Slideshows can be a little boring, but some good info here. UCS is changing the economics of the datacenter. It is also changing how a…
Unified Computing from Crate to Cloud
Unified Computing from Crate to Cloud
Slideshows can be a little boring, but some good info here. UCS is changing the economics of the datacenter. It is also changing how a…
Chris Atkinson who has been working with UCS since 2009 write a GREAT post on “Is UCS worth it?”. The answer is YES of course.…
Hey UCS’ers what SAN Fabric do you use?
Since UCS has redundant FI’s taking for granted that a dual SAN fabric is being used. This is tailored around how I setup Boot SAN’s…
When troubleshooting Cisco UCS Chassis issues checkout the Hybrid Display. Equipment/Chassis #/Hybrid Display. Can be a big help seeing Chassis, IOM, and FI to IOM…
Every great reason for UCS! http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/ps10265/ucs_advantage_video_library.html Don’t miss: Microsoft Hyper-V on UCS (4:37 min) Deploy Microsoft Hyper-V on Cisco UCS.
Download the UCS Platform Emulator 2.1(3aPE1) https://communities.cisco.com/community/technology/datacenter/ucs_management/blog/2013/09/16/ucs-platform-emulator-213ape1-just-released Very good to stay current with latest UCS Emulator. Configuration from production systems can be imported. Great way…
See this thread https://communities.cisco.com/message/135577#135577 Seems that RPM based Linux systems can have issues with boot from SAN at 2.1(x).
There are two methods I know of to balance the uplinks on FIA and FIB of a UCS. One is a vNIC that is primary…
Great post on this topic over at Cisco Communities. https://communities.cisco.com/message/134909#134909 Posts on this site on same topic. Boot from iSCSI w/MPIO & iSCSI Initators in…