Problem You notice that your IO module in your Cisco UCS B series infrastructure throws the following error message: fabric-unsupported-conn Navigating to the faults tab of your IO module shows the following details: Affected object: sys/chassis-1/slot-2 <— note that this could be any chassis or
I had to update a Cisco UCS B series infrastructure two weeks ago from 1.3 to 1.4 and while going through the usual drill, I was prompted with the following warning message: The firmware of the following components cannot be updated because they are using
One of the projects I was involved in a month ago had several Cisco UCS C460 M1 servers that required a bare metal Windows Server 2008 install so as I began the process of installing the operating system, I also took the opportunity to screenshot
I was asked while ago to look at why a new Cisco UCS B-Series Infrastructure environment was lighting up like a Christmas tree. Eager to look at what the reason why, I logged on and long behold this is what I saw: As shown in
I’m still trying to catch up with the items on my “to blog” list and lately I’ve been asked about configuring Cisco UCS B Series Infrastructure’s UCS Manager to authenticate with Active Directory & LDAP accounts and since I documented the process a few months
It’s been awhile since I’ve had the time to write a blog post as I’m still going through a move from Canada to Bermuda but I recently ran into a small problem that I thought was worth spending a bit of my time after work
I find the following problem to be one of the most common questions I get asked when someone is trying to configure VMware IPMI/iLO Settings for Power Management with Cisco UCS B Series blade servers so while the reason for this error would appear to
I was recently asked whether the management IP address of a Cisco UCS B Series blade change when you disassociate a service profile from it and as much as I have been working with these B Series infrastructure, I didn’t know the answer off the
As I indicated in two of my earlier posts: Installing Cisco Nexus 1000v via ISO https://blog.terenceluk.com/2011/03/installing-cisco-nexus-1000v-via-iso.html Installing Cisco Nexus 1000v via OVF (Not OVA) https://blog.terenceluk.com/2011/03/installing-cisco-nexus-1000v-via-ovf.html … this will be final part of a 3 series blog post demonstrating what installing the Cisco Nexus 1000v via
I received an email from a client who was trying to install Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit on a Cisco UCS B Series B230 blade with the following error message during the install: A problem exists with the .SIF file on the manufacturer-supplied disk: “Illegal
