Cisco UCS and Nexus Licence Reference
Building up our first UCS / Nexus design has been fun, but several times now when we thought we were done, one of the Cisco guys will point out a “Licence” we’re missing for some fundamental function....
View ArticleCisco UCS Setup from Scratch (UCS, Nexus, NetApp, FCoE)
This past week was exciting for me as I finally got to unbox our first Cisco UCS gear! We are doing a fairly major revamp of datacenters, which includes: Replacing our server infrastructure with Cisco...
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UCS Fabric Interconnect Initial Configuration
Here’s a quick guide on how to perform the initial hardware install and config for a pair of UCS 6120XP Fabric Interconnects. These instructions should be valid for 6140′s as well. Initial Cabling You...
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Cisco UCS, Nexus, NetApp – FCoE End to End Config (Part 1)
I am sick of cables. One of the most recent vSphere hosts I deployed had ELEVEN Gigabit Ethernet cables attached to it…and I actually have one that has Fourteen! So, one of my goals when looking at...
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Cisco UCS, Nexus, NetApp – FCoE End to End Config (Part 2)
This is Part 2 in a design example showing how I put together a UCS/Nexus/Netapp build using End-to-End FCoE for network and storage communication (At least as “End-To-End” as is possible today). In...
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Cisco UCS, Nexus, NetApp – FCoE End to End Config (Part 3)
This is Part 3 in a design example showing how I put together a UCS/Nexus/Netapp build using End-to-End FCoE for network and storage communication (At least as “End-To-End” as is possible today). In...
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Cisco UCS: Regenerating an Expired Keyring Certificate
If you get a fault similar to the following in your UCS system: This will be caused if the cluster name is changed, or if the default cert expires (which happens every year). Here is how to address...
View ArticleCisco UCS 2.1: New Features
Cisco delivered a present to us at the end of 2012, a new UCS version (2.1) that brings a host of new features. Here I’ll present an overview of these and outline why you will want to upgrade. The...
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UCS Firmware Upgrade: 2.1
One of the benefits of the Cisco UCS system is its powerful firmware management system. However, it can be confusing to get used to, so here I’ll go over a fairly typical upgrade procedure and point...
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UCS FCoE End to End (For real this time)
I’m a big fan of FCoE in converged environments, especially with Cisco UCS. I’ve previously written setup articles for FCoE End-to-End with Cisco UCS (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), however in that case...
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