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What is service profile in Cisco UCS?
A service profile is a software definition of a server and its LAN and SAN network connectivity, in other words, a service profile defines a single server and its storage and networking characteristics. Service profiles are stored in the Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects.
How do I create a service profile in UCS?
Creating Service Profile Template:
- Login to UCS manager.
- Navigate to “Servers” tab – > Service Profile Templates – > root – > Sub organization – > Select ESXi pool .
- Enter the service profile template name.
- In the Radio button , choose LAN connectivity as “Expert”.
- The first vNIC should go to the Fabric A.
What is the difference between update templates and initial service profile templates in UCS Manager?
Initial templates don’t have linkages to the servers created based on them. So if you make changes to items defined by initial templates, those changes won’t be propagated to the servers. Updating templates, on the other hand, do have links to servers created based on them.
How do I disassociate my UCS service profile?
- In the Navigation pane, click the Servers tab.
- On the Servers tab, expand Servers > Service Profiles.
- Expand the node for the organization that contains the service profile that you want to disassociate from a server or server pool.
Which pools are used when a Vnic template is created in Cisco UCS Manager?
VNIC (or VHBA) templates can be used to encapsulate both the MAC Pool (or WWPN Pool) association as well as the Fabric ID. Once a VNIC/VHBA template is defined, it can be referenced through “expert-mode” service-profile creation by clicking the “Use LAN (or SAN) Connectivity Template”, as show below.
What is a VHBA?
Introduction. A virtual network interface card (vNIC) or virtual host bus adapter (vHBA) logically connects a virtual machine to a virtual interface on the UCS 6100/6200 series fabric interconnect and allows the virtual machine to send and receive traffic through that interface.
What is UCS Central?
Cisco UCS Central allows you to manage multiple Cisco UCS domains or through a single management point. Cisco UCS Central allows you to ensure global policy compliance, with subject-matter experts choosing the resource pools and policies that need to be enforced globally or managed locally.
What is updating template in UCS?
In Cisco UCS system, one of the important configuration is service profile template type, choosing from “initial template” or “updating template”. Updating service profile template provide the ability to update the binded service profile when template itself is updated.
How do I access UCS Manager?
This chapter includes the following sections: Overview of Cisco UCS Manager GUI….In the Login dialog box, do the following:
- Enter your username and password.
- If the Cisco UCS instance implements domains, select the appropriate domain from the Domain drop-down list.
- Click Login.
What is scrub policy in UCS?
A scrub policy defines the behavior of a server when it is disassociated from a service profile in terms of BIOS settings and the installed OS on the server. A scrub policy could be very useful for erasing servers for security compliance: Log in to UCS Manager. Click to expand the Servers tab in the navigation pane.
What is the difference between vNIC and Vmnic?
In VMWare world, vNIC is the logical adapter belonging to Virtual Machine Guest Operating System and is internally connected to a vSwitch (such as VEM of Nexus 1000v). On an ESXi host, vmnic is the physical adapter that is physically connected to the access-layer switch.
What is a service profile in Cisco UCS?
Every server that is provisioned in the Cisco Unified Computing System is specified by a service profile. A service profile is a software definition of a server and its LAN and SAN network connectivity, in other words, a service profile defines a single server and its storage and networking characteristics.
What happens when you disassociate a service profile in Cisco?
Disassociating a Service Profile from a Server or Server Pool. When you disassociate a service profile, Cisco UCS Manager attempts to shutdown the operating system on the server. If the operating system does not shutdown within a reasonable length of time, Cisco UCS Manager forces the server to shutdown.
Can a Cisco Blade be used without a service profile?
No network or SAN connectivity for the blade server through Cisco UCS fabric exists without a service profile. This document shows how to configure basic LAN and SAN connectivity for a Cisco UCS blade with the creation of a Service Profile with these objects in order to enable a Cisco UCS blade for LAN and SAN connectivity:
How does Cisco UCS fabric work with virtual machines?
This allows efficiency and also allows Cisco UCS to reconfigure network infrastructure if virtual machines migrate between ESX server instances on different blades. No network or SAN connectivity for the blade server through Cisco UCS fabric exists without a service profile.