Cisco Ucs Fabric Interconnect Cabling

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 interconnect cabling.

Connect a console cable to the new fi boot it up and when you are asked is this fabric interconnect part of a cluster select no to boot the fi in a standalone mode. Iom interface connectivity to selection from implementing cisco ucs solutions second edition book. Connect to the console port of fabric interconnect 1 which will be the primary member in the cluster. Cisco ucs fabric interconnects provide these port types.

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. Type of ucs fabric interconnect ports. 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. Assuming you ve cabled both 6120s to different vsans fabrics then that s all you need to do for the fabric interconnects.

Setting up the fabric interconnects. If you ve got a well configured san array and well configured san switches then you are ready to connect up ucs. Configuring equipment policy go to the equipment tab and then equipment policies. 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.

Twinax cable sfp h10gb cu5m to connect fabric extender to ucs 6120xp. Cable up the front of your fis as below power on what will be fabric a but leave fabric b turned off. Consistency virtual machine fabric extender technology enables a consistent operational model and visibility between physical and virtual environments. Cabling considerations for fabric port channels when you configure the links between the cisco ucs 2200 series fex and a cisco ucs 6200 series fabric interconnect in fabric port channel mode the available virtual interface namespace vif on the adapter varies depending on where the fex uplinks are connected to the fabric interconnect ports.

Storage processor b pwwn on fabric a vsan100 6. Upgrade the firmware which will reboot the fabric interconnect. Cisco ucs fabric interconnects and fabric extenders are part of our unified fabric solution for data center networks. Power on this fabric interconnect leaving the secondary interconnect powered off for now.

X2 10gb sr module in cat6k for ethernet connectivity with ucs 6120xp.