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Resolved! Remove Non-Existing Decommissioned Server

As the title states, we decommissioned a server that was being RMAed instead of removing it, now we can't seem to remove it from UCSM as it's non-existent so we can't recommission it to remove it.is there a way to remove a decommissioned non-existent...

Cisco server support Nvidia Quadro for VMware Horizon (VDI)

Hi,I need to know if there are Cisco solution using servers for VMware Horizon view (VDI) with NVidia Quadro card I asking specially about promotions ?at the past there were bundle like UCS-EZ-VDI-EXP-VW and others but now it was end of sale also C...

Resolved! UCS B service profile health:inoperable and my server front red light.

HI ,allUCS B service profile health:inoperable and my server front red light.description:health:inoperableid;225695type equipmentcause:equipment-inoperablecode:F0317I do this ,the major can not OK. but the server is work good fltComputePhy...

Chassis lost, UCS 2.1.2a

I have a customer, having a simple configuration with one chassis, running UCS 2.1.2a; suddenly, the fans run at full speed, then he recognizes, that they lost communication FI - IOM on both fabrics. see file for error message Power cycle the chassis...

Resolved! Strange error message

We have 2 UCS domains running at 2.1.2a, which have been powered down, and moved to a new datacenter. Now I see on both domain, on each FI, the error message: management interface is down (see file)However, I can connect to UCS and use UCSM; somethin...

UCS Central Blade Firmware Package

Is there a way to build a custom blade firmware package and distribute it?The companies standard for this quarter is 2.2.3b for the blade firmware, but there are newer M4 blades with controller cards that require a firmware version newer that 2.2.3b....

RoCE interop. support with Mellanox

2.4.4b introduced RoCE for W 2012 R2I have a customer, that wants to use it between UCS blade servers with VIC-1340 and a storage server with Mellanox Connect-X3.However, it's not working, always fall back to TCP (see attachment)On the SMB Direct Int...

SAN Boot hangup after POST

Hello, Experts,I just doing some PoC on my customer site and they want to do SAN boot in blade environment.Everything's going well but one of the blade have booting failure after POST intermittently with the message with "Cisco VIC FC.."The message w...

SAN Boot with 2nd P81E VIC card

Hi experts,I installed two P81E VIC into my C210 M2 server. One at PCIe slot1 and the other one at slot4. I need to set it up for SAN boot with VIC card in slot4, but from CIMC I can only see VIC card at slot1, although I can see the other one at "PC...

Bonding on Linux with VIC 1240 or 1280

using bonding on Linux , I don't know which modes are supported .according this site , It looks like that the mode=0/2/3/4 not supported on UCShttp://www.mseanmcgee.com/2011/05/cisco-ucs-b-series-nic-teaming-bonding-os-support-matrices/I'm looking fo...

Resolved! UCS Central + Disjoint Layer 2

We would like to migrate from using UCS Manager on 5 separate PODS to using UCS Central. We are looking for the best way to implement global VLANs while still using a Disjoint Layer 2 infrastructure. It seems like I would have to create them global...

Resolved! Cisco UCS C240M4 ESXi installation

We are trying to install ESXi on Cisco UCS C240M4 server and while loading getting the VMware purple screen with the following errorNOT_IMPLEMENTED bora/vmkernel/hardware/apic.c:1897.

Resolved! ip address pool exhausted UCS Director DMA Setup PXE

UCS Director 5.2.0.2When running a workflow with the task: Setup PXE boot we get the message:Failed to setup PXE Boot With BMA Selection.IP Address pool exhausted, All addresses in use But I cannot find any pool that is exhausted.All previous flows h...

Resolved! Intra FI networking issue

Hi,We have a new deployment of ESX on UCS Mini. We can ping out to the Nexus switches from ESX host, but hosts cannot ping each other. We also have another install with similar issues, but pings sporadically drop....

vmware ESXI failed to install on a C210 M2 server

Hi All, I am having an issue installing VMware ESXI on an old C210 M2 server I have. Server Specs: C210 M2 - Single Xeon E5620 2.4 GHz - 12 GB RAM - 8 X 300GB SAS DrivesThe server was a former DMM server that I am trying to repurpose. I have followed...

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Resolved! Remove Non-Existing Decommissioned Server

Cisco server support Nvidia Quadro for VMware Horizon (VDI)

Resolved! UCS B service profile health:inoperable and my server front red light.

Chassis lost, UCS 2.1.2a

Resolved! Strange error message

UCS Central Blade Firmware Package

RoCE interop. support with Mellanox

SAN Boot hangup after POST

SAN Boot with 2nd P81E VIC card

Bonding on Linux with VIC 1240 or 1280

Resolved! UCS Central + Disjoint Layer 2

Resolved! Cisco UCS C240M4 ESXi installation

Resolved! ip address pool exhausted UCS Director DMA Setup PXE

Resolved! Intra FI networking issue

vmware ESXI failed to install on a C210 M2 server

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