General UCS Visio Diagram v2 - 6/19/2010
I've updated the Visio document to be a little more generic and cover more UCS situations. This should work well as the basis
for all UCS installations. Fill in the information and take it to Kinko's errr...FedEx Office and have them print you a D-size.
Understanding FC Storage on UCS - 4/26/2010
Want to get the 411 on UCS and FC storage? Here's a great doc that goes over why UCS offers
administrators an easy to implement storage solution. UCS makes setting up FC easy as pie.
VN-Link Configuration in UCS Part 1 - 4/25/2010
VN-Link Configuration in UCS Part 2 - 4/25/2010
VN-Link Configuration in UCS Part 3 - 4/25/2010
VN-Link Configuration in UCS Part 4 - 4/25/2010
Only UCS has the capability to allow VMWare administrators to completely bypass the hypervisor and
let packets be switched in hardware by a real switch. Cisco's Dan Hanson shows you how to do it in a 4-part
video series that has everything you need to know about making this work.
Sal's UCS Site Prep Doc v2 - 4/1/2010
Rolling out UCS? Grab this doc to get prepared. You get this info collected and your UCS will
be installed in less than an hour. I updated the doc to remove references to the numbers
of addresses and things. It's more generic now, and more applicable to every environment.
Aaron Delp's Great Post on VMMark - 3/31/2010
Aaron Delp waxes poetic about Cisco UCS Westmere performance with extended memory and Palo VIC.
Hardware Specs for Exchange - 3/31/2010
This article explains how to do hardware specifications in an Exchange environment.
It's useful when figuring out which processors to use for your UCS deployment.
Nexus 7000 OTV Video - 3/6/2010
The Nexus 7000 switch allows data centers to be connected to each other at L2 allowing the transparent mobility of workloads.
This short video provides a nice overview that's easy to understand.