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Cisco UCS Cookbook
Cisco UCS Cookbook

Cisco UCS Cookbook: Over 40 practical recipes to get your hands dirty with the powerful Cisco UCS and overcome various challenges

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Cisco UCS Cookbook

Chapter 1. Cisco UCS to SAN Connectivity

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Firmware upgrade on the Brocade Fibre Channel Switch
  • Firmware upgrade on the Cisco Fibre Channel Switch
  • Cisco UCS to Brocade FC Switch connectivity
  • Cisco UCS to Cisco FC Switch connectivity
  • Zoning configuration in UCS Fibre Channel Switch mode
  • HP 3PAR Storage connectivity of the Cisco UCS B-Series Server
  • EMC Storage connectivity of the Cisco UCS B-Series Server

Introduction

In this chapter, you will learn to accomplish tasks related to Cisco UCS to SAN connectivity, how to upgrade firmware on Brocade Fibre Channel Switch, Cisco Fibre Channel Switch, and how to set up the interconnection of Cisco UCS to Brocade and Cisco UCS to Cisco FC Switch; we will also learn how to create an FC Zone on Cisco UCS in FC Switch mode. You will also learn how to present the SAN disk to the Cisco UCS B-Series Server in a different model of SAN storage; for example, EMC CLARiiON CX4 Series and HP 3PAR 7200.

Firmware upgrade on the Brocade Fibre Channel Switch

In this recipe, we will learn how to upgrade FOS on Brocade Fibre Channel Switch ranging from version 7.0.0a to 7.1.1c1; its model is Brocade DS-300B.

Getting ready

We need to prepare an FTP or TFTP Server for the Brocade FOS upgrade, which can either be a physical or a virtual server.

This FTP Server has the following requirements:

  • The Operation System platform should be Microsoft Windows XP or 7
  • Two vCPUs at 2 GHz if it is a virtual server, and one CPU at 2 GHz if it is a physical server
  • 2 GB memory and 6 GB disk space
  • The IP address of this FTP Server can access the management network of the Brocade Fibre Channel Switch (DS-300B)

How to do it…

In this recipe, we will learn how to download the Fabric Operating System (FOS) on a Brocade website and upgrade FOS on Brocade Fibre Channel Switch (DS-300B).

Download

Following are the steps to download FOS:

  1. Navigate to http://my.brocade.com and login to MyBrocade account and select downloads, as shown next:

    Note

    Note: Access to product downloads and documentation is limited to users with an active Technical Support Contract with Brocade.

    Download
  2. Select SAN Switches in the Download by menu and download the Fabric Operating System (FOS) version you want:
    Download
  3. After finishing the FOS download, the example of the FOS file name would be v7.1.1c1.zip.

Upgrade

We assume that you are installing the FTP software 3CDaemon on a Microsoft Windows XP.

Following are the steps to install 3CDaemon on Microsoft Windows:

  1. First, you need to prepare an FTP Server 3CDaemon, which is an FTP freeware on Microsoft Windows XP; then, create a user named user1, who has full-access rights and set up the FOS upload path as C:\temp\brocade\:
    Upgrade
  2. Use SSH to log in to your Brocade DS-300B using the admin account and execute firmwareshow to identify the current version of FOS. In the following output, it is listed that the current version of FOS is v7.0.0a:
    FC_Switch:admin> firmwareshow
    Appl     Primary/Secondary Versions
    ------------------------------------------
    FOS      v7.0.0a
             v7.0.0a
    
  3. Save the current Switch configuration. Issue the cfgSave command to ensure that the zoning information in the Switch's flash is preserved after the reboot. The following output is for reference:
    FC_Switch:admin> cfgsave
    You are about to save the Defined zoning configuration. This
    action will only save the changes on Defined configuration.
    Any changes made on the Effective configuration will not
    take effect until it is re-enabled.
    Do you want to save Defined zoning configuration only?<yes, y, no, n:[no] y
    

    Note

    Note: If nothing has changed since the most recent cfgSave, you will receive the message: "Nothing changed: nothing to save, returning…".

  4. To backup the current Switch configuration into the FTP Server, you can issue the configUpload command:
    FC_Switch:admin> configUpload
    Protocol (scp, ftp, sftp, local) [ftp]: ftp
    Server Name or IP Address [host]: {IP address of FTP Server}
    User Name [user]: {Your login ID on FTP Server}
    Path/Filename [<home dir>/config.txt]: {Path to the file} i.e./temp/brocade/origconfig.txt
    Section <all|chassis|switch [all]>: all {all should be accepted unless your account permissions dictate otherwise}
    Password: {your password on the FTP server}
    

    Note

    configUpload complete indicates that all the selected config parameters are uploaded.

  5. Execute the firmwaredownload command to upgrade FOS on Brocade Switch; the details of the same are as shown:
    FC_Switch:admin> firmwaredownload
    Server Name or IP Address: <FTP Server IP address>
    User Name: <FTP Server User Name>
    File Name: /v7.1.1c1
    Network Protocol(1-auto-select, 2-FTP, 3-SCP, 4-SFTP) [1]: 
    Password: *****
    Checking system settings for firmwaredownload...
    Server IP: <FTP Server IP address>, Protocol IPv4
    System settings check passed.
    You can run firmwaredownloadstatus to get the status of this command.
    This command will cause a warm/non-disruptive boot but will require that existing telnet, secure telnet or SSH sessions be restarted.
    
    Do you want to continue [Y]: y
    Firmware is being downloaded to the switch. This step may take up to 30 minutes.
    Preparing for firmwaredownload...
    Start to install packages...
    dir                         ##################################################
    ldconfig                    ##################################################
    glibc                       ################################################## 
    ~
    awk                         ##################################################
    Removing unneeded files, please wait ...
    Finished removing unneeded files. 
    
    All packages have been downloaded successfully.
    Firmware has been downloaded to the secondary partition of the switch.
    HA Rebooting ...
    

Note

Note: The SSH session will be disconnected after the HA Rebooting. You should use SSH to connect to Brocade Switch again.

How it works…

In this recipe, we will learn how to verify the new firmware on Brocade FC Switch.

Validation

After finishing the FOS upgrade, you should use SSH to connect to Brocade FC Switch again and issue the firmwaredownloadstatus command to identify whether the firmware download has completed successfully; the details are given in the following screenshot:

Validation

Note

Note: This operation may take up to 30 minutes.

Finally, execute the firmwareshow command to ensure that the new firmware is active on primary and secondary partition in Brocade Switch, as shown; the new FOS is running on v7.1.1c1:

FC_Switch:admin> firmwareshow
Appl     Primary/Secondary Versions
------------------------------------------
FOS      v7.1.1c1
         v7.1.1c1

Firmware upgrade on the Cisco Fibre Channel Switch

In this recipe, we will learn how to upgrade NX-OS on Cisco MDS SAN Switch from version 5.2.8e to 6.2.13. The model we are using is the Cisco MDS-9148.

Getting ready

We need to prepare one TFTP Server for the Cisco NX-OS upgrade, which can either be a physical server or a virtual server.

The TFTP Server has the following requirements:

  • The Operation System platform is Microsoft Windows XP or 7
  • Two vCPUs at 2 GHz if it is a virtual server, one CPUs at 2 GHz if it is a physical server
  • 2 GB memory and 6 GB disk space
  • The IP address of this FTP Server can access the management network of Cisco MDS Switch (MDS-9148)

How to do it…

In this recipe, we will learn how to download NX-OS on a Cisco website and upgrade NX-OS on Cisco Fibre Channel Switch (MDS-9148).

Download

Following are the steps to download NX-OS:

  1. Navigate to https://software.cisco.com/download/navigator.html and log in to My Cisco account. Select Products, the details are as shown in the following screenshot:
    Download

    Note

    Note: Access to download Cisco NX-OS is limited to users with an active Technical Support Contract with Cisco.

  2. Download MDS NX-OS Kick Start 6.2(13) and NX-OS system images 6.2(13) on the software menu:
    Download
  3. After finishing the NX-OS kick-start and system image download, the example of the file name will be m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.13.bin and m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.13.bin.

How it works…

Upgrade

We assume that you are installing TFTP 3CDaemon on Microsoft Windows XP:

  1. First, prepare one FTP Server 3CDaemon, which is an FTP freeware, on Microsoft Windows XP. Then set up the firmware upload path C:\cisco\ and store all NX-OS firmware files on this path:
    Upgrade
  2. Log in to the MDS-9148 Switch with SSH, then copy the Cisco NX-OS kick-start and system image from the TFTP location to one of the two bootflashes. Issue the following command to copy the files to the bootflash:
    switch# copy tftp://<server IP address>/<filename in TFTP> bootflash:<image filename>
    

    Example:

    switch# copy tftp://192.168.1.2/ m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.13.bin bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.13.bin
    switch# copy tftp://192.168.1.2/ m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.13.bin bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.13.bin
    
  3. Verify the running version of NX-OS for MDS-6148 by issuing the show version command. You can see that the running version is 5.2.(8e).
  4. Back up the current Switch configuration into TFTP by issuing the following command:
    switch# copy startup-config tftp://<server IP address>/<startup-config_switch name_date>
    Example:
    switch# copy startup-config tftp:// 192.168.1.2/<startup-config_MDS-6148
    
  5. Issue the following command to perform the upgrade:
    switch# install all kickstart bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.13.bin system bootflash: m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.13.bin
    
  6. After the process has verified the uploaded files, press Y to continue the installation.
  7. After the installation is complete, it will drop your SSH session. Login and perform the show version to verify that the upgrade has been completed successfully. You can see kick start and the system is version 6.2(13).
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Key benefits

  • Master the skills of minimizing cost, enabling your business to work faster by reducing cycle times for reporting and improving overall revenue
  • Work through hands-on recipes for efficient deployment approaches, see computing techniques, and explore new operational models with UCS
  • Render a better work-flow management, ensure effective monitoring, and learn new deployment paradigms for the operational infrastructure with the help of this book

Description

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) is a data center server platform that is used for computing, deploying, and storing resources in data center environments. This cookbook aims to teach you about various tasks you can implement to improve your existing method of configuring and deploying UCS. You will start by learning how to upgrade your firmware on Brocade and Cisco Fibre Channel Switch and will move on to enhance your knowledge of LAN connectivity. We will then discuss how to configure Windows 2008 and 2012 local boot in Cisco UCS. Next, you will learn how to install the operating system on Cisco UCS and use Cisco UCS Power Calculator to calculate the UCS consumption. Finally, we’ll take a look at backup solutions. By the end of the book, you will know several ways to build and compute in data center environment using Cisco UCS.

Who is this book for?

This book is for competent system/network or storage administrators who are working with Cisco UCS, but now want to learn new ways to compute UCS.

What you will learn

  • Familiarize yourself with information on the latest information on memory management practices, virtualization architectures, and the specific technical advantages of UCS
  • Get a concrete understanding of integrating processes and techniques to ensure effective convergence of LAN/SAN
  • Get to know the best practices of Cisco UCS, EMC Storage, and VMware vSphere
  • Master migrating data from other band servers or Blade to Cisco UCS
  • Comprehend how to replicate and back up UCS to remote sites UCS
  • Assimilate innovative techniques to deploy UCS to leverage its full potential
  • Gather information on installing and configuring automatic and manual Pinning
  • Discover ways to integrate a system in Cisco UCS

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Table of Contents

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1. Cisco UCS to SAN Connectivity Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Cisco UCS to LAN Connectivity Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Installing an Operating System on Cisco UCS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Data Migration to Cisco UCS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. System Integration on Cisco UCS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Cisco UCS Site Planning Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Cisco UCS Backup Solutions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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This book has saved me a few times. Easy to read information. With the new firmware upgrades changing the UCSM layout the pictures are outdated but the book still helps.
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