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Category: CISCO

The “Cisco” blog category focuses on various aspects of the technologies and products of Cisco Systems, a global leader in networking technologies. This category may include articles on the latest trends in networking, security, cloud computing, and IoT (Internet of Things), which are key for Cisco. It could also cover reviews and guides on Cisco products like routers, switches, security systems, and other networking solutions.

NSX

NSX Edge on Cisco UCS: Design for NSX 4.x and VCF 9 (Edge VM vs Bare Metal, vNICs, MTU, Geneve Offload)

NSX Edge design on Cisco UCS for NSX 4.x and VCF 9: Edge VM vs bare metal, vNIC pairs without fabric failover, TEP MTU and VIC Geneve offload.

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ESXi

Cisco UCS Manager Plugin for VMware vSphere HTML Client (Version 3.0(6))

What's in version 3.0(6) of the Cisco UCS Manager plugin for the vSphere HTML client: view, manage and monitor UCS hardware from vCenter.

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UCS

ADDDC Sparing and PPR on Cisco UCS M5: BIOS Tokens, Field Notice FN-70432 and Recommended Firmware

ADDDC Sparing and PPR on Cisco UCS M5: how they work, the Memory RAS and PPR Type BIOS tokens, FN-70432 firmware, and handling F1705/F1706 events.

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NSX

Cisco nenic Geneve Offload on VIC: Which Driver Introduced It (1.0.33.0 vs 1.0.35.0) and Current nenic for ESXi 8/9

Cisco nenic Geneve offload: introduced with VIC driver 4.1(2a)/nenic 1.0.33.0, extended in 1.0.35.0. How to enable, verify, and current nenic for ESXi 8.

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UCS

Cisco UCS Manager Plugin for VMware vSphere HTML Client (Version 3.0(4))

What's in version 3.0(4) of the Cisco UCS Manager plugin for the vSphere HTML client: view, manage and monitor Cisco UCS hardware from vCenter.

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UCS

FIX: The virtual machine is configured for too much PMEM. 6.0 TB main memory and x PMEM exceeds the maximum allowed 6.0 TB

Fix “The virtual machine is configured for too much PMEM” when testing SAP HANA VMs with 1 TB RAM and 1 TB Intel Optane PMem on vSphere.

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ESXi

Cisco Custom ISO MISSING_DEPENDENCY_VIBS ERROR during upgrade ESXi 6.7 -> 7.0

I found a problem and workaround to fix Cisco Custom ISO MISSING_DEPENDENCY_VIBS ERROR during upgrade 6.7 -> 7.0. It was during these type of upgrade from VMware_ESXi_6.7.0_13006603_Custom_Cisco_6.7.2.1.iso to…

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UCS

ADDDC Virtual Lockstep Hang on Cisco UCS M5 (CSCvr79388, SKX108): Fixed in UCSM 4.1(1c), C480 M5 in 4.1(1d)

UCS M5 servers could hang and reboot (#IERR, M2M timeout) once ADDDC virtual lockstep kicked in. The Cisco bugs, fixed releases and what to run now.

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