Tag Archives: Cisco

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

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Colin Lynch

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 Colin Lynch

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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Monitoring Cisco UCS

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Colin Lynch

I am sure I’m opening up a huge can of worms with this post, but all those who know me, will know that I am never one to shy away from controversy or from encouraging debate. In my role as … Continue reading →

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UCS Manager 2.1

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Colin Lynch

As you may be aware a major UCS Manager update has been in development for the past 12 Months or so, I have been keeping a keen eye on this as there are several aspects to the new release which … Continue reading →

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HA with UCSM Integrated Rack Mounts

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Colin Lynch

Hi All One of the founding members of the Cisco UCS Avengers , Fabricio Grimaldi (who also happens to be the Cat who first introduced me to Cisco UCS) came up with a great question. “How does HA (Split Brain … Continue reading →

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UCS Central Announced

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Colin Lynch

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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Cisco UCS Traffic Separation

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Colin Lynch

Most of my blog posts derive not from what I think you ought to know about Cisco UCS although some certainly do, but generally from customer questions about the technology, and if one customer is asking a particular question then … Continue reading →

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Cisco UCS Active Directory Integration

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Colin Lynch

Last week on Twitter I asked for the topics people would most like to see covered on my blog, and the winner was Cisco UCS and LDAP / AD Intergration so here it is: As a side note I also … Continue reading →

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Understanding UCS VIF Paths

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Colin Lynch

In the UCS world where a virtual NIC on a virtual server is connected to a virtual port on a virtual switch by a virtual cable, it is not surprising that there can be confusion about what path packets are … Continue reading →

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VM-FEX VMDirectPath Mode Configuration(2/2)

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Colin Lynch
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