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Cisco Scale-Up Solution for SAP HANA with the Cisco C880 M4 Server
Oracle Database Consolidation on FlashStack with VMware
Cisco UCS Server with Intel Xeon Processor E5
Cisco Common Platform Architecture for Big Data
(PDF - 299 KB)
Cisco UCS Director 4.1 on FlexPod Express
Cisco UCS C210 M2 2500 Mailbox Resiliency Microsoft Exchange 2010 Storage Solution
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for SAP HANA
Deploy a High-Performance Standalone Oracle Database Solution
Enterprise Application Solutions with Cisco UCS Servers
(PDF - 2 MB)
FlexPod with VMware vSphere 5.1 and Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
FlexPod for Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Design Guide
Provisioning Oracle Fusion Applications on the Cisco Unified Computing System
SAP Applications with Sybase ASE on Cisco UCS with NetApp Storage
Virtualized SAP: Optimize Performance with Cisco Data Center VM-FEX and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(PDF - 770 KB)
Big Data
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics Solution Overview
(PDF - 107 KB)
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with Transwarp Data Hub Solution Overview
(PDF - 2 MB)
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with Cloudera Enterprise Solution Overview
(PDF - 2 MB)
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with Hortonworks Data Platform Solution Overview
(PDF - 2 MB)
Cisco and SAS Edge-to-Enterprise IoT Analytics Platform
(PDF - 3 MB)
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Analytics with the MapR Converged Data Platform
(PDF - 2 MB)
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data with Optional Tiered Storage Extension
(PDF - 449 KB)
Cisco UCS Common Platform Architecture for Big Data with MapR: Delivering Advanced Performance for Hadoop Workloads
(PDF - 554 KB)
Cisco UCS with StackIQ Solution: Deliver Big Infrastructure for Big Data
Cisco UCS with the Intel Distribution for Apache Hadoop Software
(PDF - 998 KB)
The Critical Role of the Network in Big Data Applications
(PDF - 354 KB)
Business Advantage Delivered
Application Solutions with Cisco UCS
IT Agility Delivered: Cisco Unified Computing System
(PDF - 8 MB)
Cloud
Implement a Hybrid Cloud Strategy with Cisco CloudCenter and FlashStack
Cisco Solution for EMC VSPEX: Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track 3.0 Enterprise Medium M250 (Solution Brief)
(PDF - 272 KB)
Cisco UCS and EMC® VNX™ 5300 with Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track 2.0
Flexpod with Microsoft Private Cloud v3 Design Guide
Database
Cisco Reference Configurations for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Fast Track Data Warehouse 4.0 with EMC VNX5500 Series Storage Systems
(PDF - 1 MB)
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Failover Cluster on Bare-Metal Microsoft Windows 2008 with Cisco UCS iSCSI-Based Storage Access: Deployment Guide
Migrating a Mission Critical 40 TB Oracle E-Business Suite from HP Superdomes to Cisco Unified Computing System
SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance on the Cisco Unified Computing System
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
SAP System Build and Landscape Management Activities
(PDF - 2 MB)
Management
FlashStack Virtual Server Infrastructure Deployment Guide: Cisco PowerTool Addendum
Integrate Puppet Enterprise and Razor and Cisco Unified Computing System Whitepaper
Altiris Preboot Image Driver Injection: Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Firmware Release 1.4.6
Altiris Scripted OS Deployment: Microsoft Windows 2008 and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Firmware Release 1.4.6
Altiris Scripted OS Deployment: Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Firmware Release 1.4.6
Cisco FlexFlash: Use and Manage Cisco Flexible Flash Internal SD Card for Cisco UCS C-Series Standalone Rack Servers
(PDF - 2 MB)
Cisco UCS Blades Deploy 47% Faster with 67% Fewer Steps vs. HP blades
(PDF - 953 KB)
Cisco UCS Manager Configuration Common Practices and Quick-Start Guide
OS Deployment on Standalone Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers with Microsoft Windows Deployment Services
Understanding Cisco Unified Computing System Service Profiles
(PDF - 714 KB)
Use Cisco UCS Connectivity Policies to Achieve Strict Administrative Role Delineation
Networking
Achieve Optimal Network Throughput on the Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server
Cisco Data Center Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) Versus VMware vSwitch
Oracle E-Business Suite R12 on Cisco UCS with EMC VNX 5500
Cisco Unified Computing System Ethernet Switching Modes
Cisco Unified Computing System with Microsoft Hyper-V Recommended Practices
(PDF - 503 KB)
Cisco VM-FEX Best Practices for VMware ESX Environment Deployment Guide
Cisco VM-FEX Using VMware ESX Environment Troubleshooting Guide
Configure Cisco UCS Organization-Aware VLANs to Restrict Network Access
Deploy Layer 2 Disjoint Networks Upstream in End Host Mode
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 5.1
Implementing VMware vSphere 5 Auto Deploy on the Cisco Unified Computing System
Improve Network Throughput by 38 Percent with the Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card
Midmarket Architecture: Cisco UCS with the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch
(PDF - 3 MB)
Networking Performance on RHEL with Cisco UCS 1240 & 1280 Virtual Interface Card (VIC)
Performance
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server Disk I/O Characterization
Cisco C240 M4 Rack Server Disk I/O Characterization
Dell PowerEdge FX2: Beware of the Density Paradox
(PDF - 795 KB)
Oracle E-Business Suite Performance on Cisco Unified Computing System
Performance Benchmark Testing of Oracle JD Edwards on Cisco Unified Computing System
Using SPEC CPU2006 Benchmark Results to Compare the Compute Performance of Servers
(PDF - 497 KB)
Power
Data Center Power and Cooling White Paper
Cisco UCS C-Series M4 Server Power Management
Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server and HP ProLiant BL460c G6 Server Comparison: Full-Enclosure Power Testing
(PDF - 3 MB)
Cisco vs. HP - Server Power Calculator Accuracy Analysis
(PDF - 767 KB)
Data Center Management: The Key Ingredient for Reducing Server Power
(PDF - 603 KB)
Power Efficiency Comparison: Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis and HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure
Power Management in the Cisco Unified Computing System: An Integrated Approach
Server Virtualization/Consolidation
Cisco Virtualization Solution for EMC VSPEX with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V for 50 Virtual Machines (Solution Brief)
(PDF - 252 KB)
Storage
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server and Red Hat Ceph Storage Performance
Cisco UCS Reference Design for Object Storage
Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Server with VMware Virtual SAN 6.0 and Horizon 6
Cisco USC fNIC Turables
(PDF - 1 MB)
Storage Performance on RHEL with Cisco UCS 1240 & 1280 Virtual Interface Card (VIC)
Cisco UCS C-Series I/O Characterization
Design Considerations for High Availability and Scalability in Blade Server Environments
EMC Information Infrastrcture Solutions
(PDF - 1 MB)
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Configure Cisco UCS Rack and Blade Servers with NVIDIA GRID 2.0 for VMware Horizon 7 on VMware vSphere
Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution for EMC VSPEX with Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 for 500 Desktops (Solution Brief)
(PDF - 305 KB)
Cisco Integrated Desktop Virtualization Solution With Tegile Zebi Storage
4 Month Payback - UCS Virtual Desktop TCO
(PDF - 724 KB)
Oracle Database on Cisco UCS C-Series Servers with Fusion-io ioMemory
Cisco Solution for EMC VSPEX for Deployment of Microsoft SharePoint 2013 on Microsoft Fast Track 3.0
Cisco UCS-Mini Solution with StorMagic SvSAN with VMware vSphere 5.5
Cisco Video Surveillance Manager with Cisco UCS
(PDF - 407 KB)
Seven Reasons Why Cisco UCS Is Better for Your Business Than White-Box Servers
(PDF - 688 KB)
Deploy Microsoft SQL Server 2014 on a Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Policy Framework
SimpliVity OmniStack with Cisco UCS Manager Integration
Architectural Comparison: Cisco UCS and the Dell FX2 Platform Whitepaper
(PDF - 4 MB)
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data with IBM BigInsights for Apache Hadoop
(PDF - 335 KB)
Cisco Unified Computing System BIOS Settings
Deploy Large Unstructured Data Storage in a Small Data Center Space: Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Server and Red Hat Gluster Storage 100-TB Solution
SQL Server Consolidation on VMware Using Cisco Unified Computing System
(PDF - 1 MB)
Support for Cisco UCS C220/C240 M3 Rack Servers, Create and Modify RAID Volumes
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with IBM BigInsights
(PDF - 1 MB)
Cisco UCS Scale-Up Solution for SAP HANA - Design and Deploy a SAP HANA Single-Node Solution Based on Standalone Cisco UCS C460 M4 Rack Servers with RHEL 6.7
Cisco UCS Scale-Up Solution for SAP HANA - Design and Deploy a SAP HANA Single-Node Solution Based on Standalone Cisco UCS C460 M4 Rack Servers with SLES 11 SAP SP4
Cisco C880 M4 Server with SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure and Cisco ACI with Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Cisco UCS Scale-Up Solution for SAP HANA-Design and Deploy a SAP HANA Single-Node Solution Based on Standalone Cisco UCS C460 M4 Rack Servers with SLES for SAP 12 SP1
Performance Tuning Guide for Cisco UCS M4 Servers
Best Practices in Deploying Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches on Cisco UCS B and C Series Cisco UCS Manager Servers White Paper
Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Docker Datacenter for Container Management
Cisco UCS Scale-Up Solution for SAP HANA
Cisco Unified Computing System with VMware Horizon 6 with View and Virtual SAN
VMware Virtual SAN with Cisco Unified Computing System Reference Architecture
StorMagic SvSAN on VMware vSphere 6.0 with Cisco UCS C220 M4
(PDF - 3 MB)
Implement a Hybrid Cloud Strategy with Cisco CloudCenter and FlashStack
Altiris Preboot Image Driver Injection: Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Firmware Release 1.4.6
Altiris Scripted OS Deployment: Microsoft Windows 2008 and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Firmware Release 1.4.6
Cisco Data Center Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) Versus VMware vSwitch
VersaStack Solution for Data Protection with IBM Spectrum Protect on Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server
(PDF - 16 MB)
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