Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide for Cisco UCS Mini,Release 3.0First Published: 2014-07-14

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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 xxxv

Documentation Feedback xxxv

C H A P T E R 1 Overview of Cisco Unified Computing System 1

About Cisco Unified Computing System 1

Unified Fabric 2

Fibre Channel over Ethernet 3

Link-Level Flow Control 3

Priority Flow Control 3

IPv6 Compliance 4

Server Architecture and Connectivity 5

Overview of Service Profiles 5

Network Connectivity through Service Profiles 6

Configuration through Service Profiles 6

Service Profiles that Override Server Identity 7

Service Profiles that Inherit Server Identity 8

Initial and Existing Templates 8

Policies 9

Pools 9

CIMC Inband Management 10

Inband Management Support 11

Traffic Management 11

Oversubscription 11

Oversubscription Considerations 11

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Guidelines for Estimating Oversubscription 12

Pinning 12

Pinning Server Traffic to Server Ports 13

Guidelines for Pinning 13

Quality of Service 13

System Classes 14

Quality of Service Policy 15

Flow Control Policy 15

Opt-In Features 15

Stateless Computing 16

Multitenancy 17

Virtualization in Cisco UCS 18

Overview of Virtualization 18

Overview of Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender 18

Virtualization with Network Interface Cards and Converged Network Adapters 18

Virtualization with a Virtual Interface Card Adapter 19

C H A P T E R 2 Overview of Cisco UCS Manager 21

About Cisco UCS Manager 21

Tasks You Can Perform in Cisco UCS Manager 22

Tasks You Cannot Perform in Cisco UCS Manager 24

Cisco UCS Manager in a High Availability Environment 24

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

Overview of Cisco UCS Manager GUI 25

Fault Summary Area 26

Navigation Pane 26

Toolbar 29

Work Pane 29

Status Bar 30

Table Customization 30

LAN Uplinks Manager 31

Internal Fabric Manager 32

Hybrid Display 32

Logging in to the Cisco UCS Manager GUI through HTTPS 32

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Contents

Logging in to the Cisco UCS Manager GUI through HTTP 33

Logging Out of the Cisco UCS Manager GUI 34

Web Session Limits 34

Setting the Web Session Limit for Cisco UCS Manager 34

Pre-Login Banner 35

Creating the Pre-Login Banner 35

Modifying the Pre-Login Banner 35

Deleting the Pre-Login Banner 36

Cisco UCS Manager GUI Properties 36

Configuring the Cisco UCS Manager GUI Session and Log Properties 36

Configuring Properties for Confirmation Messages 36

Configuring Properties for External Applications 37

Customizing the Appearance of Cisco UCS Manager GUI 37

Determining the Acceptable Range of Values for a Field 37

Determining Where a Policy Is Used 38

Determining Where a Pool Is Used 38

Deleting a Pool, Policy, or Other Object 39

Copying the XML 39

HTML5 GUI for Cisco UCS Manager 39

Overview of Cisco UCS Manager HTML5 GUI 39

Logging in to the Cisco UCS Manager HTML5 GUI through HTTPS 40

Logging in to the Cisco UCS Manager HTML5 GUI through HTTP 41

Logging Out of the Cisco UCS Manager HTML5 GUI 41

Behavior Changes in the HTML5 GUI 42

HTML5 Supported Browsers 42

C H A P T E R 4 Configuring the Fabric Interconnects 45

Initial System Setup 45

Setup Mode 46

System Configuration Type 46

Management Port IP Address 46

Performing an Initial System Setup for a Standalone Configuration 47

Initial System Setup for a Cluster Configuration 49

Performing an Initial System Setup on the First Fabric Interconnect 49

Performing an Initial System Setup on the Second Fabric Interconnect 51

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Contents

Adding Out-of-band IPv4 Addresses to a Fabric Interconnect 53

Enabling a Standalone Fabric Interconnect for Cluster Configuration 53

Ethernet Switching Mode 54

Configuring Ethernet Switching Mode 55

Fibre Channel Switching Mode 56

Configuring Fibre Channel Switching Mode 57

Changing the Properties of the Fabric Interconnects 58

Determining the Leadership Role of a Fabric Interconnect 58

C H A P T E R 5 Configuring Ports and Port Channels 61

Unified Ports on the Fabric Interconnect 62

Port Modes 62

Port Types 62

TCP and UDP Ports 63

Cisco UCS Mini Scalability Ports 65

Configuring Scalability Ports 65

Beacon LEDs for Unified Ports 66

Guidelines for Configuring Unified Ports 66

Cautions and Guidelines for Configuring Unified Uplink Ports and Unified Storage

Ports 66

Effect of Port Mode Changes on Data Traffic 67

Configuring Port Modes for a 6324 Fabric Interconnect 68

Configuring the Beacon LEDs for Unified Ports 68

Server Ports 69

Configuring Server Ports 69

Uplink Ethernet Ports 70

Configuring Uplink Ethernet Ports 70

Changing the Properties of an Uplink Ethernet Port 70

Reconfiguring a Port on a Fabric Interconnect 71

Enabling or Disabling a Port on a Fabric Interconnect 71

Unconfiguring a Port on a Fabric Interconnect 72

Appliance Ports 72

Configuring an Appliance Port 73

Modifying the Properties of an Appliance Port 74

FCoE and Fibre Channel Storage Ports 74

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Contents

Configuring an FCoE Storage Port 74

Restoring an Uplink Fibre Channel Port 75

FC Links Rebalancing 75

Configuring FC Uplink Ports 76

FCoE Uplink Ports 76

Configuring FCoE Uplink Ports 76

Unified Uplink Ports 77

Configuring Unified Uplink Ports 77

Unconfiguring Unified Uplink Port 78

Uplink Ethernet Port Channels 79

Creating an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel 79

Enabling an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel 80

Disabling an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel 80

Adding Ports to and Removing Ports from an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel 80

Deleting an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel 81

Appliance Port Channels 81

Creating an Appliance Port Channel 81

Enabling an Appliance Port Channel 82

Disabling an Appliance Port Channel 82

Adding Ports to and Removing Ports from an Appliance Port Channel 83

Deleting an Appliance Port Channel 83

Creating a Threshold Condition 84

Monitoring a Fabric Port 85

Policy-Based Port Error Handling 85

Configuring Error-Based Action 86

Fibre Chann