Preface
This preface includes the following sections:
- Audience
- New and Changed Information for this Release
- Organization
- Conventions
- Related Documentation
- Documentation Feedback
- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Audience
This guide is intended primarily for data center administrators with responsibilities and expertise in one or more of the following:
New and Changed Information for this Release
The following tables provide an overview of the significant changes to this guide for this current release. The tables do not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to the configuration guides or of the new features in this release. For information about new supported hardware in this release, see the Release Notes for Cisco UCS Manager available through the Cisco UCS B-Series Servers Documentation Roadmap.
| Feature |
Description |
Where Documented |
|---|---|---|
| Capability Catalog |
The capability catalog is a set of tunable parameters, strings, and rules used to update the display and configurability of components such as newly qualified DIMMs and disk drives for servers. |
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| BIOS settings |
Through Cisco UCS Manager you can create one or more BIOS policies that include a specific grouping of BIOS settings that match the needs of a server or set of servers, or you can configure the default BIOS settings for a specific server. |
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BIOS scrub |
In the scrub policy, you can specify what happens to the BIOS settings on a server during discovery or service profile disassociation. |
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Server power usage |
You can configure the level of power usage for each server in a Cisco UCS instance. |
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| Board controller firmware |
Certain servers, such as the Cisco UCS B440 High Performance blade server, have board controller firmware that you can upgrade through host firmware packages in a service profile. |
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Additional RAID options |
The local disk configuration policy |
| Change |
Description |
Where Documented |
|---|---|---|
| BMC renamed to CIMC |
The BMC component in the servers has been renamed Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC). |
Throughout the guide |
| Attribute for configuring remote authentication through RADIUS is now cisco-avpair. |
The attribute you must create in the RADIUS remote authentication service and map to Cisco UCS user roles and locales is now cisco-avpair. |
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Chassis decommission and removal |
The procedures to decommission and remove a chassis are now consistent with the equivalent server procedures. |
|
| Length of service profile name |
A service profile name can be between 2 and 32 alphanumeric characters. |
| Change |
Description |
Where Documented |
|---|---|---|
Uplink Ethernet port properties |
The steps to configure the admin speed property of an uplink Ethernet port for 1Gbps or 10Gbps have been added. |
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Local disk configuration policy guidelines |
New guidelines for the Protect Configuration property of local disk configuration policies have been added. |
|
MAC address table |
Default value for the aging time in end-host mode has been changed to 14,500 seconds. |
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Named VSANs |
New guideline for the default FCoE VLAN when configuring a named VSAN for a FIP capable, converged network adapter has been added. |
|
| Viewing a boot policy |
Command displays policy details. If you have not set a policy, the boot definition is displayed. |
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| Viewing a local disk configuration policy |
Command displays policy details. If you have not set a policy, the local disk configuration is displayed. |
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Viewing a serial over LAN policy |
Command displays policy details. If you have not set a policy, the serial over LAN definition is displayed. |
Organization
This document includes the following parts:
| Part |
Title |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 instance, including managing the chassis, servers, and I/O modules, and how to back up and restore the configuration. |
Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
| Convention |
Indication |
|---|---|
| bold font |
Commands, keywords, GUI elements, and user-entered text appear in bold font. |
| italic font |
Document titles, new or emphasized terms, and arguments for which you supply values are in italic font. |
| [ ] |
Elements in square brackets are optional. |
| {x | y | z} |
Required alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. |
| [x | y | z] |
Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars. |
| string |
A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks. |
| courier font |
Terminal sessions and information the system displays appear in courier font. |
| < > |
Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets. |
| [ ] |
Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets. |
| !, # |
An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line. |
 Note |
Means reader take note. |
 Tip |
Means the following information will help you solve a problem. |
 Caution |
Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in equipment damage or loss of data. |
 Timesaver |
Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph. |
 Warning |
Means reader be warned. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in bodily injury. |
Related Documentation
A roadmap that lists all documentation for Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) is available at the following URL:
Documentation Feedback
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