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What is the purpose of the Cisco UCS Manager?
Cisco UCS Manager centralizes the management of resources and devices, rather than using multiple management points. This centralized management includes management of the following devices in a Cisco UCS domain: Fabric interconnects. Software switches for virtual servers.
How does Cisco UCS work?
With Cisco UCS, servers are connected to the Fabric Interconnect, then the Fabric Interconnect is connected to the network switches. The Cisco Fabric Interconnect is ALWAYS deployed in pairs, and each server or blade chassis is connected to both Fabric Interconnects to protect against Fabric Interconnect failure.
What is a key benefit of Cisco UCS?
While the servers compared are based on similar specs, the Cisco UCS provides a lower hardware cost by deploying simplified intra-chassis switching for blades and minimizing the number of adapters and ports required for rack servers.
What is an ACI fabric?
A fabric is a fancy term for how the computing, network, and software components of a data center are laid out.
What is Fex module?
FEX Technology enables a consistent enforcement of policies across the fabric and providing a single point of management from the parent switches, Cisco Nexus 5000, Nexus 6000 or Nexus 7000 switch. Architectural flexibility FEX Technology enables support for multiple architectures be it physical, virtual or cloud.
What is Cisco workload optimization manager?
CWOM is intelligent application resource management software that delivers visibility and provides insights into your infrastructure—its realities and interdependencies—along with AI-powered, real-time analytics providing resource actions, and automation to implement these actions.
What are the different kinds of UCS servers available?
The computing component of the UCS is available in two versions: the B-series (a powered chassis and full and/or half slot blade servers), and the C-series for 19-inch racks (that can be used with fabric interconnects).
What is a capability of Cisco UCS Director?
Cisco UCS Director accelerates application deployment with the capability to design, configure, and deploy application-aware infrastructure containers.
What is Cisco Hyperconverged?
HyperFlex systems combine software-defined storage and data services software with Cisco UCS (unified computing system), a converged infrastructure system that integrates computing, networking and storage resources to increase efficiency and enable centralized management.
What is the I/O module for the Cisco UCS 5108 blade server chassis?
It is a second-generation I/O module (IOM) that shares the same form factor with the first-generation Cisco UCS 2100 Series Fabric Extenders IOM and is backward-compatible with the shipping Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis.
How many Ethernet ports does a UCS 2204xp have?
Cisco UCS 2204XP Fabric Extender The Cisco UCS 2204XP Fabric Extender (Figure 4) has four 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE-capable, SFP+ ports that connect the blade chassis to the fabric interconnect. Each Cisco UCS 2204XP has sixteen 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports connected through the midplane to each half-width slot in the chassis.
What is the Cisco UCS 2200 series?
The Cisco UCS 2200 Series extends the I/O fabric between the Cisco UCS 6100 and 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects and the Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis, enabling a lossless and deterministic Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) fabric to connect all blades and chassis together.
How many fabric extenders can a Cisco UCS 5100 Series support?
Each Cisco UCS 5100 Series chassis can support up to two fabric extenders, allowing increased capacity and redundancy (Figure 2). Figure 2. Rear of Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis with Two Cisco UCS 2208XP Fabric Extenders Inserted