Installing UCS 240 M3 SFF

Hi,
We have purchased 4 Cisco UCS 240 M3 SFF(Two each in 2 Data Center) for migrating hardware from Cisco MCS to Cisco UCS.We have purchased VMware vSphere Standard 5 software directly from VMware.As new to virtualized server platform ,will help if some one can answer below-
-Is there any good document which mentions step by step procedure how to install & bring up the UCS 240 M3 SFF server. Example-start with RAID followed with ESXi install, vSphere/vCentre..
-Is there any SRND,best practice document for Cisco UCS 240 M3 SFF -RAID,NIC, vCentre..
- We have 14 hard disks per server. What is the recommended RAID configuration.RAID5?Any good document on RAID configuration?
- Do we need two vCenter to manage all the VMs on 4 servers in two Data Centers taking into account of redundancy if one vCenter fails or WAN failure between data Centers.
- I need to install and bring up the UCS server remotely. If I configure the management IP through BIOS and connect the management port to the network, can I configure rest of the server remotely?
- I see four 1 GB NIC ports on the UCS server and assume should be configured as trunk/dot1q on the network switch.Is there anything to be done on UCS to configure as trunk port? Should the ports on the network switch be configured as trunk/dot1q & speed 1000full as best practice?
Thanks
KMS

This is a one Stop wiki for UC on UCS.
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_in_a_Virtualized_Environment
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/UC_Virtualization_Supported_Hardware#UC_on_UCS_Tested_Reference_Configurations
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/virtual/CUCM_BK_CA526319_00_cucm-on-virtualized-servers_chapter_00.html
I see that you have a lot of planning questions, why don;t you get in touch with the Planning, Designing and Implementation team,
http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/tools/pdihd.html#~five
Q. Is there any good document which mentions step by step procedure how to install & bring up the UCS 240 M3 SFF server. Example-start with RAID followed with ESXi install, vSphere/vCentre..
- Setup CIMC ,
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10493/products_configuration_example09186a0080b10d66.shtml
For RAID you can use CIMC or UCS SCU ( Server Configuration utility) or LSI MegaRaid WebBIOS.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/virtual/CUCM_BK_CA526319_00_cucm-on-virtualized-servers_chapter_00.html#CUCM_RF_D3A9AF42_00
Install Esxi Remotely via KVM on RAID group and you probably want to use Cisco Customized OEM
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=CISCO-ESXI-5.0.0-GA-23AUG2011&productId=229
Q. Is there any SRND,best practice document for Cisco UCS 240 M3 SFF -RAID,NIC, vCentre..
- There are lot of White papers,Install/Configure guide etc on Cisco.com as well as Vmware.com
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/virtual/CUCM_BK_CA526319_00_cucm-on-virtualized-servers_chapter_00.html
Q. We have 14 hard disks per server. What is the recommended RAID configuration.RAID5?Any good document on RAID configuration?
- RAID 1 for HyperVisor and RAID 5/6 as Datastore is the way to go
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/whitepaper_c11-728200.html
Refer to the Docwiki for more informaiton.
Q. Do we need two vCenter to manage all the VMs on 4 servers in two Data Centers taking into account of redundancy if one vCenter fails or WAN failure between data Centers.
- Too many Variables
Q. I need to install and bring up the UCS server remotely. If I configure the management IP through BIOS and connect the management port to the network, can I configure rest of the server remotely?
- yes that can be done using CIMC Web gui.
Q. I see four 1 GB NIC ports on the UCS server and assume should be configured as trunk/dot1q on the network switch.Is there anything to be done on UCS to configure as trunk port? Should the ports on the network switch be configured as trunk/dot1q & speed 1000full as best practice?
- It all depends on the co-resident Vms but I think trunk is the way to go.

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var1=`cat ~/.backlight`
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then
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fi
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var1=`cat ~/.backlight`
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var3=`echo "10 i 16 o $var2 p"|dc`
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Edit:Here are my openbox bindings for the scripts:
<keybind key="XF86MonBrightnessUp">
<action name="Execute">
<command>~/bin/blightu.sh</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="XF86MonBrightnessDown">
<action name="Execute">
<command>~/bin/blightd.sh</command>
</action>
</keybind>
Last edited by makimaki (2009-07-11 14:26:08)

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"xbacklight -set <percentage>" or "xrandr --set BACKLIGHT <value>".

Upgrade from Cisco 7.1 to 10.5

Hello,
We are planning an upgrade with a customer from Call Manager 7.1 to 10.5, to do this without impact i have a plan in mind. Could you guys check if this is correct, since we will be moving from a MCS to an UCS
- Install UCS in staging Lab (prepare the esxi etc etc)
- Do a backup of the current call manager (7.1)
- Deploy the 7.1 call manager to the new UCS (ISO from cisco website)
- Do a restore to have all the configuration on the staging Lab
- In the staging lab perform the upgrade
I would do this for Call Manager & also Unity, this shouldn't pose any problems?
Kind Regards,
Yannick Vranckx

Hi ,
You can use PCD for migrating from MCS to UCS.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/unified-communications/unified-communications-manager-callmanager/118318-config-cucm-00.html
regds,
aman

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The 320GB HDD on my 2011 MBPro is full and i am almost sure i'm gonna install a 240 GB SSD on it. I intend to save all data on a external HDD.
What I am concerned with is how do I get Mac OS to save all files to the external HDD by default?

Thank you .. I apologise for the assumption that most understand that the OS and Programs should be riding on the SSD.
Perhaps i should be more precise and state that " What I am concerned with is how do I get Mac OS to save all DATA to the external HDD by default?"

Error to do upgrade with Prime Collaboration Deployment

Hi all,
We need do a upgrade from CUCM 8.0 to 10.0
We are migratin with the Prime Collaboration Deployment, but when we add the Esxi host, an error appear.
"Failed to mount Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployments export as NFS store to the ESXi Host"
The UCS is a UCS 240.
We can discover the cluster old, but don´t cant add the Esxi host.
We deploy the new VM for the new CUCM 10.0
Please, I need your help.
Thanks
Guillermo

Most likely you don't have the right ESXi license for this, you need at least FND for PCD
Page 11
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/ucmap/10_0_1/CUCM_BK_U9C58CB1_00_ucmap-administration-guide.pdf
If you don't meet the ESXi license requirements, nothing to do here, either buy the necessary license, or don't use PCD.

Apps Taking Up Significantly More Space Than The Size of the App

I'm having an issue where the meter for my iPad registers a significantly higher hard drive usage to "Apps" than the apps file size in the list. It's showing 5.4 GB, when the total size of the apps installed is 240 MB. I do have VLC and two videos synced totallying .5 GB. I also have Kindle with four books installed. Generously that's 10 MB.
That's a 4 GB difference between what I can attribute and what iTunes says. Anyone have any ideas what could cause such a disparity?

I know that some note apps still have your notes in the data files after they are deleted. Paper Desk never completely deletes a note. I can see deleted notes in the transfer section in iTunes. I wish they had a way of wiping those files clean. What I do is I delete the app and then re- install it after I save the notes I want to keep. I'm not happy with this problem. I'm sure other apps have the same problem.

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