What this book covers
Chapter 1, Cisco UCS to SAN Connectivity, is about how to upgrade firmware on Fibre SAN Switch and how to set up the interconnection of Cisco UCS to Brocade FC Switch and Cisco UCS to Cisco FC Switch.
Chapter 2, Cisco UCS to LAN Connectivity, describes how to configure the Ethernet uplink, LAN pin groups and Ethernet port channel on UCS Fabric Interconnect, and set up NIC Teaming on Microsoft Windows and VMware vSphere ESXi.
Chapter 3, Installing an Operating System on Cisco UCS, covers the system platform installation on Cisco UCS. It includes Microsoft Windows and VMware vSphere Server in local boot and SAN boot.
Chapter 4, Data Migration to Cisco UCS, describes how to migrate the physical machine and virtual machine from HP Server to Cisco UCS.
Chapter 5, System Integration on Cisco UCS, describes how to set up system integration on Cisco UCS, for example, UCS Management Pack in VMware vRealize Operation Manager, and UCS Central best practices.
Chapter 6, Cisco UCS Site Planning, describes how to use Cisco UCS compatibility Support Matrix and other vendor interoperability tools, such as EMC E-lab, HP Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK), VMware Compatibility Guide, and IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC).
Chapter 7, Cisco UCS Backup Solutions, describes how to backup and restore Cisco UCS configurations, the backup solutions on Cisco UCS in detail, for example, VMware Data Protection, HP 3PAR array's virtual copy/remote copy, and EMC VNX array's SnapClone and MirrorView.
