In this case the 2.1 release of UCSM takes a product that many people already have (Unified Computing System) and makes it do more. There aren’t going to be press conferences about this, but it is worth taking a closer look at. It will make my life easier, and I hope it does the same for you.
Entries Tagged as 'Cisco Unified Computing System'
Simplifying scale out DataCenter design with UCS Manager 2.1
November 1st, 2012 · 5 Comments · CISCO, Cisco UCS, Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Unified Computing System Managerm UCSM
Tags: C-Series·CCIE·ccie lab·CISCO·Cisco Linux·Data Center·DESIGN·FCOE·Fibre Channel·Hadoop·Network·openstack·UCS·ucsm·Unified Computing·Unified Computing System
VMware’s Acquisition of Nicira – VMware confirming the hypervisor is dead
July 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · CISCO, Cisco UCS, OpenStack, Unified Computing, virtualization, vmware, vSphere
The hypervisor is dead, for VMware to stay relevant it has to continue innovating higher up the stack. The acquisition of Nicira will allow VMware to have a play in the service provider market and do just that.
It also provides an avenue for VMware to port it’s higher level applications to run on multiple hypervisors. This has the potential to slow flow of customers to free platforms like Hyper-V and OpenStack.
While this isn’t the best thing for the Cisco relationship, the reality of the matter is that VMware and Cisco have an “Open” relationship where both companies work with many others. I don’t see this relationship changing in the long run.
VSPEX – EMC’s Flexible Reference Architecture Explained
April 12th, 2012 · 1 Comment · CISCO, Cisco Unified Computing System, EMC, VSPEX
VSPEX is a pre-validated set of reference architectures currently focused around Server Virtualization (cloud computing if you want to church it up) as well as end-user computing (VDI/VXI/Application Presentation Solutions). It fills the gap in EMC’s solution offerings that exists between a design and build your own solutions and their converged infrastructure product (VCE Vblock).
Tags: B-Series·C-Series·CISCO·Cisco Unified Computing System·cloud computing·Data Center·DESIGN·EMC·flexpod·hyper-v·NDA·NetApp·service provider·storage·switch·UCS·VBlock·virtualization·vmware·VSPEX
