ucs first time setup

Cisco UCS steps :-

First Time setup :
1)Configure the Fabric InterconnectA and floating IP
2)Configure Fabric Interconnect B ip
3)Chasis Discovery Policy(1-uplink,2-uplink,4uplink) configure your minimum uplink policy
4)Power Policy (n+1 or grid)
5)MAC Address Table Aging.(mostly deafult)
6) DNS serevr and time serevrs and syslog----------Pending
7)Maintence Polices
8)Network Polices

9)Configure Storage uplinks---------Pending
10)COnfigure Server ports
11)Configure Network Ports
12)Boot Policy
13)Syslog---------------Pending
14)Settings in Admin Tab
15)Call Home-----------------Pending
16)





Step 2 :-

Pools Creation :-
Reset Cisco UCS Blade
Create EX-Mgmt Pool
Create UUID Pool
Create MAC Pool for server profile
FAB A
FAB B
Create WWN pools
FAB A
FAB B
Create  WWPN Pools
FAB A
FAB B
Create Global Vlans

Create GLoal VSan

Assign VSAN to FC Uplink

Create vNIC Template

Create vHBA Template

Define Boot Policy

Define Polices

Create Servive Profile for single Blade

pair of Nexus 7K vPC


Uplink Connectivity :-
UPlink Config from interconnect to Core Network Switches.
1) Atleast two uplinks from interconnect to Core Network Switches
2) or Use VPC(Virtual port channel  if these are nexsus 7000 series)
3) Configure interface in trunk mode
4) Configure Sapnning tree portfast trunk(So that failover happen faster)
5)Specify Vlans  to trunk
6)CreaTE PORT CHANNELS AND ADD INTERFACES .Port channel must be lacp active mode.
7)uplinked Switches must be trunk vlans to UCS.
8)Use pin gourps for DMZ atleeast UCSM 2.0



FC SAN COnnectivity :-
NPIV should be enabled on FC switch
NPV should be enabled on FI
FC switch sees FI as bunch of WWPN and WWNN names