Compatibility Matrix

Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data

Requirements

Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data 2.0

Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Baremetal Agent 5.4

Cisco Server Support

Cisco UCS C220 M3 Supported RAID Controllers

Cisco UCS C240 M3 Supported RAID Controllers

LSI Nytro MegaRAID 8110-4i Considerations

Cisco UCS C220 M4 Supported RAID Controllers

Cisco UCS C240 M4 Supported RAID Controllers

Baremetal Operating System Support

Supported Hadoop Distributions

Upgrade Hadoop Distribution Software

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Compatibility Matrix

- Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data

- Requirements

- Cisco Server Support

- Cisco UCS C220 M3 Supported RAID Controllers

- Cisco UCS C240 M3 Supported RAID Controllers

- Cisco UCS C220 M4 Supported RAID Controllers

- Cisco UCS C240 M4 Supported RAID Controllers

- Baremetal Operating System Support

- Supported Hadoop Distributions

- Upgrade Hadoop Distribution Software

- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data

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.

Requirements

This section contains the following:

- Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data

- Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Baremetal Agent Guide

- Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data 2.0

- Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Baremetal Agent 5.4

Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data 2.0

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

vCPU

3000 MHz

Memory

12 GB

Hard disk

100 GB

Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Baremetal Agent 5.4

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.

For information regarding Cisco UCS compatibility, see the Cisco UCS Hardware and Software interoperability Matrices for the appropriate releases.

Note

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.

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

From Version

To Version

Cisco UCS Manager

Software

Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release 2.1

Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release 2.2(5b) for M3 servers

Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release 2.2(5b) for M4 servers

Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects

6248UP

6296UP

Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release 2.1

Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release 2.2(5b)

Cisco UCS 2000 Series FEX Modules

2232PP 10GigE

Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release 2.1

Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release 2.2(5b)

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

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 6.2/6.4/6.5/6.6 variants for Cisco UCS C220 M3 and C240 M3 servers.

- RHEL 6.5 for Cisco UCS C220 M4 and C240 M4 servers.

- RHEL 6.6 for Cisco UCS C220 M4 and C240 M4 servers.

Supported Hadoop Distributions

Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data supports the following Hadoop distributions:

- Cloudera 5.4

- MapR 3.1, 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0

- Hortonworks 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3

Java and JDK Software for Hadoop Distributions

Hadoop Distribution

Supported Hadoop Distribution Versions

Installed Java and JDK

Cloudera

5.0.1, 5.0.6, 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.3.0, and 5.4.1

oracle-j2sdk1.7

MapR

3.1.1, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1.0, and 5.0.0

java-1.7.0-openjdk

Hortonworks

2.1, 2.2, and 2.3

java-1.7.0-openjdk

Upgrade Hadoop Distribution Software

You can upgrade to the latest Hadoop distributions from the following Hadoop distributions:

Cloudera

Hadoop Distribution Version to Upgrade

Supported Upgrade Version

Cloudera-5.0.1

Cloudera-5.4.1

Cloudera-5.0.6

Cloudera-5.4.1

Cloudera-5.2.0

Cloudera-5.4.1

Cloudera-5.2.1

Cloudera-5.4.1

Cloudera-5.3.0

Cloudera-5.4.1

MapR

Hadoop Distribution Version to Upgrade

Supported Upgrade Version

MapR-4.0.2

MapR-4.1.0

MapR-4.0.2

MapR-5.0.0

MapR-4.1.0

MapR-5.0.0

Hortonworks

Hadoop Distribution Version to Upgrade

Supported Upgrade Version

Hortonworks-2.2 (ambari-1.7.0-centos6.tar.gz)

Hortonworks-2.3
Note:
Download ambari-2.1.1-centos6.tar.gz from http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/ambari/centos6/2.x/updates/2.1.1.

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