Cisco UCS 5108 - CIMC Standalone I;O Throttle Count Configuration; References for Cisco UCS fNIC Tunables

Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis
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BASE CHASSIS STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES
BASE CHASSIS STANDARD CAPABILITIES and FEATURES
Table 3 lists the capabilities and features of the base 5108 chassis. Details about how to configure the
chassis for a particular feature or capability are provided in CONFIGURING the CHASSIS on page 10.
Table 3 Capabilities and Features
Capability/Feature Description
Management by Cisco
UCS Manager
■ Reduces TCO by removing management modules from the chassis,
making the chassis stateless, and UCS systems management inherently
scalable
■ Provides a single, highly available management domain for all system
chassis, reducing administrative tasks through automated service profile
configuration
Unified fabric Decreases TCO by reducing the number of network interface cards (NICs),
host bus adapters (HBAs), switches, and cables needed
Support for one or two
Cisco UCS 2100 or
2200 Series Fabric
Extenders
■ Eliminates switches from the chassis along with complex configuration
and management of those switches, allowing a system to scale without
adding complexity and cost
■ Allows use of two fabric extenders for redundancy or aggregation of
bandwidth
■ Enables bandwidth scaling based on application needs; blades can be
configured for 1.25 Gbps to 10 Gbps or more
Auto-discovery Requires no configuration; like all components in the Cisco Unified Computing
System, chassis are automatically recognized and configured by Cisco UCS
Manager and its service profiles and service profile groups
High-performance
mid-plane
■ Provides investment protection
■ Supports up to 2x 40 Gbit Ethernet links to each half-width blade slot or
up to 4x 40 Gbit links to each full-width slot
■ Provides 8 blades with 1.2 terabits (Tb) of available Ethernet
throughput for future I/O requirements
■ Provides reconfigurable chassis to accommodate a variety of form
factors and functions
Redundant
hot-swappable power
supplies and fans
■ Provides high availability in multiple configurations
■ Provides uninterrupted service during maintenance
Hot-swappable blade
servers and fabric
extenders
Provides uninterrupted service during maintenance and server deployment
Comprehensive
monitoring
■ Provides extensive environmental monitoring on each chassis
■ Allows use of user thresholds to optimize environmental management of
the chassis