Cisco UCS Blade System – Part 1 – drawing back the veil
We were some of the earliest of ‘adopters’ for a paid POC to get the Cisco UCS system in-house. Cisco sent the hardware & a group of techs to get this thing off the ground. Any new hardware being...
View ArticleCisco no longer makes switches for other blade enclosure manufacturers
I heard today that Cisco will no longer make their Nexus-line of switches for non-Cisco brand blade enclosures. What does this mean exactly? Those of us with the Dell M1000e blade chassis who are...
View ArticleCisco UCS Blade System – Part 2 – my vSphere ESXi & UCS woes
Okay, so now that we’ve tested different OS installations, now it’s time to test the real purpose we acquired these blades for: Virtualization A little info on the hardware: Cisco N20-B6620-1, dual...
View ArticleCisco UCS Blade System – Part 3 – moar vSphere ESXi & UCS woes
Well, Cisco finally came with an answer to why I was able to break the stuff like clock work before, and that answer was firmware. A new firmware has been release for the chassis, blades, & FEX...
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Some thoughts on the Cisco Cius Android tablet – User Review
I’ve been using a Cisco Cius 7″ Android tablet for several months now and am starting to have mixed emotions about it. Initially, I loved it, especially since it now has 2.2.2 (Froyo) and Google’s...
View ArticleCisco UCS Blade System – Part 4 – A much needed update
A few years ago, we were one of the first/early adopters of UCS. At that time, it was clearly in it’s infancy and not ready for prime time, our local Cisco guys didn’t even know anything about it. If...
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