[DC] Unified Computing Systems ( UCS )

UCS Physical Infrastructure

•  Fabric Interconnect  ( 6248UP )
  • 32x Fixed unified ports: 1/10 GE or 1/2/4/8 FC
  • Expansion Module
  • Run in an Active / Active state for the dataplane
  • Run in a clustered Active/Passive state for the management
  • Connected to the UCS Chassis
  • Managed via UCSM or Cli (NX-OS)

•  UCS Chassis
  • 6U Chassis, 32″Deep
  • Passive backplane
  • 8x Half width blades
  • 4x Full width blades
  • Everything is managed by the Fabric Interconnects.

Connecting the Fabric Interconnects to the LAN and SAN:

UCS Stateless Computing

• Step 1)
  •  Pools
    • UUID
    • MAC
    • WWNN / WWPN
  • Policies
    • Boot Devices / Order
    • Host F/W
    • QoS
  • Templates
    • vNics
    • vHBAs
• Step 2)
  • Templates:
    • MAC: Derived
    • WWN: Derived
    • Firmware: 2.1
    • BOOT: SAN
• Step 3)
  • Service Profile from template