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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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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

Configuring hardware settings

UCSPE supported hardware is available in Hardware Catalog, which can be located under the HARDWARE INVENTORY tab in the Navigation pane. This hardware inventory contains all the supported hardware for chassis, blade, and rack-mount servers, and is categorized into Blades, Rack Servers, CPU, DIMM, HDD, I/O Adapters, Fans, and PSU as shown in the following screenshot:

Configuring hardware settings

UCSPE is initially configured with one blade chassis including six blades and two rack-mount servers. Additional chassis with blade servers and additional rack-mount servers can be added to UCSPE by configuring items using Start-up Inventory under HARDWARE INVENTORY in the Navigation pane.

The following menu is used for hardware inventory control:

Configuring hardware settings

The following table describes the purpose of each of the preceding icons:

Configuring hardware settings

Adds new chassis.

Configuring hardware settings

Adds a new chassis to the hardware inventory.

Configuring hardware settings

Loads a saved configuration.

Configuring hardware settings

Loads a previously stored hardware inventory. To use the new inventory, restart of...

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