- Preface
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- Configuring the Fabric Interconnects
- Configuring Ports and Port Channels
- Configuring Communication Services
- Configuring Authentication
- Configuring Organizations
- Configuring Role-Based Access Control
- Managing Firmware
- Configuring DNS Servers
- Configuring System-Related Policies
- Managing Licenses
- Managing Virtual Interfaces
- Index
New and Changed Information
This chapter includes the following sections:
New and Changed Information for this Release
The following table provides an overview of the significant changes to this guide for this current release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to the configuration guides or of the new features in this release. For information about new supported hardware in this release, see the Cisco UCS B-Series Servers Documentation Roadmap available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/b-series-doc.
| Feature |
Description |
Where Documented |
|---|---|---|
Cipher Suite |
Adds support for Cipher Suite in HTTPS configuration. |
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Web Session Refresh |
Enables you to configure the web session refresh period and timeout for authentication domains. |
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BIOS Settings |
Adds support for new BIOS settings that can be included in BIOS policies and configured from Cisco UCS Manager. |
|
Overview of enabling MPIO |
High level information added for how to enable MPIO with iSCSI boot. |
| Feature |
Description |
Where Documented |
|---|---|---|
IQN Pools |
Adds support for IQN pools in Cisco UCS domains configured for iSCSI boot. |
|
Adapter Port Channels |
Enables you to group all the physical links from a Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) to an I/O Module into one logical link. (Requires supported hardware.) |
|
Unified Port Support for 6296 Fabric Interconnect |
Enables you to use the Configure Unified Ports wizard to configure ports on a 6296 fabric interconnect. |
|
Renumbering for Rack-Mount Servers |
Enables you to renumber an integrated rack-mount server. |
|
Changes to Behavior for Power State Synchronization |
Adds information and a caution about power state synchronization, including use of the physical power button or the reset feature on a blade server or an integrated rack-mount server. |
|
BIOS Settings |
Adds support for new BIOS settings that can be included in BIOS policies and configured from Cisco UCS Manager. |
| Feature |
Description |
Where Documented |
|---|---|---|
Disk Drive Monitoring Support |
Support for disk drive monitoring on certain blade servers and a specific LSI storage controller firmware level. |
|
Fabric Port Channels |
Enables you to group several of the physical links from a IOM to a fabric interconnect into one logical link for redundancy and bandwidth sharing. (Requires supported hardware.) |
|
Firmware Bundle Option |
Enables you to select a bundle instead of a version when updating firmware using the Cisco UCS Manager GUI. |
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iSCSI Boot |
iSCSI boot enables a server to boot its operating system from an iSCSI target machine located remotely over a network. |
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Licensing |
Updated information for new UCS hardware. |
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Pre-login Banner |
Displays user-defined banner text prior to login when a user logs into Cisco UCS Manager using the GUI or CLI. |
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Unified Ports |
Unified ports are ports on the 6200 series fabric interconnect that can be configured to carry either Ethernet or Fibre Channel traffic. |
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| Upstream Disjoint Layer-2 Networks |
Enables you to configure Cisco UCS to communicate with upstream disjoint layer-2 networks. |
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| Virtual Interfaces |
The number of vNICs and vHBAs configurable for a service profile is determined by adapter capability and the amount of virtual interface (VIF) namespace available on the adapter. |
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Virtual Interface Card Drivers |
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) drivers facilitate communication between supported operating systems and Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards (VICs). |
This feature is now documented in the following installation guides:
The VIC driver installation guides can be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/prod_installation_guides_list.html |
VM-FEX Integration for VMware |
Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) for VMware provides management integration and network communication between Cisco UCS Manager and VMware vCenter. In previous releases, this functionality was known as VN-Link in Hardware. |
This feature is now documented in the following configuration guides:
The VM-FEX configuration guides can be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html |
VM-FEX Integration for KVM (Red Hat Linux) |
Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) for VMware provides external switching for virtual machines running on a KVM Linux-based hypervisor in a Cisco UCS domain. |
This feature is documented in the following configuration guides:
The VM-FEX configuration guides can be found here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html |
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