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• NSX design with cisco UCS/fabric interconnects and Nexus switches

  Hi Experts

  I am new to NSX design and deployment and working on a project. We deploy NSX for applications of level 4 (web, app, db, DC). I use logic, DLR, ESG and DFW switches. I next we intend to use roads static confusion..

  1. do we cover all the VLAN from the virtual to the physical environment? for example mgmt VLAN, level vlans(web,app,db), vxlan transport vlan or it should be only a VLAN specific?  which means would be I have set all the VLANS in environment NSX in my physical switching environment?

  2 vds? don't we create not only 1 vds initially during the deployment of vcenter or more? Should we take any special consideration while deploying to the deployment of the NSX?

  3 static routes - we configure static routes on the DLR and the GSS? Should I use the default routes upstream? on the physical router should we be routing all subnets from virtual environment to the GSS.

  4. where and who should create virtual machines? Via vCenter or before the deployment of the nsx NSX?

  5. we have a level of domain controller. Should it be part of 3 or separate applications with allow any any rule on DFW?

  Thank you

  Sam

  (1) the VLANs which exist for physical Machines span the logical switch VXLAN NSX in the following cases:

  • If the current deployment there are physical Machines in the same Vlan and subnet IP with Virtual Machines. If this common Port Vlan group is migrated to a switch logic VXLAN Backed port group and not possible to change the IP addresses of the virtual machines, and then a bridge DLR (Distributed logical router) works as the conversion between Vlan physical and virtual VXLAN
  • If Conversion of P-to-V of the physical Machines continue on this Vlan

  VLAN which cover only the virtual machines or virtual local networks which cover only physical Machines must not be delayed.

  (2) for the deployment of the NSX, there may be more than 1 dVS or only 1 vDS according to the design. There may be another type of traffic other VXLAN base of virtual machines such as backup, storage, VMotion and the overall design, management, best practices apply here as well.  A requirement of the NSX is a common VDS that spans the entire Cluster. For each Cluster, this "common VDS' may be different. Yet once this VDS maybe a separate VDS dedicated VTEP or VTEP features functionality can be added to the existing VDS. It may be best to separate the VTEP vDS.

  (3) for the DLR, a default gateway is usually sufficient. If static routes are used, the GSS must then drive by default upstream and the static routes with the next hop of the DLR downstream for the subnets in the subnets IP VM logical switch. On the physical router static route to the VM, but also DLR - ESG logical subnets Subnet switch is required. Management of static routes is easier if route summarization is possible, or if necessary, close to the IP subnets, so it may be a good idea to use the dynamic routing such as Ospf or BGP protocol. There are also features of IP address management in Vrealize and other IPAM solutions if Automation is necessary for large and dynamic environments.

  (4) NSX has no functionality in the creation of the VM, it only creates Services network such as switches, routers, Firewalls, Load Balancing. The creation of the part VM continiues the same way as before. A point to note is maybe the logic is created appear as VXLAN named port groups on the VDS. NSX Manager creates groups of ports on the VDS, the only difference is that the name includes VXLAN. The virtual machine is like before added to this group of VXLAN Backed Port settings, or added to the logical switch from NSX Manager interface that appears again as a Plugin for VCenter. VCENTER is so point to create virtual machines and add these VMs to the logic is.

  (5) level of domain controller can be a separate layer, or other third party, may be preferable to upgrade separated except 3 applications. Usually, it's the same design without NSX. dFW rules can help protect the domain controller with allowing only ports of the virtual machine or physical Machines being admitted. dFW rules can apply to VXLAN based logical switches NSX so that VLAN based DVS Port groups because it's the kernel module.

• How can Cisco ucs c220 m4 I start with 12g cisco sas controller? 2012 UEFI Server installation issues

  first time with cisco ucs c220 m4, check my photos

  You have a VD 11TB.

  Only way to start on this is by using UEFI.

  You need to activate UEFI in the boot order.

  Anything over 2 TB and more 4 K sector size readers require the UEFI boot option.

  BIOS will not process the VDs when manages UEFI.

  Kirk...

  Summary for those who seek a similar question:

  • Client a large VD created, 11TB
  • 2 TB and more, 4K sector drives, require boot UEFI + GPT, cannot use the legacy/MBR
  • To set startup to local HD option, that referenced the PCI-E Slot, the raid controller was in (HBA slot in this case)
  • UEFI mode, can't score a VD as "bootable disk / startup.
  • You will see not the VD/raid controller appear in the 'real' boot order during the OS install.
  • Once the installation of the OS compatible UEFI is made, it will create a UEFI boot to the operating system "Windows Boot Manager" entry in our case.
  • After the next reboot, if you check your boot order, you should see this UEFI OS boot manager entry.

• Reserved Vlan ID in Cisco UCS

  I understand that to be true with Cisco UCS platform:

  "you cannot create a VLAN with ID from 3968 to 4047. This VLAN ID range is reserved. »

  I have a private network 172.16.x.x North on my network is in the vlan what ID 4001, I wanted to present this southbound on NGC.  Maybe it's a stupid question but the only way to be arounf to change the Vlan ID to the one who is sitting in the pool of UCS Vlan IDS that are allowed?

  Yes, unfortunately

• Cisco UCS model to match Dell R900

  I am trying to replace existing Dell R900 (1 TB of disk space, RAM 24GO and 2 Quad core CPU) with Cisco UCS but don't know which model I should go with.  any response will be appreciated!

  It seems that the Dell R900 is a server in a rack, so if you are looking for something similar, you can try the C460-M4:

  Features at a glance

  • Four chassis rack unit (4RU)
  • 2 or 4 processor Intel® Xeon® E7-4800 v2 or product E7-8800 family processors v2
  • Up to 6 terabytes (to)^* memory (DDR3) 3 double-flow in 96 locations of memory online double (DIMM)
  • Up to 12 small Form Factor (SFF) hot-pluggable SAS/SATA/SSD drives readers
  • 10 slots PCI Express (PCIe) Gen 3 supporting the Interface Cards virtual Cisco UCS and the third-party adapters and GPU
  • Two ports Gigabit Ethernet LAN on motherboard (LOM)
  • Two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
  • A dedicated to out-of-band (OOB) management port

  ^* With 96 x 64 GB DIMMS when available.

  http://www.Cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/UCS-C460...

  I hope this helps.

  Let me know if you have any questions, if no, please check the question as answered.

  -Kenny

• Service profile of the CISCO UCS for ESXi

  Do you need multiple boot LUN on the storage array for each host that you want to apply the service profile to? I'm just confused, let's say I have 12 blades that I want to designate as boot SAN for ESXi, y aura-t 12 profiles of separate service for each of them, and will need me 12 different LUNS on our storage? I am new to this and I just want to make it as clean as possible! Any help is appreciated.

  Hi Justin,

  You can have the same LUN ID for multiple service profiles, as well as the same target ID. However, your initiators will be different and you will need to configure the zoning on your switch upstream if you use the end host mode.

  Here is a good guide, review the basics and how to put in place.

  http://jeffsaidso.com/2010/11/boot-from-San-101-with-Cisco-UCS/

  Also here is an excellent guide to troubleshooting;

  http://www.Cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/servers-unified-computing/UCS-...

  Kind regards

• Cisco UCS B200 M4Compatible with 2100 FEX in UCS 5108 chassis & FI 6100?

  Hello

  The blade server Cisco UCS B200 M4 is compatible with FEX 2100 within a Cisco UCS 5108 chassis & Cisco UCS 6100 fabric of interconnection?

  The interop tool said clearly for the B200-M4:

  http://www.Cisco.com/Web/TechDoc/UCS/interoperability/matrix/matrix.html

  Note 14: The 2104XP fabric Extender is not compatible when the 1240 and 1280 or 1240 and VIC Port Expander are combined on the same blade. Applies to the M3 and M3 B200 as well as B420 B22 with 1240 and the 2 adapter connector populated

  or for the VIC 1340

  Note 38: 6100 series fabric interconnects and 2100 series fabric Extender is not supported

• Cisco ucs with VMware 5 auto deploy

  Hello

  In our lab, I test with 5 VMware and Cisco UCS. We run UCSM 2.0 (1 m). I am now to test the auto hand deploy. I have auto configuration to deploy in VMware and it works (first of all, I had some problems with DHCP on windows which is solved in version 2.0 of UCSM (q)). vSphere gets deployed to the blade. When the blade (vShpere) wants to connect to vCenter I get an error of vCenter has enough licesing for this action. I loaded a lot of low-income VMware. When I create a virtual machine, it starts perfectly and apears in vCenter.

  I search on the internet for people who have the problem of the simailer, but could not find.

  Some body the same problem our help me?

  Thanks in advance,

  Robin

  Robin,

  This looks more like a VC related question (UCS) platform.  UCS has no effect on the functionality of licenses of the VC.

  If the host does not connect to the CR, how are you VMs to "start perfectly and appear in vCenter?

  Kind regards

  Robert

• Big problem with installing ESXi 5.5 on Cisco UCS M200 B3

  Hello

  I have a problem with installing esxi 5.5 on SDcard mounted in Cisco UCS B200 m3.

  ESXi Show map SD but when to start partitioning I question (attachment).

  If I install ESXi on HDD I don't see SDcard (even from the console).

  Thanks for any help

  h

  Marcel

  Hello

  Thanks for the reply but SDcard are clear. map of are new directly from Cisco.

  The good news is that I found a solution. I install the old version of ESXi (5.5 U1) and everything works fine

  Concerning

• Cisco UCS M81KR adapter is compatible with vSphere 5.5?

  Hello

  I can't find Cisco UCS M81KR adapter in the list of vSphere features 5.5 compatible hw. We vSphere 5.0 running on Cisco UCS B200 M2 blade with M81KR and are planning to upgrade to vSphere 5.5.

  Advice and suggestions will be greatly appreciated...

  Thank you!

  Hello

  It is supported by VMware HCL

  http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&productid=10472&deviceCategory=io&keyword=m81&vioSolutions=Standard - IO devices & page = 1 & display_interval = 10 & sortColumn = partner & sortOrder = Asc

  Kind regards.

  Fred

• Cisco UCS C210 M2: PXE - E61: Media test failure, check cable of

  Hello

  I'm working on Cisco UCS C210 M2 servers. I got 10 146 GB SAS HD with LSI MegaRAID Raid Controller. I did run the Raid Controller and choose RAID6. After that I installed ESXi and it said to reboot the server. Now, when I restart the server I get the following error message:

  PXE - E61: Media test failure, check cable of

  PXE - M0F: Exit Boradcom PXE ROM

  Restart, and then select proper boot service

  or Insert Boot Media in some boot device and press a key

  Any suggestions how I can solve this problem.

  Thank you.

  You will need to go into the Bios of the controller LSI MegaRaid (Ctrl + H) and select the option of virtual drives on the left. When the virtual command window opens, you must select the drive (Raid Volume) on which you want your drive master boot and underneath there will be an option to set as your boot device. Apply and save.

• Connection Cisco UCS 6120 FI directly to Cisco Catalyst 6500?

  I watch a lot of design with the Cisco UCS solution guide and everywhere it is Cisco Nexus 5000/7000 connects to the uplink ports of Cisco UCS 6120 FI with the benefits of technology to the vPC.

  How about connect Cisco UCS 6120 FI directly to 10GE ports in Cisco Catalyst 6500 (without VSS and VSS)? It is possible to design?

  If I use C6500VSS there will be port-channel of the aggregation of the UCS Nx10GE all the bandwidth?

  And what happens if I use C6500 (without VSS) - how it will be on the many links between UCS and two boxes C6500? It will be blocked by STP? A little on the other?

  Please explain to me, because we have only C6500 switches in our data center and want to test a Cisco UCS schassis.

  Yes, you can connect the 6120 s to cat6500s with or without vs. With VSS, you get a vPC as port channel where 2 links to a single 6120 can be connected to different 2 6500 s in a port LACP-channel.

  VSS is not necessary, you can connect a 10 G uplinks / 1 G of 1 or more of a 6120 at cat6500s. I you have 2 cat6500s (non - vss) and 2 uplinks by 6120, then you want to connect 1 cat6500-1 and the other to cat6500-2. I would recommend going ahead and creating a single port-channel port so that you can easily add the uplinks in the furture without interruption of service.

  Ideally, for non - vss, I would have 4 10 uplinks by 6120; 2 in a channel port cat6500-1 and 2 in a port in cat6500-2 channel

• CISCO UCS C200 M2 amber display clear on mem and warning

  Hello

  My company bought 5 units of CISCO UCS C200 M2. The servers are equipped with 2 x 6 core 2.67 GHz. The server was also equipped with 32 GB of ram. One of the shows Server alert light yellow on mem and warning on the front panel. Can someone tell what could possibly cause this problem?

  Thank you

  Logan

  Hi Steve,.

  There could be a faulty MEMORY Strip on the system, in the MMIC, you can check the logs SALT (System event log) that will provide you with more details.

  I give advice you open a TAC case for this, we can take a look at the tech show and understand why accurate and if necessary replace the defective DIMM module / part (if defective).

  Thank you!

  . / Afonso

• VNX 5300 file shared storage - connect to Cisco UCS 6200 interconnection fabric

  Hello

  I'm designing a calculation and Shared Storage solution to help

  • EMC VNX 5300 shared storage
    • Block
    • File - sharing two Data Mover with i/o 10GE ports
  • Cisco UCS Blade Server Platform
    • Interconnection of Cisco UCS 6248 fabric
    • Chassis Cisco UCS 5108

  I have a question about where the connection Data movers with i/o 10GE ports. I connected to the 6248 UCS Cisco fabric interconnections or connect them to the switch IP network?

  kind is ok.

• Dell TL4000 Tape Library on Cisco UCS 6120

  Hello

  We have Cisco UCS 5108 2 6120XP fabric of interconnection. We are running VMware on my Cisco blades. I have I need to connect my Dell TL 4000 LTO3 tape library this Cisco UCS so that I can configure a virtual machine with the EMC Networker software for backup of virtual machine data. When I connect the Cisco UCS library, it does not recoginize as tape drive.

  Please suggest how to set up the same.

  Thank you

  Amit,

  We do not support direct damage attach FC tape library to the FI currently.

  It may be a CF or CF storage end switch.

  . / Afonso