I ran into an extremely annoying problem today while setting up a new UCS B series infrastructure cluster for a client where a newly configured 6120 would get stuck in an election progress and seemingly never promotes itself to become the primary fabric interconnect even
The following was probably one of the most annoying errors I’ve ever come across while trying update the firmware on a Cisco UCS 6120XP fabric interconnect. What basically happened was that the fabric interconnects we got were at firmware version 1.3 and because we were
It’s been awhile since I’ve written a post about updating Cisco UCS B Series Infrastructure firmware and while preparing to upgrade the firmware for a client I’m working with, I noticed that the last post I wrote was: Updating Cisco UCS firmware from 1.3(1c) to
For those who have come across my previous post about installing the Nexus 1000v: Installing Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.0.4.SV1.3b VSM on vCenter 4.1 https://blog.terenceluk.com/2010/11/installing-cisco-nexus-1000v-404sv13b.html … I noticed a nice change for the installer in the latest version: 4.2.1.SV1.4 (might have already existed in the earlier
For those who are not familiar with Cisco UCS Manager, note that in order to launch the manager, you need to have Java installed on the workstation, laptop or server you’re trying to access it from. This means that if you try to access the
I received a call from a colleague today asking me to look at a problem he had with accessing the KVM Console of a new Cisco UCS B series deployment we’re currently a part of. The following illustrates what happens: He makes an attempt to
Another interesting problem I encountered following my previous post about KVM Console access: “Connection failed.” message is displayed while trying to access UCS B Series KVM Console through 6100 series Fabric Interconnect https://blog.terenceluk.com/2011/02/connection-failed-message-is-displayed.html Was when one of my colleagues tried to access a UCS B
Watching this video gives me a great sense of satisfaction knowing that I was a part the first Cisco UCS SMT project in Canada. Many thanks goes to my datacenter practice lead Greg Walker who gave me the opportunity to design and implement the UCS
During the first few Cisco UCS B Series deployments I was a part of, there was always this problem that I would run into that I knew what I needed to do to get around it but never really found out the reason why. Fast
As mentioned in my previous post about updating Cisco UCS C-Series server’s firmware with Cisco UCS Server Configuration Utility, as an alternative, you can also use another package named: Server Standalone Host Utilities to update the firmware for the BIOS, CIMC and LOM. To start
