Cisco UCS
C-Series Server Integration through Direct Connect
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Enables you to
directly connect
Cisco UCS
C-Series rack servers to the fabric interconnect without using a FEX.
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This feature
is documented in
Cisco UCS
C-Series Server Integration with Cisco UCS Manager 2.2.
The C-Series
integration guides can be found here:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-c-series-rack-mount-ucs-managed-server-software/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html
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Activating
board controller firmware on
Cisco UCS
C-Series M3 Rack Servers
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Cisco UCS
C-Series M3 rack servers have board controller firmware which controls many
server functions such as eUSBs and I/O connectors. You can activate board
controller firmware on these rack servers.
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This feature
is documented in the following configuration guides:
The firmware
configuration guides can be found here:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html
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Firmware
Automatic Synchronization Server policy
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Enables you
to determine when and how firmware versions on recently discovered servers must
be upgraded. With this policy, you can upgrade firmware versions of recently
discovered unassociated servers to match with the firmware version specified in
the default host firmware pack. You can also specify if the firmware upgrade
process should run immediately after the server is discovered or at a later
point in time.
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This feature
is documented in the following configuration guides:
The firmware
configuration guides can be found here:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html
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IPv6
Addressing
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Enables you
to configure the following with IPv6 addresses:
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Access
services
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Fabric
Interconnects
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External
clients
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SNMP
traps
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Certificate requests
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IP pools
and address blocks
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VLAN
groups
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LDAP,
RADIUS, and TACACS+ provider groups
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Blade
and rack server static IPs
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Service
profiles and service profile templates
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Backup
and restore operations
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IPv6 Compliance
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Inband
Management Support
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Enables you to
configure inband addresses, two IPv4 and two IPv6, for each CIMC. Enables you
to configure inband VLAN groups, service profiles and service profile
templates.
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Inband Management Support
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Enhanced
Boot Order
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Enables you
to select either legacy or UEFI boot mode. With UEFI boot mode on
Cisco UCS
M3 blade and rack servers, you can add second-level devices to your boot order,
and enable secure boot.
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Configuring Server Boot
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Local
Storage Monitoring
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Enables you
to monitor status information on local storage that is physically attached to a
blade or rack server. This includes RAID controllers, physical drives and drive
groups, virtual drives, RAID controller batteries (BBU), Transportable Flash
modules (TFM) and super-capacitors, FlexFlash controllers, and SD cards.
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This feature
is documented in the following configuration guides:
The system
monitoring guides can be found here:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html
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Local SD
Card Monitoring and FlexFlash Support
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Enables
support for internal Secure Digital (SD) memory cards. You can enable FlexFlash
in a local disk policy, configure new SD cards in a RAID pair with a FlexFlash
scrub policy, and boot from the HV partition on an SD card.
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FlexFlash Support
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TPM
Inventory
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Enables
monitoring of Trusted Platform Module (TPM), including whether TPM is present,
enabled, or activated.
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This feature
is documented in the following configuration guides:
The system
monitoring guides can be found here:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html
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UDLD Support
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Enables
UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD) that monitors the physical configuration
of the cables and detects when a unidirectional link exists.
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Understanding UDLD
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VMQ
Connection Policy
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Enables you
to configure a VMQ connection policy for a vNIC. VMQ provides improved network
performance to the entire management operating system.
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VMQ Connection Policy
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DIMM
Blacklisting Support
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Monitors
memory test execution messages, and blacklists any DIMMs that encounter memory
errors in the DIMM SPD data. This allows the host to map out any DIMMs that
encounter uncorrectable ECC errors.
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DIMM Blacklisting
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DIMM
Correctable Error Handling
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Enables you
to reset the correctable and uncorrectable memory errors on all the DIMMs in a
server.
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DIMM Correctable Error Handling
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Two-factor
Authentication
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Enables you
to configure more secure access to
Cisco UCS Manager by implementing a password plus token login scheme for RADIUS and
TACACS+ provider groups when coupled with third-party authentication software.
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Two-Factor Authentication
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KVM Direct
Access
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Enables
users to directly access blade and rack servers using a web browser. Only
out-of-band IPv4 management interface addresses are supported for KVM Direct
access.
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KVM Direct Access
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VM-FEX
Integration for Hyper-V SRIOV
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Cisco UCS Manager and Microsoft SCVMM integration extends the VM-FEX technology to the
Microsoft virtualization platform. The architecture allows
Cisco UCS Manager to configure the networking objects that Microsoft SCVMM uses to set
up its networking stacks. Microsoft SCVMM consumes the networking objects that
are created by Cisco UCSM and deploys them on the Microsoft Hyper-V host that
hosts the VMs.
Hyper-V uses
SR-IOV technology to deploy virtual connections. SR-IOV support in Release 2.2
enriches the management plane integration with Microsoft SCVMM and provides a
centralized VM network management for the Hyper-V hosts. The deployment
leverages the SR-IOV technology that is available on the
Cisco UCS VIC adapters and enables the fabric interconnects to be VM-aware.
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This feature
is documented in the following configuration guides:
The VM-FEX
configuration guides can be found here:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html
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