System Requirements Overview
The following minimum hardware, browser, and port requirements must be met prior to Cisco UCS Manager initial configuration.
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The following minimum hardware, browser, and port requirements must be met prior to Cisco UCS Manager initial configuration.
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The Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects act as the concentration point for all cabling to and from the Blade Server Chassis. The following diagram shows the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects Cluster Connectivity. |
Connect the two fabric interconnects using the integrated ports labeled L1 and L2. These ports are used for replication of cluster information between the two fabric interconnects, not for the forwarding of data traffic.
The management Ethernet ports of each fabric interconnect to the out-of-band Ethernet management network or Ethernet segment where they can be accessed for overall administration of the system.
Populate each blade chassis with two fabric extenders (I/O modules) to provide connectivity back to the fabric interconnects.
From the Blade Server Chassis, connect one I/O module to the first fabric interconnect. Connect the second I/O module to the second fabric interconnect. After you have configured the fabric interconnects, they will be designated as "A" and "B" fabric interconnects.
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You can connect the I/O modules to the fabric interconnects by using one, two, four, or eight cables per module. For system resiliency and throughput, it is recommended that you use a minimum of two connections per I/O module |
To use Cisco UCS Manager your computer must meet or exceed the following minimum browser requirements:
Cisco UCS Manager uses web start and supports the following web browsers:
Apple Safari 16.2 (18614.3.7.1.5)
Google Chrome 109.0.5414.75
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0.9600.18739 (Microsoft Internet
Explorer is Retired. Support is available only until Windows 8.1
Microsoft Edge 109.0.1518.55
Mozilla Firefox 108.0.2
Opera 94.0.4606.76
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HTML-5 UI supports one user session per browser. |
Cisco UCS 6332 and Cisco UCS 6332-16UP ports are supported on the Cisco UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects with Cisco UCS Manager 3.1 and later releases.
The ports with the same speed can be configured in a port channel. A port channel cannot have both breakout and regular ports due to the difference in the speed.