Cisco DCUD 642-982
Virtual Machines
Virtualized Storage
Security Manager
Consolidated Connectivity
Desktop Consolidator
Increased Security
System cabling simplified
Management effort decreased
Data Center architecture was simplified
Throughput
Storage capacity
High availability
Cable management
Ethernet 10 GE(6polt)
Ethernet 1 GE(6polt)
Fibre Channel 1,2 and 4 Gbps l (8 port)
Fibre Channel 1,2,4, and 8 Gbps(8 port)}
Extended Spanning Tree Protocol
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
Cisco Datacenter Redundancy Protocol
High availability module of the NX-operating system
Use of Private VDANs
Server statelessness
Higher memory capacity
Use of industry standard servers
UCS 6100 Fabric Interconnect
Nexus 1000v
Catalyst 3560
MDS 9500
UCS Manager
Ports carry VLAN traffic onIy
Ports are configured as ISL trunks
Spanning tree must be enabled on these ports
Ports are configured as access ports
Computing density increased
Data Center architecture is simplified
Security requirements are decreased because of virtualization
Less power required for the same or increased computing capacW
VSANs to be supported must be configured in the Fabric Manager on the MDS switches
The defauIt VSAN is preconfigured in the Cisco UCS manager.
The defauIt VSAN is chosen as the defauIt connectivity for all vNlCs
AII VSANs In heterogeneous fabrics are used internaIly by the Cisco UCS system
Virtual machine management
Capacity of storage devices
Virtual machine automatic activation
Capacity identification and reclamation
Capacity shortfalls and needs forecasting
Facilities costs
Capital expenditures
Human resource costs
SAN throughput
Number of VSANs
Number of SAN Domains
Maximum number of LUNS
Redundant IOM modules
Primary and backup VSANs
Host multipathing software
Primary and backup fabric interconnects
Multiple firewalls
Redundant links
Larger broadcast domains
Additional CPUs to provide additional virtual machines
Category 5 shielded twisted pair
Category 6 shielded twisted pair
10BASE-CX4 pre-terminated on SFP+ copper transceivers
50/125 multi-mode Fiber optic cabling with SFP+ optical transceivers
Prevents FSPF Loops
Provides a method to prioritize traffic within the Cisco UCs
Creates redundant connections from UCS Fabric Interconnects to Fabric Extenders
Allows the use of a single physical storage infrastructure while maintaining Iogical separation end-to-end
Language barrier
Collaboration
SLA metrics
Global availability
Separate infrastructures and support organizations
Less efficient cooling
Higher cost per computing unit
Facilities-less space used
Increased total cost of ownership
Lower power consumption costs
Increased power costs
Increased cabling costs
Decreased power efficiency
Decreased Cabling costs
Humidity Ievel
Cabling infrastructure
Operating temperature
Emergency fire sprinkler system
No impact
Unrestricted air flow
Restricted air flow
Rack weight
Equipment being installed
Square footage of the date center
CFM volume in the Data Center
Ventilation
Alarm systems
Security cameras
Fire suppression systems
The Ieast common denominator
Use arrange from Ieast restrictive to most restrictive
The highest denominator from a single piece of equipment
The parameters from the most restrictive piece of equipment
The parameters from the Ieast restrictive piece of equipment
Ceiling height
Storage capacity
Power capacity
Available space
Both the CAN M71KR and VIC M81KR mezzanine adapters will support up to 128 vHBAs with HW failover supponed
You would need the CAN M71KR mezzanine adapter
You would need the CAN M81KR mezzanine adapter
Both the CAN M71KR and VIC M81KR mezzanine adapters will support up to 128 vHBAs but HW failover is not supponed
Cluster port L1 on UCS A must be connected to Cluster port L2 on UCS B
Cluster port L1 on UCS A must be connected to cluster port L1 on UCSB
The UCS 2104XP IOM A of each chassis must be connected to the UCS 6100 A using only 1 uplinks
The UCS 2104XP IOM A of each chassis must be connected to the UCS6100 B using 1 to 4 uplinks
Disk access Ioss
Failure of chips
Reduced i/o throughput
Degradation of electrical resistance
Network device discovery
Capacity plan optimization
Network performance management
Determine server adapter choice(NIC,HBA or CNA)
Determine server utilization and workload assessment
Asset utilization
VLAN deployment
Maximized efficiency
Power and cooling
Separate infrastructures and support organizations
One-to-one
One-to-many
Many-to-one
Many-to-many
Simplify system cabling
Lessen management effort
Simplify the Data Center architecture
One PSU failure
No redundancy
One input circuit failure
one PSU or one input circuit failure
VSAN id
VSAN name
VSAN connecting vHBA
VSAN uplink port to the MDS switches
Both adapters support up to 128 vHBAs
Neither adapter supports HW failover.
The CAN M71KR adapter supports up to four vHBAs with two per fabric to support failover.
The VIC M81KR adapter uses an active standby implementation to support failover.
Linuxconf
Wireshark
VMware CapacityIQ
Akorri BalancePoint
Supports LACP
Carries cluster heartbeat messages
Used for out-of-band Management
Connects directly to the 2104 Fabric Extender
Creates virtualized desktops
Requires border Links to be single Links only
Provides the ability to support remote control of virtual machines
UCS appears to the external LAN as an end station with many adapters
Power utilization
Network utilization
CPU utilization
Type and size of available LUNs
Number of virtual machines currently in datacenter
Increased read/write speed to storage
LAN and SAN connectivity over a single cable
Local storage access from multiple virtual machines
CPU Utilization
Power consumption
Floor space availability
Number of virtual machines supported
Allows multiple servers to access the same virtualized LUN
Provides method to create virtual interfaces within a Cisco MDS switch
Allows the virtual machines to bypass the hypervisor and access a LUN directly
Allows muItiple virtual servers to share a single switch port while maintaining their identity
UCS Fabric Manager
UCS A-series Blade Server
UCS 2104 Fabric Extender
UCS Local Management Server
Data VSANs
Management VLANs
Port profile policy
Uplink port profile
Application Mobility
Decreased Storage Access
Data Consolidated Management
Increase the computing density
Decrease security requirements
Simplify the Data Center architecture
Reduce the power required for the same or increased computing capacity
Environmental compliance
Decreased overall power efficiency
Lower cooling energy consumption
Increase electric consumption
Business continuity plans
Risk management strategies
More efficient business cycles
Maximizing existing network infrastructures
New wavs to calculate total cost of ownership
Floor space footprint
Layer 2 connectivity
Spanning tree protocol
Total cost of ownership
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