Category Archives: General

Cisco Live Barcelona 2018

Posted on February 26, 2018 by ucsguru

In late January I attended Cisco Live Europe in Barcelona, it certainly made a nice change going to a winter Cisco Live without having to bring several layers of clothing. Like most people I’m generally too busy the rest of … Continue reading →

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Why did “Renaming” an unused VLAN bring down my entire production management environment?

Posted on October 27, 2015 by ucsguru

Why did “Renaming” an unused VLAN bring down my entire production Cisco UCS management environment? Continue reading →

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Unification Part 1: The Rise of the Data Centre Admin.

Posted on September 2, 2014 by ucsguru

This is the first of a 2-Part Post: Part one is a non-technical primer. Then in part two we have some fun sorting out your LLDP from your DCBX with sprinkles of ETS, covered in a PFC sauce topped off … Continue reading →

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The King is Dead, Long live the King!

Posted on June 4, 2014 by ucsguru

Huge congratulations to Cisco for achieving number 1 in the x86 blade server market in only 5 Years since launch. According to the latest IDC worldwide quarterly Server Tracker (2014 Q1) Cisco UCS which turned 5 years old this year … Continue reading →

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Cisco UCS Boot From SAN Video Walktrough

Posted on December 31, 2013 by ucsguru

Hi All I’ve been meaning to do this video for ages and finally had some time to do it. The most common questions I tend to get are generally around booting a Cisco UCS Server from the SAN. Now in … Continue reading →

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Under the Cisco UCS Kimono

Posted on December 17, 2013 by ucsguru

If you have ever wanted a sneaky peak under the UCS Kimono (GUI) then this posts for you. The goal of this post is to clarify the end-to-end path from a Cisco UCS vNIC through the UCS Infrastructure to the point … Continue reading →

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Cisco UCS Processor Journey

Posted on October 9, 2013 by ucsguru

While not perhaps the most interesting topic for some, this is a post I have been meaning to do for some time, and the recent Intel E5-2600v2 CPU Additions into the Cisco UCS lineup have kicked my butt into writing … Continue reading →

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Response to the Video “HP OneView + HP BladeSystem: Faster, Simpler, Smarter than Cisco UCS Manager”

Posted on September 27, 2013 by ucsguru

Now I don’t usually involve myself in Vendor hype and “FUD Spreading” including that from Cisco, I understand it’s the world we live in, and my role and value as an independent Consultant is to cut through all that, and … Continue reading →

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20Gb + 20Gb = 10Gb? UCS M3 Blade I/O Explained

Posted on March 13, 2013 by ucsguru

There comes a time, when if I have to answer the same question a certain number of times, I think “this obviously requires a blog post”, so I can just tell the next person who asks to go and read … Continue reading →

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UCS Central Announced

Posted on November 1, 2012 by ucsguru

So it’s finally here, the product we have been anxiously awaiting for over a year since the vague details and whispers of what was known as “Pasadena” began to circulate. If like me you do some very large Cisco UCS … Continue reading →

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