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Implementing Cisco UCS Solutions

You're reading from   Implementing Cisco UCS Solutions Cisco Unified Computer System is a powerful solution for data centers that can raise efficiency and lower costs. This tutorial helps professionals realize its full potential through a practical, hands-on approach written by two Cisco experts.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782170662
Length 370 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Cisco UCS Physical Architecture and Installing UCS Hardware FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up Lab Using Cisco UCS Emulator 3. Configuring Cisco UCS Using UCS Manager 4. Configuring LAN Connectivity 5. Configuring SAN Connectivity 6. Creating Identity and Resource Pools 7. Creating and Managing Service Profiles 8. Managing UCS through Routine and Advanced Management 9. Virtual Networking in Cisco UCS 10. Configuring Backup, Restore, and High Availability 11. Cisco UCS Failure Scenarios Testing 12. Third-party Application Integration Index

Creating and applying a service profile template


UCS service profile template creation is an excellent feature. Service profile templates can be created once and deployed to any number of servers with similar hardware specifications. The procedure for creating a service profile template is exactly the same as the procedure for creating a service profile template in the expert mode. Only the initial steps are different as compared to the service profile in the expert mode and is shown in the following:

  1. Log in to UCS Manager.

  2. Click to expand the Servers tab in the navigation pane.

  3. Click on the Service Profiles Template tab and expand Root.

  4. Right-click on Root and on the pop-up menu that appears, click on Create Service Profile Template:

The next steps are exactly same which we followed while creating the service profile in the expert mode. Once the template has been configured, it can be used to create any number of service profiles using minimal effort. Perform the following steps to configure...

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