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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

Configuring policies


UCS Manager allows creation of a number of policies that can be consumed by service profiles associated with servers. When applied through the association of a service profile, these policies provide necessary features and configurations to the physical servers. Policies can be configured for BIOS configuration, firmware versions, adapter configuration, QoS configuration, local disk configuration, boot order configuration, server data scrubbing, server power utilization, and other operational and maintenance configurations.

Configuring the server BIOS policy

BIOS policy lets you configure a server's BIOS settings including CPU, memory, PCI cards, boot, and other options. Perform the following steps to configure the BIOS settings policy:

  1. Log in to UCS Manager.

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

  3. Click to expand the Policies tab and expand the Root tab.

  4. Right-click on BIOS Policies and on the pop-up menu that appears, click on Create BIOS Policy.

  5. In the pop...

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