Cisco unified computing system (UCS) a complete reference guide to the Cisco data center virtualization server architecture
The definitive guide to UCS and the Cisco ® Data Center Server: planning, architecture, components, deployment, and benefits With its new Unified Computing System (UCS) family of products, Cisco has introduced a fundamentally new vision for data center computing: one that reduces ownership cost, imp...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Indianapolis, Ind. :
Cisco Press
c2010
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Networking Technology
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629121806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Nomenclature
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Data Center Challenges
- Environmental Concerns-"Green"
- Server Consolidation
- Virtualization
- Real Estate Power and Cooling
- Cabling
- Disaster Recovery
- Network Virtualization
- Desktop Virtualization
- Cloud Computing
- Evolution of Data Centers
- Stand-Alone Servers
- Scale-Up
- Scale-Out
- Scale-Up vs. Scale-Out
- Rack-Optimized Servers
- Blade Servers
- Server Sprawl
- Virtualization
- Server Deployment Today
- Unified Computing System (UCS)
- Chapter 2 Server Architectures
- The Processor Evolution
- Sockets
- Cores
- Threads
- Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
- Front-Side Bus
- Dual Independent Buses
- Dedicated High-Speed Interconnect
- Intel® QuickPath Interconnect
- The Memory Subsystem
- SRAMs
- DRAMs
- SDRAMs
- DIMMs
- ECC and Chipkill®
- Memory Ranks
- UDIMMs and RDIMMs
- DDR2 and DDR3
- The I/O Subsystem
- PCI Express®
- Intel Microarchitectures
- Platform Architecture
- CPU Architecture
- Virtualization Support
- Advanced Reliability
- Advanced Encryption Standard
- Trusted Execution Technology
- Chip Design
- Chipset Virtualization Support
- Intel® VT-d for Direct I/O
- Intel® VT-c for Connectivity
- VMDirectPath®
- Chapter 3 UCS Enabling Technologies
- Unified Fabric
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- Lossless Ethernet
- Terminology
- PFC (Priority-Based Flow Control)
- DCBX: Data Center Bridging eXchange
- Bandwidth Management
- FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)
- Virtualization
- Server Virtualization
- SR-IOV
- The IEEE Standard Effort
- Port Extenders and Virtualization
- VNTag
- Fabric Extenders
- VN-Link
- Memory Expansion
- Speed vs. Capacity
- Capacity vs. Cost
- How Much Memory Is Required?
- NUMA
- The UCS Approach
- The UCS Advantage
- Chapter 4 I/O Adapters
- Disclaimer.
- The Intel® Approach
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC Solutions
- Intel® 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Oplin)
- Support for Multi-Core CPUs
- Hardware-Assisted Virtualization
- Advanced Features for Storage over Ethernet
- Intel® 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Niantic)
- Improved Performance
- Hardware-Assisted Virtualization
- Support for DCB (Data Center Bridging)
- Storage over Ethernet
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
- Time Sync-IEEE 1588
- Double VLAN
- Security
- Intel's NetEffect™ iWARP Controller (NE020)
- iWARP and RDMA
- N2020 Architecture
- Performance
- Summary
- Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)
- Cisco® Palo
- Emulex
- Emulex OneConnect OCm10102-FC
- FCoE Features
- Ethernet Features
- Functional Architecture
- Deployment in UCS
- Management of OneConnect UCNAs
- Benefits of OneConnect UCNAs
- QLogic®
- 8000 Series-First Generation CNA
- 8100 Series-Second Generation CNA
- Broadcom®
- BCM57711 Dual-Port 10GbE Controller
- Advanced Integration
- High-Performance Hardware Offload
- Broadcom and UCS
- Chapter 5 UCS B-Series Blade Servers
- Components Overview
- UCS Manager
- UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects
- UCS 2100 Series Fabric Extenders
- UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis
- UCS B-Series Blade Servers
- I/O Adapters
- Overall Organization
- UCS C-Series Rack Servers
- Detailed Description
- UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects
- UCS 2104XP Fabric Extender
- UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis
- Two-Socket Blade Architecture
- UCS B200 Two-Socket Server
- UCS B250 Extended Memory Server
- Four-Socket Blade Architecture
- UCS B440 Four-Socket Server
- Description of Communication Flows
- The Boot Sequences
- Fabric Interconnect and UCSM
- Fabric Extender
- Baseboard Management Controller
- Chapter 6 UCS C-Series Rack Servers
- UCS C200
- UCS C210
- UCS C250.
- UCS C460
- Processors
- Adapters
- Hard Disk
- Management
- Software
- Physical Parameters
- C200
- C210
- C250
- C460
- Weights
- Chapter 7 UCS Manager
- UCSM Overall Architecture
- System Components
- UCSM Is a Model-Driven Framework
- Management Information Model
- Available Integration Points
- Interfaces
- Standard (Cut-Through) Interfaces in a UCS
- Standard Interfaces in a UCS
- Native Interfaces in UCS
- Operating Principles
- Configuration Policies
- Operational Policies
- Global vs. Local Policies
- Pools
- Manual Population of Pools
- Automatic Population of Pools
- Service Profiles
- Service Profile Templates
- Organizations
- Hierarchical Pool and Policy Resolution
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Locales
- Users and Authentication
- UCSM and VMware's vCenter Integration
- Integration Architecture
- Virtualization Support
- Management Plane Integration
- Port-Profiles
- vNIC Template
- Runtime Policy Resolution for Dynamic VIFs
- UCS Manager and VM in GUI
- Basic System Management with UCSM
- Hardware Management
- Example of a Chassis Discovery Process
- Retirement of Hardware
- Firmware Management
- Firmware Download Formats
- Firmware Life Cycle
- Management Firmware Pack Policy
- Host Firmware Pack Policy
- The Stateless Computing Deployment Model
- The Basic Computing Deployment Model
- System Setup-Initial Setup
- The Default Computing Deployment Model
- The Stateless Computing Deployment Model
- Requirements for Stateless Service Profiles
- System Logging
- Faults and Events
- Audit Log
- Backup and Restore of UCS Manager
- Full State Backup
- Configuration-Only Backup
- Backing Up the UCS
- Restoring a Configuration-Only Backup
- Integrating with UCS
- UCS Manager XML API
- UCS XML API Object Naming
- Method Categories
- UCS Platform Emulator.
- Chapter 8 Third-Party Management Software
- BMC®
- Just-in-Time Provisioning
- Embedded System Management
- Business Service Provisioning
- Composite Packaging
- Configuration Management
- Granular Access Control
- Compliance
- Vision for Automated and Efficient IT
- CA® Management Integration with Cisco UCS
- Integration Point
- CA Infrastructure Management Integration
- Discovery, Fault, and Service Modeling
- Performance Management and Analytics
- Automation
- Change and Configuration Management
- Service Profile and Application Templates
- Automated Provisioning
- Policy-Based Automation
- User Self-Service
- Private Cloud Deployments
- EMC® Ionix Products for Cisco UCS
- Unified Infrastructure Manager (UIM)
- Data Center Insight (DCI)
- IBM Tivoli Software Integration with Cisco UCS
- Microsoft System Center
- VMware vCenter
- Communications
- Configuration of the DVS
- Virtual Machine Adapters
- Resource Checks for DRS, HA, and FT
- Chapter 9 Planning a UCS Blade Server Installation
- The Owner of the UCS Domain
- User Authentication
- Power and Cooling
- Physical Sizing and Environmental Requirements
- Connectivity
- Choosing the Right Cables
- Twinax
- Fiber
- Bandwidth
- OS and Application Support
- Supported Storage Devices and Protocols
- Planning for Redundancy
- Power Supply Redundancy
- I/O Redundancy
- Ethernet Interfaces Redundancy
- Fibre Channel Interfaces Redundancy
- Bibliography
- PCI Express
- IEEE 802.3
- Improvements to Ethernet
- IEEE 802.1 Activities
- FCoE
- TRILL
- Virtualization
- Memory Subsystem
- Intel® Processors
- Data Centers
- Green
- Cloud Computing
- Glossary
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P.
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