Cisco UCS Networking Best Practices by Brad Hedlund

Cisco UCS Networking Best Practices by Brad Hedlund

This presentation assumes familiarity with basic networking and server VNIC concepts in UCS, and familiarity with virtual port channels.

This version of the presentation (v2.5) focuses primarily on the Ethernet uplinks. SAN uplinks and VMware networking scenarios are briefly discussed but not covered extensively. Those topics and others such as QoS, the Cisco VIC, and vNIC fabric failover may be included in future versions of this presentation.

Part 1 – Cisco UCS Networking Overview

Part 2 – Switch Mode vs. End Host Mode

Part 3 – End Host Mode – Individual Uplinks

Part 4 – Port Channel Uplinks

Part 5 – Virtual Port Channel Uplinks (vPC)

Part 6 – Connecting Cisco UCS to separate networks

Part 7 – Inter Fabric Traffic Examples

Part 8 – Don’t: Connect Cisco UCS to vPC domains without vPC uplinks

Part 9 – Do: Connect Cisco UCS to vPC domains with vPC uplinks

Part 10 – Connecting Cisco UCS without vPC

Source Link:- http://bradhedlund.com/2010/06/22/cisco-ucs-networking-best-practices/