Happy Holidays Everyone,
Feel like taking UCSM 2.1 for a test drive? Go to the Cisco Developer Site and download the new UCSM 2.1 emulator. It does require VM Player or VMware Workstation but is a great assest if you wish to test and develop best practices on Cisco UCS.
UCSTECH
Welcome Cisco UCS Fans!
Its so great to have all the UCS techs of the world visiting my blog from time to time. The Cisco UCS is a powerful tool in today's datacenter and can be utilized in so many ways. Please return as often as you like and learn why Cisco UCS challenges the blade industry!
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Cisco UCS 2.1 Released
Thinking about updating to UCSM version 2.1? There are many features in UCSM 2.1 that make the upgrade worth wild for sure. With support for UCS Central, Firmware auto install and VLAN groups and permissions, this is sure to be another game changer for Cisco.
The following is a list of features delivered in this release:
Cisco UCS Central Support ***
Cisco UCS C-Series Server Integration through Single Wire Management
Default vNIC and vHBA Behavior Policies
Fault Suppression
FCoE Uplink Ports
FCoE Port Channels
Fibre Channel Zoning
Firmware Auto Install ****
Firmware Cross-Version Support
LAN/SAN Connectivity Policies for Service Profile Configuration
Multicast Policy
Scheduled backups *****
Service Profile Renaming *****
Support for discovery of flash I/O devices (Fusion I/O and LSI flash cards)
Support for Multiple Receive Queue Support (MRQS) on Linux
Troubleshooting Enhancements for Finite State Machine (FSM) processes
Unified Uplink Ports
Unified Uplink Port Channels
Unified Storage Ports
vCon Assignment and Distribution
VLAN Port Count Optimization
VLAN Groups
VLAN Permissions
VM-FEX Integration for Hyper-V SRIOV
VM-FEX Integration for KVM (Red Hat Linux) SRIOV
Happy flashing and make sure to read the upgrade guides.
UCSTECH
Monday, April 30, 2012
UCS C-Series UCSM managed discovery fails at 99%
Folks,
If you ever run into this issue in the field here is what you might do to resolve the issue. First off log into the FEX and check the VIC uplinks. If the ports do not reflect the private UCS VLANs in a show interface, then a former server or device once occupied these ports.
If that is the case, you have a few options:
1. relocate the server VIC uplinks to a new FEX port and view the port configuration once they go active.
FEX port configuration: ABNORMAL
FEX configuration post move: NORMAL
2. If #1 happens improperly, you must re acknowledge the effected FEX to clear all port configurations and stage them for rediscovery.
Needless to say this was a learning experience for me given the circumstances. From this incident I learned this much, never move a device from a FEX port without decommissioning it first.
UCSTECH
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