I'm adding a UCS-FI-E16UP= expansion module to an exisiting operating 6296. I couldn't tell from the installation instructions if this module can be hot inserted into an operating 6296. Can it?
Hello guys, I have recently purchased a Cisco 5596 Nexus switches, 6248UP fiber interconnect and Cisco UCS chassis including the Blade servers for Cisco UCS implementation. When I placed the order to buy the equipments, I have included these zero ...
Hello All,I'm trying to do the initial configuration for a C210 but we have no keyboard and monitor. So the idea was to use the default configuration on the Shared LOM, using DHCP. But i can't get an ip address.We connected the server to the switch c...
I would like to create a process to extract UCS statistics to an external DB or spreadsheet to perform long term trending & analysis? Does anyone know if there is a way to extract UCS statistics ??Bud
Hi,i am new to Cisco B series, I have 4 blade server and all are boot from SAN. i need to Install ESXi5. In normal scnerio I use 6 physical NIC for configuration for mapping to VMware network switch the Virtual machine network.ESX service console - ...
Hello,Anybody know if theres any way to make a UC460 to be installed with one hard drive only?. I didn't realized this servers are coming without the RAID card.Best regards.Victor
I'm assuming based on Cisco's documentation that boot from iSCSI on UCS blades is now fully supported (as in TAC will provide support for an problems now)? Correct?Cisco UCS boot from iSCSIhttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/gui/...
Hi, if i'm using 2 server ports per chassis, and wish to add another 2, besides plugging in the cables and settings the ports on the interconnect for "Configure as Server Port" is there anything else that is needed and is there any disruption to traf...
During the installation of a LSI 6G MegaRAID 9260-4i, I'm prompted with the statements "The battery is missing" and "Protect against data loss in the event of a server or power failure by providing emergency power to the cache memory." Can anyone tel...
Hi,We are currently managing our FI6248s CLI and UCS via the out-of-band managment interfaces on the FIs. Does anyone know if the FI6248s can be managed in-band over the 1/10GBe connections?Thanks,
I am facing strange problem to install ESXi to one of the blade of UCS B200 M2, after replaced both local harddisks, I am trying to install ESXi to this blade again, but after launch the KVM, seems my keyboard cannot communication with KVM, means I w...
Hi,we use B200 M2 blades with M81KR on 2.02r, running Exchange 2010 on ESXi 5.0 with PowerPath /VE 5.7, the UCS is attached via MDS to a VMAX. EMC Best Practise for EX2k10 is to use PowePath and set the HBA queue depth to 128. How?I picked the "FC Ad...
Hi,we have a pretty serious issue we are struggling to get to the bottom of. I have had a Cisco TAC case (and have just opened a netapp case) open now for coming close to a week, and we effectively have a UCS environment that is totally down. Luckily...
I've just finished reading the Best Practices in Deploying Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches on Cisco UCS B and C Series Cisco UCS Manager Servers document. Near the end there is a section with VSM placement options.None of the options advise placing...
