Author Archives: ucsguru

About ucsguru

Principal Consultant and Data Center Subject Matter Expert. I do not work or speak for Cisco or any other vendor.

Configuring an L2OUT in Cisco ACI

Posted on July 14, 2017 by ucsguru
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Adding a Bare Metal Rack Mount into a Cisco ACI Fabric

Posted on July 14, 2017 by ucsguru
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Configuring Cisco UCS and VMware with Cisco ACI the Easy Way!

Posted on July 14, 2017 by ucsguru
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Cisco ACI Upgrade Walkthrough

Posted on July 3, 2017 by ucsguru
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My Journey with VMware NSX

Posted on April 18, 2017 by ucsguru

A few times recently I have been asked how I went about expanding my skill set to include software defined networking solutions after being a “traditional networker” for the past 20 years. So here is my story so far. Three … Continue reading →

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Introducing Cisco UCS S-Series

Posted on November 1, 2016 by ucsguru

Today Cisco announced the Cisco UCS S Series line of storage servers. Now the more eagle eyed among you may think that the new Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server looks very much like the Cisco UCS C3260 Rack server (Colusa), … Continue reading →

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Want a Time Machine for your Datacenter?

Posted on June 15, 2016 by ucsguru

What’s that server doing? Like me, you’ve probably been asked that question many times, usually when looking at reclaiming resources, planning migrations or simply enforcing your company’s security policy. And if the answers to the above questions cannot be answered … Continue reading →

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Sizing your Cisco HyperFlex Cluster

Posted on March 24, 2016 by ucsguru

  Update 31st July 2018 Since my post below, Cisco have released a Hyperflex profiler and sizer tool, for more info of where to get it and how to install and use it, refer to the below video by Joost … Continue reading →

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Cisco HyperFlexes its muscles.

Posted on March 1, 2016 by ucsguru

If “Software Defined X” has been the hot topic over the last couple of years then “Hyperconvergence” is certainly set to be one of the hottest topics of 2016, like most buzzwords it’s a very overused term, the word even has “hype” in the … Continue reading →

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Cisco UCS Generation 3 First Look.

Posted on February 2, 2016 by ucsguru

I noticed last week that Cisco have just released the eagerly awaited Cisco UCS 3.1 code “Granada” on CCO. Whenever a major or a minor code drop appears the first thing I always do is read the  Release Notes , to see … Continue reading →

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