UCS System Erase and Reconfig
Before you begin with this process, make sure your setup is cabled in the High Availability topology model.
1)Telnet into FI-A
a)Perform an erase configuration command
i)Enter “connect local-mgmt”
ii)Enter “erase configuration”
iii)Enter “yes”. System will reboot
b)After reboot, begin with configuring FI-A
i)Choose “console” as the configuration method
ii)Enter “setup” for new setup
iii)Enter “yes” on setup new FI
iv)Enter admin password, must be strong password. E.g. p@ssword123
v)Enter “yes” to setup cluster, enter “no” for standalone setup
vi)Enter “A” for switch fabric
vii)Name the UCS Fabric Interconnect. E.g. SJ-SV-1-12-6120
viii)Enter Mgmt0 IPv4 information
ix)Enter DNS information, yes/no. Normally not needed for recreates.
x)Enter Domain. E.g. Cisco.com
xi)Enter “yes” to accept entered configuration
c)Wait for FI-A to completely come up before configuring FI-B
2)Telnet into FI-B
a)Perform the configuration for FI-B
i)FI-B should detect that it is part of a cluster. Enter “console” for the configuration method.
ii)Enter “y” to join the cluster
iii)Enter IP address for FI-B
iv)Enter “yes” to save the configuration
b)The system will reboot at this point. Once both FI are up and running, you can access the UCS Manager via the VIP address
3)Configuration via the UCS Manager
a)Configure the server ports on the fixed module
i)Once the server ports are configured, the chassis will be detected.
b)Configure the Global Policies. Click on Equipment, Policy tab, Global Policies tab
i)Under Chassis Discovery Policy, choose the minimum number of server links required for discovery
ii)Under Power Policy, choose either non-redundant, n+1 (default), or grid
iii)Under MAC Address Table Aging, choose either never, mode-default(default), or other
iv)Click on “Save Changes” to commit configuration
c)Configure Uplink Ports
i)At the Hybrid display tab, double-click on the port you would like to set at an uplink
ii)Under Actions, click on “Configure as Uplink Port”
iii)Click “yes” on the confirmation dialogue box
d)Configure VSAN
i)At the SAN tab on the left navigation bar, go to SAN Cloud, FC Uplinks-Fabric A or Fabric B,
ii)Right –click on VSANs and choose “Create VSAN”
iii)Configure VSAN for each Fabric with the following information
(1)Name
(2)Fabric to associate the VSAN to
(3)VSAN ID and FCoE VLAN (usually the same #)
e)Configure FC port
i)Go back to the Hybrid Display
ii)Double-click on the FC port you want to configure
iii)Under the Properties section, choose a VSAN from the dropdown menu
iv)Click “apply”
f)Configure Port Channel (optional)
i)Go to the LAN tab on the left navigation bar
ii)Go to LAN Cloud, Fabric A/B, Port Channels
iii)Right-click on Port Channels and choose Create Port Channel
iv)Set the ID and Name, then click next
v)Choose the ports on the left-hand side, then click on the right facing double arrows
vi)Click finish. The Port Channel Ports will show up under Uplink Ethernet Ports
g)Add IP addresses for KVM access
i)Go to the Admin tab on the left navigation bar and filter by Connection Management on the dropdown menu
ii)Click on Management IP Pool (ext-mgmt)
iii)On the General tab, under Actions, click on “Create Block IP Addresses”
iv)Enter the following information:
(1)From, first IP address to be used
(2)Size, number of IP addresses
(3)Subnet mask
(4)Default Gateway
v)Verify the information and click “ok”
vi)Under the IP Address tab, you will find the KVM Address assignments. The IP addresses are dynamically assigned from the pool
h)Create Service Profile
i)Go to the Server tab on the left navigation bar
ii)Click on Servers, Service Profiles, Root
iii)Under the Actions area, click on “Create Service Profile (expert)
(1)Identify Service Profile
(a)Enter the Name and UUID(choose Manual, Pools or Hardware default. Beware that Hardware default wont migrate to a different blade server)
(2)Storage
(a)Local Storage, choose default from the dropdown menu
(b)Everything else leave as default for now
(3)Networking
(a)Choose Expert
(b)Click on Add
(c)Enter the following information:
(i)Name
(ii)Choose either Fabric A or B
(iii)Enable Failover, check for yes.
(4)vNIC/vHBA Placement
(a)defaults ok for now
(5)Server Boot Order
(a)At the Boot Policy dropdown menu, choose from default, diag, utility or User defined boot policy.
(6)Server Assignment
(a)At the dropdown menu,choose from assign later, pre-provision a slot, or select existing server
(7)Operational Policies
(a)Defaults ok for now
(8)Click “finish”
(9)Repeat process for each blade server.