Unified Computing System Discussions

Cisco UCS C220 M3 server Amber & solid orange

I have UCS c220 M3 server with 7 HDD. problem HDD 2 is amber LED status solid orange in physical view but CIMC looking good. The same time CIMC faulty logs HDD 0 & 7. I have done troubleshooting steps1. re-insert HDD & restart2. upgraded latest firmw...

Fabric Interconnect 6454 not showing up san-neighbors when connected to MDS

Have a connection setup from FI6454 to MDS.Created a san-portchannel at both the ends.When selecting the FabricInterconnect A in the UCS manager, the Neighbors column will list LAN, SAN and LLDP neighbors.But i could not see the san-portchannel entry...

ESXi 6.7 U3 Image

We have a number of CISCO USC ESXi hosts UCSC-C240-M4LUCSC-C220-M3LUCSC-C220-M3SUCS-E140S-M2/K9UCSC-C240-M3SUCSC-C240-M3LUCSC-C240-M4SXUCSC-C460-M4 I checked these models for compatibility and looks like they all support ESXi 6.7. I would like to upg...

Cannot ping specific host on 1202 and 2202 leafs but from all other leafs no issue

On multipod fabric wiht 2 spines per pod and 6 leafs.Cannot ping specific host on 1202 and 2202 leafs but from all other leafs no issue.iping -V ka:ka_ka 10.10.28.215 does respond on all leafsiping -V ka:ka_ka 10.10.28.216 does not respond from 1202 ...

Resolved! Change UCS 5108 Power Policy from N + 1 to Grid

Hello, we have a UCS 5108 chassis with 4 power supplies installed and properly connected to the electrical source as follows:Power Supply 1 and Power Supply 2 connected to circuit APower Supply 3 and Power Supply 4 connected to circuit B Due to an er...

Resolved! Change display name of the server under Equipment

is it possible to change the display name of the LIVE / PRODUCTION blade under equipment --> Chasis -->Servers to our own naming standards. Attached is the screenshot of current names.UCS Manager Version 2.1(3a)

Resolved! Letter of Volatility for Nexus 3548

I am looking for a Letter of Volatility for the Nexus 3548 series can someone point me in the right direction

Unified Compute Server Upgrade Problem.

Hello, I am trying to upgrade Fabric Interconnect 6324 & B series 200 * 6,but I want the B series 200 m4 to be upgraded online one by one, not all at once.Because there are some services can't offline when the servers upgrading.Is there any soluti...

cisco B200M5 on 4.0(4g) - esxi 7.0 iso

any idea if I can use this iso to upgrade a blade on this firmware? 4.0(4g) https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/downloads/details?downloadGroup=OEM-ESXI70-CISCO&productId=936

Resolved! Hyperflex Installation using Single Fabric Interconnect

We have 3 new HX-C240 servers, and we already have 1 unit of Fabric Interconnect available; Not sure we can perform/complete installation process with single Fabric Interconnect ??Its a risky design; but as now we have to plan with the same; if HX-in...

Configure UCSM to use LDAP channel binding and LDAP signing

We need to re-configure our UCSM to use LDAP channel binding and LDAP signing since Microsoft has recommended this change on all the domain controllers under the below links https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV190023...

Why does vNIC utilization differs from expected values?

Hello community,I came up with an observation I could use some help to understand it. Scenario:On our blades runs VMware ESXi with some Linux VMs in it. Using iperf3 to test the bandwith between to VMs running on seperate blades in the same chassis. ...

Install Windows 2016 and 2019 with Server Configuration Utility on UCS C240 M5s keeps failing

I have been trying to install Windows 2019 on a few new UCS C240 M5s. The whole installation process is done remotely through CIMC. After created a virtual disk from RAID, I booted the server from SCU. I was then able to add all the drivers and initi...

Re-Install Hyperflex Cluster

Hi,I am looking for steps to re-install Hyperflex cluster from scratch. It does not have anything running on it and due to change in design we need to change the replication factor. As we cannot change the RF after installation, so I guess we need to...