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Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.1First Published:November 16, 2012

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C O N T E N T S

P r e f a c e Preface xxxiii

Audience xxxiii

Conventions xxxiii

Related Cisco UCS Documentation xxxvDocumentation Feedback xxxv

P A R T I Introduction 1

C H A P T E R 1 New and Changed Information 3

New and Changed Information for this Release 3

C H A P T E R 2 Overview of Cisco Unified Computing System 9

About Cisco Unified Computing System 9

Unified Fabric 10

Fibre Channel over Ethernet 11

Link-Level Flow Control 11

Priority Flow Control 11

Server Architecture and Connectivity 12

Overview of Service Profiles 12

Network Connectivity through Service Profiles 12

Configuration through Service Profiles 12

Service Profiles that Override Server Identity 13

Service Profiles that Inherit Server Identity 14

Service Profile Templates 15

Policies 15

Pools 15

Traffic Management 16

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Oversubscription 16

Oversubscription Considerations 16

Guidelines for Estimating Oversubscription 17

Pinning18

Pinning Server Traffic to Server Ports 18

Guidelines for Pinning 19

Quality of Service 20

System Classes 20

Quality of Service Policy 21

Flow Control Policy 21

Opt-In Features 21

Stateless Computing 21

Multi-Tenancy 22

Virtualization in Cisco UCS 23

Overview of Virtualization 23

Overview of Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender 24

Virtualization with Network Interface Cards and Converged Network Adapters 24

Virtualization with a Virtual Interface Card Adapter 24

C H A P T E R 3 Overview of Cisco UCS Manager 25

About Cisco UCS Manager 25

Tasks You Can Perform in Cisco UCS Manager 26

Tasks You Cannot Perform in Cisco UCS Manager 28

Cisco UCS Manager in a High Availability Environment 28

C H A P T E R 4 Overview of Cisco UCS Manager GUI 29

Overview of Cisco UCS Manager GUI 29

Fault Summary Area 30

Navigation Pane 30

Toolbar 33

Work Pane 33

Status Bar 33

Table Customization 34

LAN Uplinks Manager 35

Internal Fabric Manager 35

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Hybrid Display 35

Logging in to the Cisco UCS Manager GUI through HTTPS 36

Logging in to the Cisco UCS Manager GUI through HTTP 37

Logging Out of the Cisco UCS Manager GUI37

Web Session Limits 38

Setting the Web Session Limit for Cisco UCS Manager 38

Pre-Login Banner 38

Creating the Pre-Login Banner 39

Modifying the Pre-Login Banner 39

Deleting the Pre-Login Banner 40

Cisco UCS Manager GUI Properties 40

Configuring the Cisco UCS Manager GUI Session and Log Properties 40

Configuring Properties for Confirmation Messages 41

Configuring Properties for External Applications 42

Customizing the Appearance of Cisco UCS Manager GUI 42

Determining the Acceptable Range of Values for a Field 43

Determining Where a Policy Is Used 43

Determining Where a Pool Is Used 44

Copying the XML 44

P A R T I I System Configuration 45

C H A P T E R 5 Configuring the Fabric Interconnects 47

Initial System Setup 47

Setup Mode 48

System Configuration Type 48

Management Port IP Address 48

Performing an Initial System Setup for a Standalone Configuration 49

Initial System Setup for a Cluster Configuration 51

Performing an Initial System Setup on the First Fabric Interconnect 51

Performing an Initial System Setup on the Second Fabric Interconnect 53

Enabling a Standalone Fabric Interconnect for Cluster Configuration 54

Ethernet Switching Mode 54

Configuring Ethernet Switching Mode 55

Fibre Channel Switching Mode 56

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Configuring Fibre Channel Switching Mode 56

Changing the Properties of the Fabric Interconnects 57

Determining the Leadership Role of a Fabric Interconnect 58

C H A P T E R 6 Configuring Ports and Port Channels 59

Server and Uplink Ports on the 6100 Series Fabric Interconnect 60

Unified Ports on the 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect 61

Port Modes 61

Port Types 61

Beacon LEDs for Unified Ports 62

Guidelines for Configuring Unified Ports 62

Cautions and Guidelines for Configuring Unified Uplink Ports and Unified Storage

Ports 63

Effect of Port Mode Changes on Data Traffic 64

Configuring Port Modes for a 6248 Fabric Interconnect 65

Configuring Port Modes for a 6296 Fabric Interconnect 66

Configuring the Beacon LEDs for Unified Ports 67

Server Ports 68

Configuring Server Ports 68

Uplink Ethernet Ports 68

Configuring Uplink Ethernet Ports 68

Changing the Properties of an Uplink Ethernet Port 69

Reconfiguring a Port on a Fabric Interconnect 69

Enabling a Port on Fabric Interconnect 70

Disabling a Port on Fabric Interconnect 71

Unconfiguring a Port on a Fabric Interconnect 71

Appliance Ports 72

Configuring an Appliance Port 72

Modifying the Properties of an Appliance Port 74

FCoE and Fibre Channel Storage Ports 76

Configuring an FCoE Storage Port 76

Configuring a Fibre Channel Storage Port 77

Restoring an Uplink Fibre Channel Port 77

FCoE Uplink Ports 78

Configuring FCoE Uplink Ports 78

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Unified Storage Ports 79

Configuring an Appliance Port as a Unified Storage Port 79

Unconfiguring a Unified Storage Port 80

Unified Uplink Ports81

Configuring Unified Uplink Ports 81

Unconfiguring Unified Uplink Port 82

Uplink Ethernet Port Channels 83

Creating an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel 83

Enabling an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel 84

Disabling an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel 84

Adding Ports to and Removing Ports from an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel 85

Deleting an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel 85

Appliance Port Channels 85

Creating an Appliance Port Channel 86

Enabling an Appliance Port Channel 88

Disabling an Appliance Port Channel 88

Adding Ports to and Removing Ports from an Appliance Port Channel 89

Deleting an Appliance Port Channel 89

Fibre Channel Port Channels 89

Creating a Fibre Channel Port Channel 90

Enabling a Fibre Channel Port Channel 91Disabling a Fibre Channel Port Channel 91

Adding Ports to and Removing Ports from a Fibre Channel Port Channel 91

Modifying the Properties of a Fibre Channel Port Channel 92

Deleting a Fibre Channel Port Channel 93

FCoE Port Channels 93

Creating FCoE Port Channel 93

Deleting a FCoE Port Channel 94

Unified Uplink Port Channel 94

Adapter Port Channels 95

Viewing Adapter Port Channels 95

Fabric Port Channels 95

Cabling Considerations for Fabric Port Channels 96

Configuring a Fabric Port Channel 96

Viewing Fabric Port Channels 97

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Enabling or Disabling a Fabric Port Channel Member Port 97

Configuring Server Ports with the Internal Fabric Manager 98

Internal Fabric Manager 98

Launching the Internal Fabric Manager98

Configuring a Server Port with the Internal Fabric Manager 98

Unconfiguring a Server Port with the Internal Fabric Manager 99

Enabling a Server Port with the Internal Fabric Manager 99

Disabling a Server Port with the Internal Fabric Manager 99

C H A P T E R 7 Configuring Communication Services 101

Communication Services 101

Configuring CIM-XML 102

Configuring HTTP 103

Configuring HTTPS 103

Certificates, Key Rings, and Trusted Points 103

Creating a Key Ring 104

Creating a Certificate Request for a Key Ring 105

Creating a Trusted Point 106

Importing a Certificate into a Key Ring 107

Configuring HTTPS 108

Deleting a Key Ring 109

Deleting a Trusted Point 109

Configuring SNMP 110

Information about SNMP 110

SNMP Functional Overview 110

SNMP Notifications 110

SNMP Security Levels and Privileges 111

Supported Combinations of SNMP Security Models and Levels 111

SNMPv3 Security Features 112

SNMP Support in Cisco UCS 112

Enabling SNMP and Configuring SNMP Properties 113

Creating an SNMP Trap 114

Deleting an SNMP Trap 116

Creating an SNMPv3 user 116

Deleting an SNMPv3 User 117

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Enabling Telnet 117

Disabling Communication Services 118

C H A P T E R 8

Configuring Authentication 119Authentication Services 119

Guidelines and Recommendations for Remote Authentication Providers 119

User Attributes in Remote Authentication Providers 120

LDAP Group Rule 122

Configuring LDAP Providers 122

Configuring Properties for LDAP Providers 122

Creating an LDAP Provider 123

Changing the LDAP Group Rule for an LDAP Provider 127

Deleting an LDAP Provider 128

LDAP Group Mapping 128

Creating an LDAP Group Map 129

Deleting an LDAP Group Map 129

Configuring RADIUS Providers 130

Configuring Properties for RADIUS Providers 130

Creating a RADIUS Provider 130

Deleting a RADIUS Provider 132

Configuring TACACS+ Providers 132

Configuring Properties for TACACS+ Providers 132

Creating a TACACS+ Provider 133

Deleting a TACACS+ Provider 135

Configuring Multiple Authentication Systems 135

Multiple Authentication Systems 135

Provider Groups 135

Creating an LDAP Provider Group 135

Deleting an LDAP Provider Group 136

Creating a RADIUS Provider Group 136

Deleting a RADIUS Provider Group 137

Creating a TACACS+ Provider Group 137

Deleting a TACACS+ Provider Group 138

Authentication Domains 138

Creating an Authentication Domain 139

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Selecting a Primary Authentication Service 140

Selecting the Console Authentication Service 140

Selecting the Default Authentication Service 141

Role Policy for Remote Users142

Configuring the Role Policy for Remote Users 143

C H A P T E R 9 Configuring Organizations 145

Organizations in a Multi-Tenancy Environment 145

Hierarchical Name Resolution in a Multi-Tenancy Environment 146

Creating an Organization under the Root Organization 147

Creating an Organization under a Sub-Organization 148

Deleting an Organization 148

C H A P T E R 1 0 Configuring Role-Based Access Control 149

Role-Based Access Control 149

User Accounts for Cisco UCS 149

Guidelines for Cisco UCS Usernames 150

Reserved Words: Locally Authenticated User Accounts 151

Guidelines for Cisco UCS Passwords 152

Web Session Limits for User Accounts 152

User Roles 152

Default User Roles 153

Reserved Words: User Roles 154

Privileges 154

User Locales 156

Configuring User Roles 157

Creating a User Role 157

Adding Privileges to a User Role 158

Removing Privileges from a User Role 158

Deleting a User Role 158

Configuring Locales 159

Creating a Locale 159

Assigning an Organization to a Locale 160

Deleting an Organization from a Locale 160

Deleting a Locale 161

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Configuring Locally Authenticated User Accounts 161

Creating a User Account 161

Enabling the Password Strength Check for Locally Authenticated Users 164

Setting the Web Session Limits for Cisco UCS Manager GUI Users164

Changing the Locales Assigned to a Locally Authenticated User Account 165

Changing the Roles Assigned to a Locally Authenticated User Account 165

Enabling a User Account 166

Disabling a User Account 166

Clearing the Password History for a Locally Authenticated User 167

Deleting a Locally Authenticated User Account 167

Password Profile for Locally Authenticated Users 167

Configuring the Maximum Number of Password Changes for a Change Interval 169

Configuring a No Change Interval for Passwords 169

Configuring the Password History Count 170

Monitoring User Sessions 170

C H A P T E R 1 1 Configuring DNS Servers 173

DNS Servers in Cisco UCS 173

Adding a DNS Server 174

Deleting a DNS Server 174

C H A P T E R 1 2 Configuring System-Related Policies 175

Configuring the Chassis Discovery Policy 175

Chassis Discovery Policy 175

Configuring the Chassis Discovery Policy 178

Configuring the Chassis Connectivity Policy 179

Chassis Connectivity Policy 179

Configuring a Chassis Connectivity Policy 179

Configuring the Rack Server Discovery Policy 180

Rack Server Discovery Policy 180

Configuring the Rack Server Discovery Policy 180

Configuring the Aging Time for the MAC Address Table 181

Aging Time for the MAC Address Table 181

Configuring the Aging Time for the MAC Address Table 181

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C H A P T E R 1 3 Managing Licenses 183

Licenses 183

Obtaining the Host ID for a Fabric Interconnect 184Obtaining a License 185

Downloading Licenses to the Fabric Interconnect from the Local File System 186

Downloading Licenses to the Fabric Interconnect from a Remote Location 187

Installing a License 188

Viewing the Licenses Installed on a Fabric Interconnect 189

Determining the Grace Period Available for a Port or Feature 191

Determining the Expiry Date of a License 192

Uninstalling a License 192

C H A P T E R 1 4 Managing Virtual Interfaces 195

Virtual Interfaces 195

Virtual Interface Subscription Management and Error Handling 195

C H A P T E R 1 5 Registering Cisco UCS Domains with Cisco UCS Central 197

Registration of Cisco UCS Domains 197

Policy Resolution between Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco UCS Central 198

Registering a Cisco UCS Domain with Cisco UCS Central 199

Modifying Policy Resolutions between Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco UCS Central 200

Unregistering a Cisco UCS Domain from Cisco UCS Central 200

P A R T I I I Network Configuration 203

C H A P T E R 1 6 Using the LAN Uplinks Manager 205

LAN Uplinks Manager 205

Launching the LAN Uplinks Manager 206Changing the Ethernet Switching Mode with the LAN Uplinks Manager 206

Configuring a Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager 206

Configuring Server Ports 207

Enabling a Server Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager 207

Disabling a Server Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager 208

Unconfiguring a Server Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager 208

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Configuring Uplink Ethernet Ports 208

Enabling an Uplink Ethernet Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager 208

Disabling an Uplink Ethernet Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager 209

Unconfiguring an Uplink Ethernet Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager209

Configuring Uplink Ethernet Port Channels 209

Creating a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager 209

Enabling a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager 210

Disabling a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager 211

Adding Ports to a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager 211

Removing Ports from a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager 212

Deleting a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager 212

Configuring LAN Pin Groups 212

Creating a Pin Group with the LAN Uplinks Manager 212

Deleting a Pin Group with the LAN Uplinks Manager 213

Configuring Named VLANs 213

Creating a Named VLAN with the LAN Uplinks Manager 213

Deleting a Named VLAN with the LAN Uplinks Manager 216

Configuring QoS System Classes with the LAN Uplinks Manager 216

C H A P T E R 1 7 Configuring VLANs 219

Named VLANs 219

Private VLANs 220

VLAN Port Limitations 221

Configuring Named VLANs 222

Creating a Named VLAN 222

Deleting a Named VLAN 226

Configuring Private VLANs 227

Creating a Primary VLAN for a Private VLAN 227

Creating a Secondary VLAN for a Private VLAN 230

Viewing the VLAN Port Count 233

VLAN Port Count Optimization 234

Enabling Port VLAN Count Optimization 234

Disabling Port VLAN Count Optimization 235

Viewing VLAN Optimization Sets 235

VLAN Groups 236

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Creating a VLAN Group 236

Editing the Members of a VLAN Group 237

Modifying the Organization Access Permissions for a VLAN Group 238

Deleting a VLAN Group238

VLAN Permissions 238

Enabling VLAN Permissions 239

Disabling VLAN Permissions 239

Adding or Modifying VLAN Permissions 240

C H A P T E R 1 8 Configuring LAN Pin Groups 241

LAN Pin Groups 241

Creating a LAN Pin Group 241

Deleting a LAN Pin Group 242

C H A P T E R 1 9 Configuring MAC Pools 243

MAC Pools 243

Creating a MAC Pool 243

Deleting a MAC Pool 244

C H A P T E R 2 0 Configuring Quality of Service 247

Quality of Service 247

Configuring System Classes 247

System Classes 247

Configuring QoS System Classes 248

Enabling a QoS System Class 250

Disabling a QoS System Class 250

Configuring Quality of Service Policies 251

Quality of Service Policy 251

Creating a QoS Policy 251

Deleting a QoS Policy 253

Configuring Flow Control Policies 254

Flow Control Policy 254

Creating a Flow Control Policy 254

Deleting a Flow Control Policy 255

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C H A P T E R 2 1 Configuring Network-Related Policies 257

Configuring vNIC Templates 257

vNIC Template 257Creating a vNIC Template 258

Binding a vNIC to a vNIC Template 261

Unbinding a vNIC from a vNIC Template 262

Deleting a vNIC Template 262

Configuring Ethernet Adapter Policies 262

Ethernet and Fibre Channel Adapter Policies 262

Creating an Ethernet Adapter Policy 263

Configuring an Ethernet Adapter Policy to Enable eNIC Support for MRQS on Linux

Operating Systems 267

Deleting an Ethernet Adapter Policy 267

Configuring the Default vNIC Behavior Policy 268

Default vNIC and vHBA Behavior Policies 268

Configuring a Default vNIC Behavior Policy 268

Configuring LAN Connectivity Policies 269

LAN and SAN Connectivity Policies 269

Privileges Required for LAN and SAN Connectivity Policies 269

Interactions between Service Profiles and Connectivity Policies 270

Creating a LAN Connectivity Policy 270

Creating a vNIC for a LAN Connectivity Policy 275

Deleting a vNIC from a LAN Connectivity Policy 278

Creating an iSCSI vNIC for a LAN Connectivity Policy 278

Deleting an iSCSI vNIC from a LAN Connectivity Policy 280

Deleting a LAN Connectivity Policy 280

Configuring Network Control Policies 280

Network Control Policy 280

Creating a Network Control Policy 281

Deleting a Network Control Policy 284

Configuring Multicast Policies 284

Multicast Policy 284

Creating a Multicast Policy 285

Modifying a Multicast Policy 285

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Deleting a Multicast Policy 287

C H A P T E R 2 2 Configuring Upstream Disjoint Layer-2 Networks 289

Upstream Disjoint Layer-2 Networks 289Guidelines for Configuring Upstream Disjoint L2 Networks 290

Pinning Considerations for Upstream Disjoint L2 Networks 291

Configuring Cisco UCS for Upstream Disjoint L2 Networks 292

Creating a VLAN for an Upstream Disjoint L2 Network 293

Assigning Ports and Port Channels to VLANs 296

Removing Ports and Port Channels from VLANs 297

Viewing Ports and Port Channels Assigned to VLANs 298

P A R T I V Storage Configuration 299

C H A P T E R 2 3 Configuring Named VSANs 301

Named VSANs 301

Fibre Channel Uplink Trunking for Named VSANs 302

Guidelines and Recommendations for VSANs 302

Creating a Named VSAN 303

Creating a Storage VSAN 305

Deleting a VSAN 307

Changing the VLAN ID for the FCoE VLAN for a Storage VSAN 308

Enabling Fibre Channel Uplink Trunking 309

Disabling Fibre Channel Uplink Trunking 309

C H A P T E R 2 4 Configuring SAN Pin Groups 311

SAN Pin Groups 311

Creating a SAN Pin Group 311

Deleting a SAN Pin Group 312

C H A P T E R 2 5 Configuring WWN Pools 313

WWN Pools 313

Configuring WWNN Pools 314

Creating a WWNN Pool 314

Adding a WWN Block to a WWNN Pool 315

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Deleting a WWN Block from a WWNN Pool 316

Adding a WWNN Initiator to a WWNN Pool 317

Deleting a WWNN Initiator from a WWNN Pool 318

Deleting a WWNN Pool318

Configuring WWPN Pools 319

Creating a WWPN Pool 319

Adding a WWN Block to a WWPN Pool 320

Deleting a WWN Block from a WWPN Pool 321

Adding a WWPN Initiator to a WWPN Pool 321

Deleting a WWPN Initiator from a WWPN Pool 322

Deleting a WWPN Pool 323

Configuring WWxN Pools 323

Creating a WWxN Pool 323

Adding a WWN Block to a WWxN Pool 325

Deleting a WWN Block from a WWxN Pool 325

Deleting a WWxN Pool 326

C H A P T E R 2 6 Configuring Storage-Related Policies 327

Configuring vHBA Templates 327

vHBA Template 327

Creating a vHBA Template 327

Binding a vHBA to a vHBA Template 329

Unbinding a vHBA from a vHBA Template 330

Deleting a vHBA Template 330

Configuring Fibre Channel Adapter Policies 330

Ethernet and Fibre Channel Adapter Policies 330

Creating a Fibre Channel Adapter Policy 331

Deleting a Fibre Channel Adapter Policy 336

Configuring the Default vHBA Behavior Policy 336

Default vNIC and vHBA Behavior Policies 336

Configuring a Default vHBA Behavior Policy 337

Configuring SAN Connectivity Policies 338

LAN and SAN Connectivity Policies 338

Privileges Required for LAN and SAN Connectivity Policies 338

Interactions between Service Profiles and Connectivity Policies 338

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Creating a SAN Connectivity Policy 339

Creating a vHBA for a SAN Connectivity Policy 343

Deleting a vHBA from a SAN Connectivity Policy 346

Creating an Initiator Group for a SAN Connectivity Policy346

Deleting an Initiator Group from a SAN Connectivity Policy 347

Deleting a SAN Connectivity Policy 347

C H A P T E R 2 7 Configuring Fibre Channel Zoning 349

Information About Fibre Channel Zoning 349

Information About Zones 349

Information About Zone Sets 350

Support for Fibre Channel Zoning in Cisco UCS Manager 350

Cisco UCS Manager-Based Fibre Channel Zoning 350

vHBA Initiator Groups 351

Fibre Channel Storage Connection Policy 351

Fibre Channel Active Zone Set Configuration 351

Switch-Based Fibre Channel Zoning 352

Guidelines and recommendations for Cisco UCS Manager-Based Fibre Channel

Zoning 352

Configuring Fibre Channel Zoning in Cisco UCS 352

Creating a VSAN for Fibre Channel Zoning 354

Configuring Fibre Channel Storage Connection Policies 356

Creating a Fibre Channel Storage Connection Policy 356

Deleting a Fibre Channel Storage Connection Policy 357

P A R T V Server Configuration 359

C H A P T E R 2 8 Configuring Server-Related Pools 361

Configuring Server Pools 361

Server Pools 361

Creating a Server Pool 361

Deleting a Server Pool 362

Adding Servers to a Server Pool 363

Removing Servers from a Server Pool 363

Configuring UUID Suffix Pools 363

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UUID Suffix Pools 363

Creating a UUID Suffix Pool 364

Deleting a UUID Suffix Pool 365

Configuring IP Pools365

IP Pools 365

Creating an IP Pool 366

Adding a Block to an IP Pool 367

Deleting a Block from an IP Pool 368

Deleting an IP Pool 368

C H A P T E R 2 9 Setting the Management IP Address 369

Management IP Address 369

Configuring the Management IP Address on a Blade Server 370

Configuring a Blade Server to Use a Static IP Address 370

Configuring a Blade Server to Use the Management IP Pool 370

Configuring the Management IP Address on a Rack Server 371

Configuring a Rack Server to Use a Static IP Address 371

Configuring a Rack Server to Use the Management IP Pool 372

Setting the Management IP Address on a Service Profile 372

Setting the Management IP Address on a Service Profile Template 373

Configuring the Management IP Pool 374

Management IP Pool 374

Creating an IP Address Block in the Management IP Pool 374

Deleting an IP Address Block from the Management IP Pool 375

C H A P T E R 3 0 Configuring Server-Related Policies 377

Configuring BIOS Settings 377

Server BIOS Settings 377

Main BIOS Settings 378

Processor BIOS Settings 379

Intel Directed I/O BIOS Settings 384

RAS Memory BIOS Settings 386

Serial Port BIOS Settings 388

USB BIOS Settings 388

PCI Configuration BIOS Settings 389

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Boot Options BIOS Settings 390

Server Management BIOS Settings 391

BIOS Policy 396

Default BIOS Settings396

Creating a BIOS Policy 397

Modifying the BIOS Defaults 398

Viewing the Actual BIOS Settings for a Server 398

Configuring IPMI Access Profiles 399

IPMI Access Profile 399

Creating an IPMI Access Profile 399

Deleting an IPMI Access Profile 400

Configuring Local Disk Configuration Policies 401

Local Disk Configuration Policy 401

Guidelines for all Local Disk Configuration Policies 401

Guidelines for Local Disk Configuration Policies Configured for RAID 402

Creating a Local Disk Configuration Policy 404

Changing a Local Disk Configuration Policy 407

Deleting a Local Disk Configuration Policy 408

Configuring Scrub Policies 408

Scrub Policy 408

Creating a Scrub Policy 409Deleting a Scrub Policy 410

Configuring Serial over LAN Policies 410

Serial over LAN Policy 410

Creating a Serial over LAN Policy 410

Deleting a Serial over LAN Policy 411

Configuring Server Autoconfiguration Policies 412

Server Autoconfiguration Policy 412

Creating an Autoconfiguration Policy 412

Deleting an Autoconfiguration Policy 413

Configuring Server Discovery Policies 414

Server Discovery Policy 414

Creating a Server Discovery Policy 414

Deleting a Server Discovery Policy 415

Configuring Server Inheritance Policies 415

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Server Inheritance Policy 415

Creating a Server Inheritance Policy 415

Deleting a Server Inheritance Policy 417

Configuring Server Pool Policies417

Server Pool Policy 417

Creating a Server Pool Policy 417

Deleting a Server Pool Policy 418

Configuring Server Pool Policy Qualifications 418

Server Pool Policy Qualifications 418

Creating Server Pool Policy Qualifications 419

Deleting Server Pool Policy Qualifications 424

Deleting Qualifications from Server Pool Policy Qualifications 424

Configuring vNIC/vHBA Placement Policies 424

vNIC/vHBA Placement Policies 424

vCon to Adapter Placement 425

vCon to Adapter Placement for N20-B6620-2 and N20-B6625-2 Blade Servers 426

vCon to Adapter Placement for All Other Supported Servers 426

vNIC/vHBA to vCon Assignment 427

Creating a vNIC/vHBA Placement Policy 429

Deleting a vNIC/vHBA Placement Policy 431

Explicitly Assigning a vNIC to a vCon 431Explicitly Assigning a vHBA to a vCon 433

Placing Static vNICs Before Dynamic vNICs 434

C H A P T E R 3 1 Configuring Server Boot 437

Boot Policy 437

Creating a Boot Policy 438

SAN Boot 439

Configuring a SAN Boot for a Boot Policy 439

iSCSI Boot 441

iSCSI Boot Process 442

iSCSI Boot Guidelines and Prerequisites 442

Enabling MPIO on Windows 444

Configuring iSCSI Boot 444

Creating an iSCSI Adapter Policy 445

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Deleting an iSCSI Adapter Policy 447

Creating an Authentication Profile 447

Deleting an Authentication Profile 448

Creating an iSCSI Initiator IP Pool448

Creating an iSCSI Boot Policy 449

Creating an iSCSI vNIC for a Service Profile 450

Deleting an iSCSI vNIC from a Service Profile 452

Setting iSCSI Boot Parameters 452

Modifying iSCSI Boot Parameters 456

IQN Pools 460

Creating an IQN Pool 460

Adding a Block to an IQN Pool 462

Deleting a Block from an IQN Pool 462

Deleting an IQN Pool 463

LAN Boot 463

Configuring a LAN Boot for a Boot Policy 463

Local Disk Boot 464

Configuring a Local Disk Boot for a Boot Policy 464

Virtual Media Boot 465

Configuring a Virtual Media Boot for a Boot Policy 465

Deleting a Boot Policy 466

C H A P T E R 3 2 Deferring Deployment of Service Profile Updates 467

Deferred Deployment of Service Profiles 467

Deferred Deployment Schedules 468

Maintenance Policy 468

Pending Activities 469

Guidelines and Limitations for Deferred Deployment 469

Configuring Schedules 470

Creating a Schedule 470

Creating a One Time Occurrence for a Schedule 475

Creating a Recurring Occurrence for a Schedule 477

Deleting a One Time Occurrence from a Schedule 480

Deleting a Recurring Occurrence from a Schedule 480

Deleting a Schedule 480

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Configuring Maintenance Policies 481

Creating a Maintenance Policy 481

Deleting a Maintenance Policy 483

Managing Pending Activities483

Viewing Pending Activities 483

Deploying a Service Profile Change Waiting for User Acknowledgement 483

Deploying All Service Profile Changes Waiting for User Acknowledgement 484

Deploying a Scheduled Service Profile Change Immediately 484

Deploying All Scheduled Service Profile Changes Immediately 485

C H A P T E R 3 3 Configuring Service Profiles 487

Service Profiles that Override Server Identity 487

Service Profiles that Inherit Server Identity 488

Service Profile Templates 488

Guidelines and Recommendations for Service Profiles 489

Creating Service Profiles 490

Creating a Service Profile with the Expert Wizard 490

Page 1: Identifying the Service Profile 490

Page 2: Configuring the Networking Options 492

Page 3: Configuring the Storage Options 498

Page 4: Configuring the Fibre Channel Zoning Options 504

Page 5: Setting the vNIC/vHBA Placement 506

Page 6: Setting the Server Boot Order 509

Page 7: Adding the Maintenance Policy 512

Page 8: Specifying the Server Assignment 514

Page 9: Adding Operational Policies 516

Creating a Service Profile that Inherits Server Identity 518

Creating a Hardware Based Service Profile for a Blade Server 522

Creating a Hardware Based Service Profile for a Rack-Mount Server 523

Working with Service Profile Templates 524

Creating a Service Profile Template 524

Page 1: Identifying the Service Profile Template 524

Page 2: Specifying the Networking Options 525

Page 3: Specifying the Storage Options 531

Page 4: Configuring the Fibre Channel Zoning Options 537

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Page 5: Setting the vNIC/vHBA Placement 539

Page 6: Setting the Server Boot Order 542

Page 7: Adding the Maintenance Policy 545

Page 8: Specifying the Server Assignment Options547

Page 9: Adding Operational Policies 549

Creating One or More Service Profiles from a Service Profile Template 551

Creating a Template Based Service Profile for a Blade Server 551

Creating a Template Based Service Profile for a Rack-Mount Server 552

Creating a Service Profile Template from a Service Profile 553

Managing Service Profiles 554

Cloning a Service Profile 554

Associating a Service Profile with a Server or Server Pool 554

Disassociating a Service Profile from a Server or Server Pool 555

Renaming a Service Profile 556

Changing the UUID in a Service Profile 557

Modifying the Boot Order in a Service Profile 558

Creating a vNIC for a Service Profile 561

Deleting a vNIC from a Service Profile 564

Creating a vHBA for a Service Profile 564

Changing the WWPN for a vHBA 567

Clearing Persistent Binding for a vHBA 568Deleting a vHBA from a Service Profile 568

Adding a vHBA Initiator Group to a Service Profile 569

Binding a Service Profile to a Service Profile Template 570

Unbinding a Service Profile from a Service Profile Template 571

Deleting a Service Profile 572

Managing Service Profile Templates 572

Associating a Service Profile Template with a Server Pool 572

Disassociating a Service Profile Template from its Server Pool 573

Changing the UUID in a Service Profile Template 573

Resetting the UUID Assigned to a Service Profile from a Pool in a Service Profile

Template 574

Resetting the MAC Address Assigned to a vNIC from a Pool in a Service Profile

Template 575

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Resetting the WWPN Assigned to a vHBA from a Pool in a Service Profile Template 575

C H A P T E R 3 4 Managing Power in Cisco UCS 577

Power Management in Cisco UCS 577Rack Server Power Management 577

Power Management Precautions 577

Configuring the Power Policy 578

Power Policy 578

Configuring the Power Policy 578

Configuring the Global Cap Policy 578

Global Cap Policy 578

Configuring the Global Cap Policy 579

Configuring Policy-Driven Chassis Group Power Capping 579

Policy-Driven Chassis Group Power Capping 579

Configuring Power Groups 580

Power Groups 580

Creating a Power Group 581

Adding a Chassis to a Power Group 582

Removing a Chassis from a Power Group 583

Deleting a Power Group 583

Configuring Power Control Policies 583

Power Control Policy 583

Creating a Power Control Policy 584

Deleting a Power Control Policy 585

Configuring Manual Blade-Level Power Capping 585

Manual Blade-Level Power Capping 585

Setting the Blade-Level Power Cap for a Server 586

Viewing the Blade-Level Power Cap 587

P A R T V I System Management 589

C H A P T E R 3 5 Managing Time Zones 591

Time Zones 591

Setting the Time Zone 591

Adding an NTP Server 592

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Deleting an NTP Server 592

C H A P T E R 3 6 Managing the Chassis 593

Chassis Management in Cisco UCS Manager GUI 593Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Chassis 593

Acknowledging a Chassis 594

Decommissioning a Chassis 595

Removing a Chassis 595

Recommissioning a Single Chassis 595

Recommissioning Multiple Chassis 596

Renumbering a Chassis 597

Toggling the Locator LED 598

Turning on the Locator LED for a Chassis 598

Turning off the Locator LED for a Chassis 598

Viewing the POST Results for a Chassis 598

C H A P T E R 3 7 Managing Blade Servers 601

Blade Server Management 601

Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Blade Servers 602

Recommendations for Avoiding Unexpected Server Power Changes 602

Booting Blade Servers 603

Booting a Blade Server 603

Booting a Server from the Service Profile 604

Determining the Boot Order of a Blade Server 604

Shutting Down Blade Servers 605

Shutting Down a Blade Server 605

Shutting Down a Server from the Service Profile 605

Resetting a Blade Server 606

Reacknowledging a Blade Server 606

Removing a Server from a Chassis 607

Decommissioning a Blade Server 608

Recommissioning a Blade Server 608

Reacknowledging a Server Slot in a Chassis 609

Removing a Non-Existent Blade Server from the Configuration Database 609

Turning the Locator LED for a Blade Server On and Off 610

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Resetting the CMOS for a Blade Server 610

Resetting the CIMC for a Blade Server 610

Recovering the Corrupt BIOS on a Blade Server 611

Viewing the POST Results for a Blade Server612

Issuing an NMI from a Blade Server 612

C H A P T E R 3 8 Managing Rack-Mount Servers 615

Rack-Mount Server Management 615

Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Rack-Mount Servers 616

Recommendations for Avoiding Unexpected Server Power Changes 616

Booting Rack-Mount Servers 617

Booting a Rack-Mount Server 617

Booting a Server from the Service Profile 618

Determining the Boot Order of a Rack-Mount Server 618

Shutting Down Rack-Mount Servers 619

Shutting Down a Rack-Mount Server 619

Shutting Down a Server from the Service Profile 619

Resetting a Rack-Mount Server 620

Reacknowledging a Rack-Mount Server 620

Decommissioning a Rack-Mount Server 621

Recommissioning a Rack-Mount Server 622

Renumbering a Rack-Mount Server 622

Removing a Non-Existent Rack-Mount Server from the Configuration Database 623

Turning the Locator LED for a Rack-Mount Server On and Off 623

Resetting the CMOS for a Rack-Mount Server 624

Resetting the CIMC for a Rack-Mount Server 624

Recovering the Corrupt BIOS on a Rack-Mount Server 624

Viewing the POST Results for a Rack-Mount Server 625

Issuing an NMI from a Rack-Mount Server 626

C H A P T E R 3 9 Starting the KVM Console 627

KVM Console 627

Virtual KVM Console 628

Starting the KVM Console from a Server 631

Starting the KVM Console from a Service Profile 631

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Starting the KVM Console from the KVM Launch Manager 631

C H A P T E R 4 0 Managing the I/O Modules 633

I/O Module Management in Cisco UCS Manager GUI 633Resetting an I/O Module 633

Viewing the POST Results for an I/O Module 633

C H A P T E R 4 1 Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration 635

Backup and Export Configuration 635

Backup Types 635

Considerations and Recommendations for Backup Operations 636

Scheduled Backups 637

Full State Backup Policy 637

All Configuration Export Policy 637

Import Configuration 638

Import Methods 638

System Restore 638

Required User Role for Backup and Import Operations 638

Configuring Backup Operations 639

Creating a Backup Operation 639

Running a Backup Operation 642

Modifying a Backup Operation 642

Deleting One or More Backup Operations 643

Configuring Scheduled Backups 644

Configuring the Full State Backup Policy 644

Configuring the All Configuration Export Policy 645

Configuring Import Operations 647

Creating an Import Operation 647

Running an Import Operation 649

Modifying an Import Operation 650

Deleting One or More Import Operations 651

Restoring the Configuration for a Fabric Interconnect 651

C H A P T E R 4 2 Recovering a Lost Password 655

Recovering a Lost Password 655

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Password Recovery for the Admin Account 655

Determining the Leadership Role of a Fabric Interconnect 656

Verifying the Firmware Versions on a Fabric Interconnect 656

Recovering the Admin Account Password in a Standalone Configuration656

Recovering the Admin Account Password in a Cluster Configuration 658

P A R T V I I System Monitoring 661

C H A P T E R 4 3 Monitoring Traffic 663

Traffic Monitoring 663

Guidelines and Recommendations for Traffic Monitoring 664

Creating an Ethernet Traffic Monitoring Session 665

Creating a Fibre Channel Traffic Monitoring Session 666

Adding Traffic Sources to a Monitoring Session 667

Activating a Traffic Monitoring Session 667

Deleting a Traffic Monitoring Session 668

C H A P T E R 4 4 Monitoring Hardware 669

Monitoring a Fabric Interconnect 669

Monitoring a Chassis 670

Monitoring a Blade Server 672

Monitoring a Rack-Mount Server 674

Monitoring an I/O Module 676

Monitoring Management Interfaces 677

Management Interfaces Monitoring Policy 677

Configuring the Management Interfaces Monitoring Policy 678

Server Disk Drive Monitoring 680

Support for Disk Drive Monitoring 680

Prerequisites for Disk Drive Monitoring 681

Viewing the Status of a Disk Drive 681

Interpreting the Status of a Monitored Disk Drive 682

C H A P T E R 4 5 Configuring Statistics-Related Policies 685

Configuring Statistics Collection Policies 685

Statistics Collection Policy 685

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Modifying a Statistics Collection Policy 686

Configuring Statistics Threshold Policies 688

Statistics Threshold Policy 688

Creating a Server and Server Component Threshold Policy688

Adding a Threshold Class to an Existing Server and Server Component Threshold

Policy 690

Deleting a Server and Server Component Threshold Policy 691

Adding a Threshold Class to the Uplink Ethernet Port Threshold Policy 692

Adding a Threshold Class to the Ethernet Server Port, Chassis, and Fabric Interconnect

Threshold Policy 693

Adding a Threshold Class to the Fibre Channel Port Threshold Policy 694

C H A P T E R 4 6 Configuring Call Home 697

Call Home 697

Call Home Considerations and Guidelines 699

Cisco UCS Faults and Call Home Severity Levels 700

Cisco Smart Call Home 701

Configuring Call Home 702

Disabling Call Home 705

Enabling Call Home 705

Configuring System Inventory Messages 706

Configuring System Inventory Messages 706

Sending a System Inventory Message 707

Configuring Call Home Profiles 707

Call Home Profiles 707

Call Home Alert Groups 708

Creating a Call Home Profile 708

Deleting a Call Home Profile 711

Configuring Call Home Policies 711

Call Home Policies 711

Configuring a Call Home Policy 711

Disabling a Call Home Policy 712

Enabling a Call Home Policy 713

Deleting a Call Home Policy 713

Example: Configuring Call Home for Smart Call Home 713

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Configuring Smart Call Home 713

Configuring the Default Cisco TAC-1 Profile 715

Configuring System Inventory Messages for Smart Call Home 716

Registering Smart Call Home717

C H A P T E R 4 7 Managing the System Event Log 719

System Event Log 719

Viewing the System Event Log for an Individual Server 720

Viewing the System Event Log for the Servers in a Chassis 720

Configuring the SEL Policy 720

Managing the System Event Log for a Server 722

Copying One or More Entries in the System Event Log 722

Printing the System Event Log 723

Refreshing the System Event Log 723

Manually Backing Up the System Event Log 723

Manually Clearing the System Event Log 723

C H A P T E R 4 8 Configuring Settings for Faults, Events, and Logs 725

Configuring Settings for the Fault Collection Policy 725

Fault Collection Policy 725

Configuring the Fault Collection Policy 726

Configuring Fault Suppression 727

Fault Suppression 727

Viewing Suppressed Faults 729

Configuring Fault Suppression for a Chassis 729

Configuring Fault Suppression Tasks for a Chassis 729

Deleting Fault Suppression Tasks for a Chassis 730

Viewing Fault Suppression Tasks for a Chassis 731

Configuring Fault Suppression for an I/O Module 731

Configuring Fault Suppression Tasks for an IOM 731

Deleting Fault Suppression Tasks for an IOM 732

Viewing Fault Suppression Tasks for an IOM 733

Configuring Fault Suppression for a FEX 734

Configuring Fault Suppression Tasks for a FEX 734

Viewing Fault Suppression Tasks for a FEX 735

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Deleting Fault Suppression Tasks for a FEX 735

Configuring Fault Suppression for a Server 736

Configuring Fault Suppression Tasks for a Blade Server 736

Configuring Fault Suppression Tasks for a Rack Server737

Deleting Fault Suppression Tasks for a Blade Server 738

Deleting Fault Suppression Tasks for a Rack Server 738

Viewing Fault Suppression Tasks for a Blade Server 739

Viewing Fault Suppression Tasks for a Rack Server 739

Configuring Fault Suppression for a Service Profile 739

Configuring Fault Suppression Tasks for a Service Profile 739

Deleting Fault Suppression Tasks for a Service Profile 740

Viewing Fault Suppression Tasks for a Service Profile 741

Configuring Fault Suppression for an Organization 741

Configuring Fault Suppression Tasks for an Organization 741

Deleting Fault Suppression Tasks for an Organization 742

Viewing Fault Suppression Tasks for an Organization 743

Configuring Settings for the Core File Exporter 743

Core File Exporter 743

Configuring the Core File Exporter 743

Disabling the Core File Exporter 744

Configuring the Syslog 745

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Preface

This preface includes the following sections:

Audience, page xxxiii

Conventions, page xxxiii

Related Cisco UCS Documentation, page xxxv

Documentation Feedback, page xxxv

AudienceThis guide is intended primarily for data center administrators with responsibilities and expertise in one or

more of the following:

Server administration

Storage administration

Network administration

Network security

ConventionsIndicationText Type

GUI elements such as tab titles, area names, and field labels appear in this font.

Main titles such as window, dialog box, and wizard titles appear in this font.

GUI elements

Document titles appear in this font.Document titles

In a Text-based User Interface, text the system displays appears in this font.TUI elements

Terminal sessions and information that the system displays appear in this

font.

System output

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IndicationText Type

CLI command keywords appear in this font.

Variables in a CLI command appear in this font.

CLI commands

Elements in square brackets are optional.[ ]

Required alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical

bars.

{x | y | z}

Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical

bars.

[x | y | z]

A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or

the string will include the quotation marks.

string

Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets.< >

Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.[ ]

An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code

indicates a comment line.

!, #

Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the

document.

Note

Means the following information will help you solve a problem . The tips information might not be

troubleshooting or even an action, but could be useful information, similar to a Timesaver.

Tip

Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in equipment

damage or loss of data.

Caution

Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the

paragraph.

Timesaver

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work on any equipment, be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar with

standard practices for preventing accidents. Use the statement number provided at the end of each warningto locate its translation in the translated safety warnings that accompanied this device.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

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Related Cisco UCS Documentation

Documentation Roadmaps

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available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/b-series-doc.

For a complete list of all C-Series documentation, see the Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Documentation Roadmap

available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/c-series-doc .

Other Documentation Resources

An ISO file containing all B and C-Series documents is available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com

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System (UCS) Documentation Roadmap Bundle.

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C H A P T E R 1

New and Changed Information

This chapter includes the following sections:

New and Changed Information for this Release, page 3

New and Changed Information for this Release

The following table provides an overview of the significant changes to this guide for this current release. The

table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to the configuration guides or of the new feature

in this release. For information about new supported hardware in this release, see the Cisco UCS B-Series

Servers Documentation Roadmap available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/

b-series-doc.

Table 1: New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS, Release 2.1(1)

Where DocumentedDescriptionFeatureThis feature is documented in

the Cisco UCS Central

configuration guides and other

documentation.

The Cisco UCS Central

documentation is available at

the following URL: http://

www.cisco.com/en/US/

products/ps12502/products_

installation_and_

configuration_guides_list.html

Provides a global view of an entire data

center through multiple Cisco UCS

Manager sessions. You can use Cisco

UCS Central to manage Cisco UCS

operations for an individual data center

or for multiple data centers. Cisco UCS

Central facilitates operational

management for registered Cisco UCS

domains for firmware management,

catalog management, configuration

backup and restore operations, monitor

log, core files, and faults.

Cisco UCS Central

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Where DocumentedDescriptionFeature

This feature is documented in

Cisco UCS C-Series Server

Integration with Cisco UCS

Manager 2.1.The C-Series integration guides

can be found here: http://

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installation_and_


Enables you to integrate Cisco UCS

C-Series rack servers through a

single-wire management mode, using

Network Controller Sideband Interface(NC-SI).

Integration through double-wire

management is also available in this

release.

Cisco UCS C-Series Server

Integration through Single Wire

Management

Default vNIC Behavior Policy:

Configuring Network-Related

Policies, on page 257

Default vHBA Behavior

Policy: ConfiguringStorage-Related Policies, on

page 327

Enables you to specify how vNICs and

vHBAs are created for a service profile.

You can choose to create vNICS and

vHBAs manually, or you can allow

Cisco UCS Manager to create them

automatically.

Default vNIC and vHBA Behavior

Policies

Fault Suppression, onpage 727Enables you to suppress SNMP trap

and Call Home notifications during

planned maintenance time. You can

create a fault suppression task to

prevent notifications from being sent

whenever a transient fault is raised or

cleared.

Fault Suppression

FCoE Uplink Ports, on page

78

Enables you to configure an Ethernet

port as an FCoE uplink port to carryEthernet traffic and/or Fibre Channel

traffic.

FCoE Uplink Ports

FCoE Port Channels, on page

93

Enables you to group several physical

FCoE ports to create one logical FCoE

channel link to provide fault-tolerance

and high-speed connectivity.

FCoE Port Channels

Configuring Fibre Channel

Zoning, on page 349

Enables you to partition the Fibre

Channel fabric into one or more zones.

Each zone defines the set of Fibre

Channel initiators and Fibre Channel

targets that can communicate with each

other in a VSAN. Zoning also enables

you to set up access control between

hosts and storage devices or user

groups.

Fibre Channel Zoning

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the following configuration

guides:

Cisco UCS B-Series

Firmware GUI

Configuration Guide

Cisco UCS B-Series

Firmware CLI

Configuration Guide

The firmware configuration

guides can be found here: http:/

/www.cisco.com/en/US/


installation_and_


Enables you to upgrade a Cisco UCS

domain to the firmware versions

contained in a single package in the

following two stages: infrastructurefirmware upgrade and server firmware

upgrade.

Firmware Auto Install



guides:

Cisco UCS B-Series

Firmware GUI

Configuration Guide

Cisco UCS B-Series

Firmware CLI

Configuration Guide

The firmware configuration




installation_and_


Enables you to upgrade the

infrastructure firmware in a Cisco UCS

domain to Cisco UCS, Release 2.1 and

leave the server firmware at Cisco

UCS, Release 2.0, allowing you to

avoid disruptive server reboots.

Firmware Cross-Version Support

LAN Connectivity Policies:

Configuring Network-Related


SAN Connectivity Policies:

Configuring Storage-Related


Enables you to configure connectivity

policies that govern the connections

and the network communication

resources between the server and the

LAN or SAN on the network. These

policies enable you to restrict thecreation of LAN and SAN connectivity

to network and storage administrators,

while still allowing employees with the

appropriate privileges to create service

profiles and service profile templates.

LAN and SAN Connectivity

Policies for Service Profile

Configuration


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Multicast Policy, on page 284Enables you to configure Internet

Group Management Protocol (IGMP)

snooping and IGMP querier to

dynamically determine which hosts ina VLAN should be included in

particular multicast transmissions.

Multicast Policy


Privileges in Cisco UCS

available at the following

URL: http://preview.cisco.com/

en/US/products/ps10281/prod_

technical_reference_list.html.

Provides detailed information about

user privileges in Cisco UCS in a

separate reference document.

Privileges documentation

Scheduled Backups, on page

637

Enables you to schedule full state

backups and all configuration exports.

Scheduled backups

Configuring Service ProfilesEnables you to change the name of an

existing service profile.

Service Profile Renaming

Includes discovery and inventory for

PCIe-based flash storage devices in

supported Cisco UCS servers.

Support for discovery of flash I/O

devices

Configuring an Ethernet

Adapter Policy to Enable eNIC

Support for MRQS on Linux

Operating Systems, on page

267

Includes eNIC support for the Multiple

Receive Queue Support (MRQS)

feature on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Version 6.x and SUSE Linux Enterprise

Server Version 11.x.

Support for Multiple Receive

Queue Support (MRQS) on Linux

Provides an expansion of the

information displayed about FSMs,

including expected FSM stage

transitions and current and prior stage

history.

Troubleshooting Enhancements for

Finite State Machine (FSM)

processes

Unified Uplink Ports, on page

81


port and FCoE port on the same

physical port.

Unified Uplink Ports

Unified Uplink Port Channel,

on page 94


port channel and FCoE port channel onthe same ID, to create one logical

unified uplink port channel link to

provide fault-tolerance and high-speed

connectivity.

Unified Uplink Port Channels


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Unified Storage Ports, on page

79

Enables you to configure the same

physical port as an Ethernet storage

interface and FCoE storage interface.

Unified Storage Ports

Configuring Server-Related


Changes the algorithm that Cisco UCS

uses to implicitly assign vNICs and

vHBAs to vCons, and enables you to

explicitly assign a vNIC or vHBA to a

vCon through vNIC/vHBA Placement

Policies.

vCon Assignment and Distribution

VLAN Port Count

Optimization, on page 234

Maps thestate of multiple VLANsinto

a single internal state and logically

groupVLANs basedon the port VLAN

count. This grouping increases the port

VLAN count, compresses the VLAN

state, and reduces the CPU load on thefabric interconnect.

VLAN Port Count Optimization

VLAN Groups, on page 236Groups VLANs on Ethernet ports by

function or by VLANs that belong to a

specific network.

VLAN Groups

VLAN Permissions, on page

238

Restricts access to VLANs based on

specified organizations and restricts the

set of VLANs you can assign to service

profile vNICs.

VLAN Permissions



guides:

Cisco UCS Manager

VM-FEX for Hyper-V

GUI Configuration

Guide

Cisco UCS Manager

VM-FEX for Hyper-V

CLI ConfigurationGuide

The VM-FEX configuration

guides can be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/


installation_and_


Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender

(VM-FEX) for Hyper-V provides

management integration and network

communication between Cisco UCS

Manager and VMware vCenter.

VM-FEX Integration for Hyper-V

SRIOV


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guides:

Cisco UCS Manager

VM-FEX for KVM GUI

Configuration Guide

Cisco UCS Manager

VM-FEX for KVM CLI

Configuration Guide

The VM-FEX configuration




installation_and_


Includes enhancements and significant

improvements to the functionality of

Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender

(VM-FEX) for KVM, which providesexternal switching for virtual machines

running on a KVM Linux-based

hypervisor in a Cisco UCS domain.

VM-FEX Integration for KVM

(Red Hat Linux) SRIOV


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C H A P T E R 2

Overview of Cisco Unified Computing System

This chapter includes the following sections:

About Cisco Unified Computing System , page 9

Unified Fabric, page 10

Server Architecture and Connectivity, page 12

Traffic Management, page 16

Opt-In Features, page 21

Virtualization in Cisco UCS , page 23

About Cisco Unified Computing System

Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) fuses access layer networking and servers. This

high-performance, next-generation server system provides a data center with a high degree of workload agility

and scalability.

The hardware and software components support Cisco's unified fabric, which runs multiple types of data

center traffic over a single converged network adapter.

Architectural Simplification

The simplified architecture of Cisco UCS reduces the number of required devices and centralizes switching

resources. By eliminating switching inside a chassis, network access-layer fragmentation is significantly

reduced.

Cisco UCS implements Cisco unified fabric within racks and groups of racks, supporting Ethernet and Fibre

Channel protocols over 10 Gigabit Cisco Data Center Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) links

This radical simplification reduces the number of switches, cables, adapters, and management points by up

to two-thirds. All devices in a Cisco UCS domain remain under a single management domain, which remains

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High Availability

The management and data plane of Cisco UCS is designed for high availability and redundant access layer

fabric interconnects. In addition, Cisco UCS supports existing high availability and disaster recovery solutions

for the data center, such as data replication and application-level clustering technologies.

Scalability

A single Cisco UCS domain supports multiple chassis and their servers, all of which are administered through

one Cisco UCS Manager. For more detailed information about the scalability, speak to your Cisco representative.

Flexibility

A Cisco UCS domain allows you to quickly align computing resources in the data center with rapidly changing

business requirements. This built-in flexibility is determined by whether you choose to fully implement the

stateless computing feature.

Pools of servers and other system resources can be applied as necessary to respond to workload fluctuations,

support new applications, scale existing software and business services, and accommodate both scheduled

and unscheduled downtime. Server identity can be abstracted into a mobile service profile that can be moved

from server to server with minimal downtime and no need for additional network configuration.

With this level of flexibility, you can quickly and easily scale server capacity without having to change the

server identity or reconfigure the server, LAN, or SAN. During a maintenance window, you can quickly do

the following:

Deploy new servers to meet unexpected workload demand and rebalance resources and traffic.

Shut down an application, such as a database management system, on one server and then boot it up

again on another server with increased I/O capacity and memory resources.

Optimized for Server Virtualization

Cisco UCS has been optimized to implement VM-FEX technology. This technology provides improved

support for server virtualization, including better policy-based configuration and security, conformance witha company's operational model, and accommodation for VMware's VMotion.

Unified Fabric

With unified fabric, multiple types of data center traffic can run over a single Data Center Ethernet (DCE)

network. Instead of having a series of different host bus adapters (HBAs) and network interface cards (NICs)

present in a server, unified fabric uses a single converged network adapter. This type of adapter can carry

LAN and SAN traffic on the same cable.

Cisco UCS uses Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) to carry Fibre Channel and Ethernet traffic on the same

physical Ethernet connection between the fabric interconnect and the server. This connection terminates at a

converged network adapter on the server, and the unified fabric terminates on the uplink ports of the fabricinterconnect. On the core network, the LAN and SAN traffic remains separated. Cisco UCS does not require

that you implement unified fabric across the data center.

The converged network adapter presents an Ethernet interface and Fibre Channel interface to the operating

system. At the server, the operating system is not aware of the FCoE encapsulation because it sees a standard

Fibre Channel HBA.


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At the fabric interconnect, the server-facing Ethernet port receives the Ethernet and Fibre Channel traffic. The

fabric interconnect (using Ethertype to differentiate the frames) separates the two traffic types. Ethernet frames

and Fibre Channel frames are switched to their respective uplink interfaces.

Fibre Channel over EthernetCisco UCS leverages Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standard protocol to deliver Fibre Channel. The

upper Fibre Channel layers are unchanged, so the Fibre Channel operational model is maintained. FCoE

network management and configuration is similar to a native Fibre Channel network.

FCoE encapsulates Fibre Channel traffic over a physical Ethernet link. FCoE is encapsulated over Ethernet

with the use of a dedicated Ethertype, 0x8906, so that FCoE traffic and standard Ethernet traffic can be carried

on the same link. FCoE has been standardized by the ANSI T11 Standards Committee.

Fibre Channel traffic requires a lossless transport layer. Instead of the buffer-to-buffer credit system used by

native Fibre Channel, FCoE depends upon the Ethernet link to implement lossless service.

Ethernet links on the fabric interconnect provide two mechanisms to ensure lossless transport for FCoE traffic

Link-level flow control

Priority flow control

Link-Level Flow Control

IEEE 802.3x link-level flow control allows a congested receiver to signal the endpoint to pause data transmission

for a short time. This link-level flow control pauses all traffic on the link.

The transmit and receive directions are separately configurable. By default, link-level flow control is disabled

for both directions.

On each Ethernet interface, the fabric interconnect can enable either priority flow control or link-level flow

control (but not both).

Priority Flow Control

The priority flow control (PFC) feature applies pause functionality to specific classes of traffic on the Etherne

link. For example, PFC can provide lossless service for the FCoE traffic, and best-effort service for the standard

Ethernet traffic. PFC can provide different levels of service to specific classes of Ethernet traffic (using IEEE

802.1p traffic classes).

PFC decides whether to apply pause based on the IEEE 802.1p CoS value. When the fabric interconnect

enables PFC, it configures the connected adapter to apply the pause functionality to packets with specific CoS

values.

By default, the fabric interconnect negotiates to enable the PFC capability. If the negotiation succeeds, PFC

is enabled and link-level flow control remains disabled (regardless of its configuration settings). If the PFC

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Server Architecture and Connectivity

Overview of Service ProfilesService profiles are the central concept of Cisco UCS. Each service profile serves a specific purpose: ensuring

that the associated server hardware has the configuration required to support the applications it will host.

The service profile maintains configuration information about the server hardware, interfaces, fabric

connectivity, and server and network identity. This information is stored in a format that you can manage

through Cisco UCS Manager. All service profiles are centrally managed and stored in a database on the fabric

interconnect.

Every server must be associated with a service profile.

At any given time, each server can be associated with only one service profile. Similarly, each service

profile can be associated with only one server at a time.

Important

After you associate a service profile with a server, the server is ready to have an operating system and

applications installed, and you can use the service profile to review the configuration of the server. If the

server associated with a service profile fails, the service profile does not automatically fail over to another

server.

When a service profile is disassociated from a server, the identity and connectivity information for the server

is reset to factory defaults.

Network Connectivity through Service Profiles

Each service profile specifies the LAN and SAN network connections for the server through the Cisco UCS

infrastructure and out to the external network. You do not need to manually configure the network connections

for Cisco UCS servers and other components. All network configuration is performed through the service

profile.

When you associate a service profile with a server, the Cisco UCS internal fabric is configured with the

information in the service profile. If the profile was previously associated with a different server, the network

infrastructure reconfigures to support identical network connectivity to the new server.

Configuration through Service Profiles

A service profile can take advantage of resource pools and policies to handle server and connectivity

configuration.

Hardware Components Configured by Service ProfilesWhen a service profile is associated with a server, the following components are configured according to the

data in the profile:

Server, including BIOS and CIMC

Adapters

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You do not need to configure these hardware components directly.

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