This is a little of a late post but back in June I was invited by the amigos over at AdminAdmin Podcast to chat about my favourite subject. Me!
This was prompted after they mentioned my How to document posts, and I reached out to say thanks as it had generated extra traffic for my blog.
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So thank you for having me guys and keep up the great work.
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My previous posts in the series covered getting the Cisco UCS up and running and into production, and it seems that adding how to upgrade the Firmware on the UCS at the end of the series is best, as you will find yourself needing to do this once the system is in production as well.
Note: Many thanks to Rene again for this simple post helping me through the steps.
Note2: It’s also worth looking through this short article on the do’s and don’t of UCS Firmware updates, from a session held at Cisco Live 2014.
Covered in this post;
Continue reading Deploy a Cisco UCS system – Part 4 – Upgrading the Firmware
This is the final part of the series, where I cover off installing ESXi 6.0 onto the blade of the UCS system.
Note: Please check your firmware is at the correct level needed. You can see this guide for upgrade the firmware.
Setting up the SD Cards (FlexFlash) Continue reading Deploy a Cisco UCS system – Part 3 – from scratch for VMware ESXi
In my first post, we got as far as setting up the management interface of the Cisco UCS Platform. In this second part, I’ll be covering;
Continue reading Deploy a Cisco UCS system – Part 2 – from scratch for VMware ESXi
First off, huge thanks to the following posts by Rene Van Den Bedem and his Cisco UCS installation guide.
My aim here is not to rip off his posts, but to detail the process myself and use my own screenshots, as along the way, the setup was slightly different to Rene’s, such as the configuration needed for the SD Cards, and the lack of boot from SAN configuration.
Covered in Part 1;
The Hardware/Software Continue reading Deploy a Cisco UCS system – Part 1 – from scratch for VMware ESXi