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Implementing Cisco UCS Solutions - Second Edition

By : Anuj Modi, Prasenjit Sarkar
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Implementing Cisco UCS Solutions - Second Edition

By: Anuj Modi, Prasenjit Sarkar

Overview of this book

Cisco Unified Computer System (UCS) is a powerful solution for modern data centers and is responsible for increasing efficiency and reducing costs. This hands-on guide will take you through deployment in Cisco UCS. Using real-world examples of configuring and deploying Cisco UCS components, we’ll prepare you for the practical deployments of Cisco UCS data center solutions. If you want to develop and enhance your hands-on skills with Cisco UCS solutions, this book is certainly for you. We start by showing you the Cisco UCS equipment options then introduce Cisco UCS Emulator so you can learn and practice deploying Cisco UCS components. We’ll also introduce you to all the areas of UCS solutions through practical configuration examples. Moving on, you’ll explore the Cisco UCS Manager, which is the centralized management interface for Cisco UCS. Once you get to know UCS Manager, you’ll dive deeper into configuring LAN, SAN, identity pools, resource pools, and service profiles for the servers. You’ll also get hands-on with administration topics including backup, restore, user’s roles, and high availability cluster configuration. Finally, you will learn about virtualized networking, third-party integration tools, and testing failure scenarios. By the end of this book, you’ll know everything you need to know to rapidly grow Cisco UCS deployments in the real world.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Licensing Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect


Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect comes with default port licenses that are factory installed. Additional licenses can be purchased during the initial procurement (these licenses will also be factory installed) or licenses can be purchased later after delivery.

Each Fabric Interconnect provides the following licenses preinstalled:

  • Cisco UCS 6248: 12 unified ports enabled with preinstalled licenses. Expansion modules provide eight licenses, which can be utilized on the expansion module or the main Fabric Interconnect.
  • Cisco UCS 6296: 18 unified ports enabled with preinstalled licenses. Expansion modules provide eight licenses, which can be utilized on the expansion module or the main Fabric Interconnect.
  • Cisco UCS 6332: Eight ports enabled with preinstalled licenses. These eight ports can be broken into 8 x 4 = 32 10 G port licenses to connect with Cisco UCS chassis and upstream switches.
  • Cisco UCS 6332-16UP: 12 ports enabled with preinstalled licenses. Expansion...