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Implementing Cisco UCS Solutions

You're reading from   Implementing Cisco UCS Solutions Deploy, manage, and automate your datacenter

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
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ISBN-13 9781786464408
Length 482 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Prasenjit Sarkar Prasenjit Sarkar
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Anuj Modi Anuj Modi
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. What's New with Cisco UCS FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing Cisco UCS Hardware 3. Setting Up a Lab Using Cisco UCS Emulator 4. Configuring Cisco UCS Using UCS Manager 5. Configuring LAN Connectivity 6. Configuring SAN Connectivity 7. Creating Identity Resource Pools, Policies, and Templates 8. Creating and Managing Service Profiles 9. Managing UCS through Routine and Advanced Management 10. Virtual Networking in Cisco UCS 11. Configuring Backup, Restore, and High Availability 12. Cisco UCS Failure Scenarios Testing 13. Third-Party Application Integration 14. Automation and Orchestration of Cisco UCS

Configuring LAN Connectivity

UCS Fabric Interconnect provides connectivity for Ethernet and storage data traffic. UCS Fabric Interconnect also runs the Unified Computing System Management (UCSM) software. UCS Fabric Interconnect hardware is based on the Nexus series of switches and runs NX-OS; however, Fabric Interconnect has some features that are different from a standard Nexus Ethernet switch. In this chapter, we'll focus on Fabric Interconnect Ethernet connectivity to the servers and upstream switches.

In this chapter, we'll discuss the following topics:

  • Understanding Fabric Interconnect switching modes
  • Introduction to Fabric Interconnect port types
  • Configuring northbound connectivity to upstream switches
  • Configuring southbound connectivity to IOMs/FEXs
  • Configuring the last piece of the puzzle-vNICs

We'll configure Fabric Interconnect's downstream (southbound) connectivity to IOMs/Fabric...

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