In Part 1 & Part 2 I provided a high level overview of the UCS components. In this post I’m going to delve deeper into each of these components as well as explain how they connect to one another. When connected correctly, you’ll end up with a fully functional and fully redundant UCS system. That’s right, by fully redundant I mean there is no...
In my previous post I covered Wikipedia’s and my versions of an overview of the UCS platform. For good measure, here are a couple of additional “Overview” information: UCS Overview #2 UCS Overview Video Reference: TechWise: Fundamentals of Cisco’s Unified Computing System, podcast 296 How UCS Differs Reference: YouTube: Cisco UCS Serv...
My NetApp From the Ground Up series of posts have proven to be quite popular. Though I still have quite a lot of posts left to write in that series, I thought I’d start a UCS series as well. As with the aforementioned NetApp series, I’m not going to re-invent the wheel and will instead reference the excellent documentation and information which...
Below is a list of all the posts in the “Cisco UCS From the Ground Up – A Beginner’s Guide” series: Cisco UCS From the Ground Up – A Beginner’s Guide Part 1 Cisco UCS From the Ground Up – A Beginner’s Guide Part 2 Cisco UCS From the Ground Up – A Beginner’s Guide Part 3 Cisco UCS From the Ground Up – A Beginner’s Guide Part 4 Cisco U...
Snap Reserve Overview Reference: NetApp - Understanding Snapshot copy reserve Snapshot copy reserve sets a specific percent of the disk space for storing Snapshot copies. If the Snapshot copies exceed the reserve space, they spill into the active file system and this process is called snapreserveSnapshot spill. The Snapshot copy reserve m...