Part 1

Introduction

Contains chapters that provide an overview of Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) and Cisco UCS Manager.

Part 2

System Configuration

Contains chapters that describe how to configure fabric interconnects, ports, communication services, primary authentication, and role-based access control configuration, and how to manage firmware and the Capability Catalog on a system.

Part 3

Network Configuration

Contains chapters that describe how to configure named VLANs, LAN pin groups, MAC pools, and Quality of Service (QoS).

Part 4

Storage Configuration

Contains chapters that describe how to configure named VSANs, SAN pin groups, and WWN pools.

Part 5

Server Configuration

Contains chapters that describe how to configure server-related policies, server-related pools, service profiles, and server power usage.

Part 6

System Management

Contains chapters that describe how to manage a Cisco UCS domain, including managing the chassis, servers, and I/O modules, and how to back up and restore the configuration.

Part 7

System Monitoring

Contains chapters that describe how use Cisco UCS Manager to monitor a Cisco UCS domain, including configuring Call Home, monitoring data traffic, monitoring hardware, configuring statistics-related policies, and configuring faults, events, and logs.

For more information about Cisco UCS faults and logs, see the Cisco UCS Manager B-Series Troubleshooting Guide and the Cisco UCS Faults and Error Messages Reference.

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