topic Re: Deploy Cisco UCS from Scratch - For VMware (with Nimble Storage) in Application Integration https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/deploy-cisco-ucs-from-scratch-for-vmware-with-nimble-storage/m-p/6984832#M632 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>WOW! Lots of detail.</P><P>Just starting the read now and I will compare to my systems to look for differences.</P><P>Any config settings for the iSCSI setup on the Nimble?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Jul 2015 22:00:24 GMT tonto_22105 2015-07-06T22:00:24Z Deploy Cisco UCS from Scratch - For VMware (with Nimble Storage) https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/deploy-cisco-ucs-from-scratch-for-vmware-with-nimble-storage/m-p/6984831#M631 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P></P><P>Have been installing Nimble products for a while now, absolutely love the simplicity and performance they offer.</P><P></P><P>Anyway I deployed my first smartstack from scratch and wrote a 4 part blog series on this. After letting the various Nimble Engineers know about it, and getting some great feedback from around the web, I thought I'd share it on here as well.</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"><A href="http://www.educationalcentre.co.uk/deploy-a-cisco-ucs-system-part-1">Part 1 - Setting up Fabric Interconnect, and UCS Manager settings</A></SPAN></P><UL><LI>The hardware/software</LI><LI>Cabling diagram</LI><LI>Pre-Reqs</LI><LI>Understanding Cisco's policy based management</LI><LI>Summary of Task List</LI><LI>Setting up Fabric Interconnects</LI><LI>Connecting to Cisco UCS Manager</LI></UL><P></P><P><A href="http://www.educationalcentre.co.uk/deploy-a-cisco-ucs-system-part-2-from-scratch-for-vmware-esxi">Part 2 - Configuring Connectivity &amp;amp; Setting up the policies and Service Profiles</A></P><UL><LI>Setting up the connectivity</LI><LI>Configuring the VLAN connectivity</LI><LI>Setting up Port Channels</LI><LI>Setting up the Appliance connectivity</LI><LI>Configuring LAN policies</LI><LI>Configuring VNIC Templates</LI><LI>Creating Server Policies</LI><LI>Building a Service Profile Template</LI><LI>Deploying a Service Profile from a Template</LI></UL><P></P><P><A href="http://www.educationalcentre.co.uk/deploy-a-cisco-ucs-system-part-3-from-scratch-for-vmware-esxi/">Part 3 - Deploying ESXi via KVM onto FlashFlex (SDCard)</A></P><UL><LI>Setting up the SD Cards (FlexFlash)</LI><LI>Installing ESXi via KVM</LI></UL><P></P><P><A href="http://www.educationalcentre.co.uk/deploy-a-cisco-ucs-system-part-4/">Part 4 - Upgrading the Firmware</A></P><UL><LI>Pre-reqs</LI><LI>Getting the Firmware</LI><LI>Upload firmware into UCS Manager</LI><LI>Upgrading UCS Manager</LI><LI>Upgrading the Fabric Interconnects</LI><LI>Upgrading the Blade Servers</LI></UL><P></P><P>You can also find my blog posts regarding Nimble <A href="http://www.educationalcentre.co.uk/posts/Nimble/">here</A>.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P></P><P></P><P>Dean</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:47:56 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/deploy-cisco-ucs-from-scratch-for-vmware-with-nimble-storage/m-p/6984831#M631 saintdle136 2015-06-12T09:47:56Z Re: Deploy Cisco UCS from Scratch - For VMware (with Nimble Storage) https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/deploy-cisco-ucs-from-scratch-for-vmware-with-nimble-storage/m-p/6984832#M632 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>WOW! Lots of detail.</P><P>Just starting the read now and I will compare to my systems to look for differences.</P><P>Any config settings for the iSCSI setup on the Nimble?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Jul 2015 22:00:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/deploy-cisco-ucs-from-scratch-for-vmware-with-nimble-storage/m-p/6984832#M632 tonto_22105 2015-07-06T22:00:24Z Re: Deploy Cisco UCS from Scratch - For VMware (with Nimble Storage) https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/deploy-cisco-ucs-from-scratch-for-vmware-with-nimble-storage/m-p/6984833#M633 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Guys.... also check out SmartSetup on Infosight.... I think you may like it....</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="SmartSetup.jpg" class="jive-image image-1" src="https://community.hpe.com/legacyfs/online/2347_SmartSetup.jpg" style="height: 253px; width: 620px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:45:20 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/deploy-cisco-ucs-from-scratch-for-vmware-with-nimble-storage/m-p/6984833#M633 rfenton4 2015-07-07T07:45:20Z