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Entries Tagged as 'Cisco Unified Computing System'

Fixing UCS Config Failures due to local disk config requirements

July 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · CISCO, Cisco UCS, Cisco Unified Computing System, ESXi, vmware

Boring title huh? Well, this isn’t what I wanted to be dealing with on a Friday afternoon either. My plan was to set up a PXE boot environment to create scripted installations of ESXi 4.1 on UCS. However when I shelled into the UCS lab at work, I was made aware of a little bug. [...]

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Tags: application cycle·boring title·disk configuration·error message·firmware·little bug·physical server·profile section·pxe boot·service profile·UCS·ucsm

Cisco Unified Computing System Quoting and Configuration with Netformx

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments · B-Series, CISCO, Cisco 2100 Fabric Extender, Cisco 6120XP, Cisco 6140XP, Cisco B Series Blades, Cisco Server Array Manager SAM, Cisco UCS B200, Cisco UCS B250, Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Unified Computing System Managerm UCSM

What I would like to share today is a video guide on how to properly create a Unified Computing System (UCS)  Bill of Materials (BOM), and how to route that BOM into the appropriate ordering system. You may notice that I am using a tool called Netformx. You may ask – since this is a [...]

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Tags: bom·CISCO·Cisco Unified Computing System·dynamic configuration tool·Netformx·ordering system·Server·UCS·Unified Computing·workflows

Confusion about Cisco UCS pricing – Setting the Record Straight

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · CISCO, Cisco B Series Blades, Cisco UCS B200, Cisco UCS B250, Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Unified Computing System Managerm UCSM, cloud computing, Paginated

I read an interesting article in the Channel Register written by Timothy Pricket Morgan today. In his article - Cisco California pricing revealed, $3,000 for a blade with no innards he attempts to position UCS as a horribly overpriced system where Cisco is egregiously marking up components. A pretty strong statement from his article is listed [...]

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Tags: CISCO·Data Center·Fabric Extender·FCOE·FEX·Fibre Channel·hosting·Network·Power·Server·Technology·UCS·Unified Computing System·virtualization·vmware