Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
provides a single touch solution that automates deployment of Big Data
infrastructure and provides a single management pane across both physical
infrastructure and Hadoop software. It supports key Hadoop distributions
including Cloudera, MapR, and Hortonworks.
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
delivers end-to-end automation of Hadoop cluster deployment that allows you to
spin up and expand clusters on-demand. Configuration of the physical
infrastructure, which includes compute, internal storage, network, and
installation of operating system, Java packages, Hadoop along with provisioning
of Hadoop services are handled automatically with minimal user input. This is
achieved through the innovative
Cisco UCS
service profiles wherein both the physical infrastructure and Hadoop
configuration are incorporated into a Hadoop cluster deployment profile.
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
is a self-contained virtual machine that can be imported into, and run within a
VMware vSphere environment.
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
is packaged and delivered to the end-user in the Open Virtualization Format
(OVF) for deployment on VMware vSphere. Depending on the hosting virtualization
platform (For example, VMware vSphere), download and import the appropriate
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
format.
The following table
outlines the minimum system requirements for
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data:
Resources
Minimum
Requirements
vCPUs
4
Memory
4 GB (8 GB
recommended)
Hard disk
100 GB
Note
It is recommended
that you reserve 8 GB of memory and 2000 MHz of CPU resources for
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data.
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
Baremetal Agent 5.2
The
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
Baremetal Agent (BMA) is a separate virtual machine appliance that works in
conjunction with the
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
appliance to provide additional supporting services necessary in a PXE boot
environment. These functions include services such as Dynamic Host Control
Protocol (DHCP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Trivial File Transfer
Protocol (TFTP).
The following table
outlines the minimum system requirements for
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
Baremetal Agent:
Resources
Minimum
Requirements
vCPUs
2
Memory
3 GB
Hard disk
40 GB
Cisco Server
Support
The table shows
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
compatibility with
Cisco UCS
hardware and software. This table does not reflect the compatibility between
Cisco UCS
hardware and software.
All
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
functionality may not be available across all supported
Cisco UCS
software versions. Certain features may not be available in older versions of
Cisco UCS
software.
Cisco UCS
C-Series Rack-Mount Servers (Managed by Cisco UCS Manager)
C240
M3
C240
M4
C220
M3
C220
M4
Cisco UCS
C-Series Rack-Mount Server Software Bundle, Release 2.1
Cisco UCS
C-Series Rack-Mount Server Software Bundle, Release 2.2(5b)
Cisco UCS
C220 M3 Supported RAID Controllers
Cisco UCS
C220 M3 supported RAID controller options and cable requirements are listed in
the table below:
Caution
Do not mix
controller types in the server. Do not use the embedded MegaRAID controller and
a hardware RAID controller card at the same time. This combination is not
supported and could result in data loss.
Note
This server
supports up to two PCIe-style RAID controllers. Do not mix controller types in
the server. The RAID controllers support RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50, 60.and
it does not support Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD). For more information, See
Cisco UCS C220 M3 Server
Installation and Service Guide.
Controller
Style
Maximum
Drives
SCPM
Required
Cables
Cisco LSI
MegaRAID SAS 9266CV-8i
PCIe
SFF: 8
Internal
LFF: 4
Internal
SCPM
(SuperCap power module)
8
drives: 2mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
4
drives: 1 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
Cisco LSI
MegaRAID SAS 9271CV 8i
PCIe
SFF: 8
Internal
LFF: 4
Internal
SCPM
(SuperCap power module)
8
drives: 2mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
4
drives: 1 mini-SAS (UCSC-CABLE1)
Cisco UCS
C240 M3 Supported RAID Controllers
Cisco UCS
C240 M3 supported RAID controller options and cable requirements are listed in
the table below:
Caution
Do not mix
controller types in the server. Do not use the embedded MegaRAID controller and
a hardware RAID controller card at the same time. This combination is not
supported and could result in data loss.
Note
This server
supports up to two PCIe-style RAID controllers. Do not mix controller types in
the server. The RAID controllers support RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50, 60.and
it does not support Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD). For more information, See
Cisco UCS C240 M3 Server
Installation and Service Guide.
Note
The SAS expander
is required for the SFF 24-drive option and the LFF 12-drive option.
Controller
Style
Maximum
Drives
SCPM
Required
Cables
Cisco
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266CV-8i
PCIe
SFF/Expander: 24 Internal
LFF/Expander: 12 Internal
SCPM
(SuperCap power module)
24
drives, SFF/expander: (kit pair CSC-CABLE6)
12
drives, LFF/expander: (kit pair UCSC-CABLE4)
Cisco
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271CV 8i
PCIe
SFF/Expander: 24 Internal
LFF/Expander: 12 Internal
SCPM
(SuperCap power module)
24
drives, SFF/expander: (kit pair CSC-CABLE6)
12
drives, LFF/expander: (kit pair UCSC-CABLE4)
Cisco
UCS Nytro MegaRAID 8110-4i 200GB
PCIe
SFF/Expander: 24 Internal
LFF/Expander: 12 Internal
SCPM
(SuperCap power module)
24
drives, SFF/expander: (kit pair CSC-CABLE6)
12
drives, LFF/expander: (kit pair UCSC-CABLE4)
LSI Nytro MegaRAID
8110-4i Considerations
The following are the restrictions on using the LSI Nytro MegaRAID
8110-4i card support in this server:
This card is not supported with the SFF 16-drive direct-connect
backplane version of the server.
This card is supported only in slot 3 of the server.
This card is supported only in dual-CPU configurations.
This card is supported only with hard disk drives (not solid state
drives).
This card cannot coexist with any installed GPU card.
This card cannot coexist with multiple RAID controllers.
Cisco UCS
C220 M4 Supported RAID Controllers
Cisco UCS
C220 M4 supported RAID controller options and cable requirements are listed in
the table below:
Caution
Do not mix
controller types in the server. Do not use the embedded MegaRAID controller and
a hardware RAID controller card at the same time. This combination is not
supported and could result in data loss. For more information, See
Cisco UCS C220 M4 Server
Installation and Service Guide.
Note
This RAID
controller is available with the onboard modular flash-based write cache (FBWC)
in 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB. This controller supports Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD)
and RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with the onboard modular flash-based
write cache (FBWC). The Raid Levels 5, 6, 50, and 60 are supported with 1 GB,
2GB and 4GB FBWC.
Controller
Style
Maximum
Drives
SCPM
Required
Cables
Cisco UCS
12G SAS Modular RAID Controller.
PCIe
SFF/No
Expander: 8 Internal
LFF/No
Expander: 4 Internal
SCPM
(SuperCap power module)
8
drives, SFF/no expander: (UCS-220CBLMR24=)
4
drives, LFF/no expander: (UCS-220CBLMR12=)
Cisco UCS
C240 M4 Supported RAID Controllers
Cisco UCS
C240 M4 supported RAID controller options and cable requirements are listed in
the table below:
Caution
Do not mix
controller types in the server. Do not use the embedded MegaRAID controller and
a hardware RAID controller card at the same time. This combination is not
supported and could result in data loss. For more information, See
Cisco UCS C240 M4 Server
Installation and Service Guide.
Note
This RAID controller is available with the onboard modular
flash-based write cache (FBWC) in 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB. This controller supports
Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD) and RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 with the
onboard modular flash-based write cache (FBWC). The Raid Levels 5, 6, 50, and
60 are supported with 1 GB, 2GB and 4GB FBWC. Without the FBWC, the RAID
controller supports JBOD and RAID levels 0, 1, 10.
Note
The SAS expander
is required for the SFF 24-drive option and the LFF 12-drive option.
Controller
Style
Maximum
Drives
SCPM
Required
Cables
Cisco UCS
12G SAS Modular RAID Controller.
PCIe
SFF/Expander: 24 Internal
LFF/Expander: 12 Internal
SCPM
(SuperCap power module)
24
drives, SFF/expander: (UCS-240CBLMR24=)
12
drives, LFF/expander: (UCS-240CBLMR12=)
Baremetal Operating
System Support
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
in conjunction with the
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
Baremetal Agent supports the following operating systems in Baremetal
provisioning workflows:
RHEL 6.2/6.4 variants for Cisco UCS C220 M3 and C240 M3 servers.
RHEL 6.5 for Cisco UCS 220 M4 and C240 M4 servers.
Supported Hadoop
Distributions
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
supports the following Hadoop distributions:
Cloudera 5.x
MapR 3.1, 4.0,
and 4.1
Hortonworks 2.1
and 2.2
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