager and under Equipment, Chassis, Chassis #, IO Modules, IO Module #, Backplane Ports, why I only see the ODD number ports? Is it because there is only VIC1340 card installed in the B200M4 blades? If so, will the EVEN number ports sho...

Dear everyone, We are sizing Cisco UCS for our new system. We wonder if there is any recommendation for "uplink : downlink" ratio that we should consideration? Or more generally, is there any best practice to calculate FI's uplink? Thanks in advance!...

i currently have a ucs mini. I want to add two additional chassis.  Since with the ucsmini we have the Fi6324, can i remove the FI6324 from the ucs mini and replace it with a fex2204 which will be connected to an external FI.+ the external FI will ca...