Cisco Ucs Fabric Interconnect Cabling

If you ve got a well configured san array and well configured san switches then you are ready to connect up ucs.

Cisco ucs fabric interconnect cabling.

Setting up the fabric interconnects. Assign an ip address to the fi and connect to it using ucs manager. Power on this fabric interconnect leaving the secondary interconnect powered off for now. After the initial configuration and cabling of fabric interconnect a and b is complete open a browser and connect to the cluster ip address and launch ucs manager.

Consistency virtual machine fabric extender technology enables a consistent operational model and visibility between physical and virtual environments. Cisco ucs fabric interconnects and fabric extenders are part of our unified fabric solution for data center networks. Page 46 installing the cisco ucs 6200 series fabric interconnect grounding the interconnect figure 24. Storage processor b pwwn on fabric a vsan100 6.

Twinax cable sfp h10gb cu5m to connect fabric extender to ucs 6120xp. Upgrade the firmware which will reboot the fabric interconnect. Cable up the front of your fis as below power on what will be fabric a but leave fabric b turned off. Connect to the fabric interconnect using serial cable and the usual cisco switch settings 9600 baud everything else should be the same if you are using putty.

Assuming you ve cabled both 6120s to different vsans fabrics then that s all you need to do for the fabric interconnects. X2 10gb sr module in cat6k for ethernet connectivity with ucs 6120xp. Iom fabric interconnect physical cabling ioms provide connectivity to individual blade servers through backplane server ports and fabric uplink ports connectivity to the fabric interconnect. Connect to the console port of fabric interconnect 1 which will be the primary member in the cluster.

Iom interface connectivity to selection from implementing cisco ucs solutions second edition book. Type of ucs fabric interconnect ports. Following on from cabling our cisco ucs infrastructure we will first begin to configure the fabric interconnects using the basic system configuration dialog. Cisco ucs fabric interconnects provide these port types.

Grounding the cisco ucs 6296 fabric interconnect esd socket on switch screws m4 with square cone washers esd plug nrtl listed grounding lug grounding cable close up of grounding pad on switch warning when installing or replacing the unit the ground connection must always be made first.