Cisco UCS Boot From SAN Video Walktrough

Cisco UCS Boot From SAN Video Walktrough

I’ve been meaning to do this video for ages and finally had some time to do it.

The most common questions I tend to get are generally around booting a Cisco UCS Server from the SAN. Now in order to take full advantage of the statelessness of Cisco UCS servers we certainly want to avoid any dependency on a blade and SAN Boot is a great way to do it. And in Cisco UCS it’s an absolute dream to set up.

But I’ve decided not to just stop at the Cisco UCS config but also include the SAN switch config and the Array config. Why? you may ask. Well in this day of ever increasing convergence roles are merging and Silos crashing so it makes sense to have a good overview of the entire process. And even if all these elements are still conducted by separate admins in your environment, well it’s still great to have an appreciation of the information they need in order to work closer and more efficiently with them. I have seen too many cases when trying to troubleshoot a Boot From SAN issue (or any issue for that matter) when different admins did not communicate with each other and used different (not wrong) naming conventions etc.. and it just made end to end troubleshooting that bit harder. The more consistent we can make something by working together and sharing information certainly makes everyone’s job allot easier.

Anyway grab yourself a Scotch and sit back and let the next 60mins wash over you, it always goes down smooth.