VCF 9 SAP HANA Network Design: Why 6 NICs Matter for vMotion and NFS
SAP HANA on VCF 9 with NFS: why storage needs its own NICs, separate from vMotion. The 2, 4 and 6 NIC models compared on Cisco VIC and HPE Synergy.
Tag: UCS
Cisco UCS 4.3(5a) Security Fixes: OpenSSH regreSSHion (CVE-2024-6387), libexpat, and What Came After
Cisco UCS 4.3(5a) security fixes: CSCwk62264, CSCwk62723 (OpenSSH CVE-2024-6387) and CSCwk75392 (libexpat), plus later 4.3 fixes up to 4.3(6j).
CSCwj01478: UCSX-9508 PSU Shows “Power: Error” in UCS Manager (Fixed in 4.3(4a))
Cisco bug CSCwj01478: UCSX-9508 PSUs show Power: Error and Input Source: Unknown in UCSM. Affected from 4.3(2b), fixed in 4.3(4a), workaround.
Cisco UCS VMware-v2 Adapter Policy (UCSM 4.3(4a)): Values, VIC Support and When to Use It
What the UCSM 4.3(4a) VMware-v2 adapter policy sets on Cisco VIC (1 TX, 8 RX, 4096 rings, RSS) and when to use it vs VMWare or VMWarePassThru.
CVE-2022-40982 (Downfall) and VMware ESXi: No ESXi Patch – Fix Is CPU Microcode in Cisco UCS M5/M6 Firmware
CVE-2022-40982 on VMware: no VMSA or ESXi patch. The fix is Intel microcode in the server BIOS, on Cisco UCS M5/M6 in 4.3(2b) or 4.2(3h).
“Legacy boot detected” (KB 84233): Moving ESXi from Legacy BIOS to UEFI
ESXi warns “Legacy boot detected” and points to KB 84233? What it means, why 8.0 can fail with Error 10 (Out of resources), and how to switch to UEFI.
UCS-M2-HWRAID ESXi Boot: RAID 1 on the Cisco Boot-Optimized M.2 RAID Controller (UCS Manager, Intersight, CIMC)
Boot ESXi from a RAID 1 M.2 volume on Cisco UCS-M2-HWRAID: controller limits, UCS Manager, Intersight and CIMC steps, and ESXi 8/9 boot device rules.
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.
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.
Cisco UCS M5 Boot Time: Faster Boots with Adaptive Memory Training, OptionROM Launch Optimization and BIOS Techlog Level
Cut Cisco UCS M5 boot time with BIOS tokens: Adaptive Memory Training, OptionROM Launch Optimization, BIOS Techlog Level. Values, defaults, results.