Cisco Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data 1.0 Information Guide
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Compatibility Matrix for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 1.0
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Overview
Overview
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data provides a single touch solution that automates deployment
of Big Data infrastructure and provides a single management pane across both physical infrastructure
and Hadoop software. It supports key Hadoop distributions including Cloudera, MapR, and
Hortonworks.
of Big Data infrastructure and provides a single management pane across both physical infrastructure
and Hadoop software. It supports key Hadoop distributions including Cloudera, MapR, and
Hortonworks.
Note
Support for Hortonworks is not available in Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 1.0, and
it is planned for a future release.
it is planned for a future release.
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data delivers end-to-end automation of Hadoop cluster deployment
that allows you to spin up and expand clusters on-demand. Configuration of the physical infrastructure,
which includes compute, internal storage, network, and installation of operating system, Java packages,
Hadoop along with provisioning of Hadoop services are handled automatically with minimal user input.
This is achieved through the innovative Cisco UCS service profiles wherein both the physical
infrastructure and Hadoop configuration are incorporated into a Hadoop cluster deployment profile.
that allows you to spin up and expand clusters on-demand. Configuration of the physical infrastructure,
which includes compute, internal storage, network, and installation of operating system, Java packages,
Hadoop along with provisioning of Hadoop services are handled automatically with minimal user input.
This is achieved through the innovative Cisco UCS service profiles wherein both the physical
infrastructure and Hadoop configuration are incorporated into a Hadoop cluster deployment profile.
Requirements
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Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data 1.0
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data is a self-contained virtual machine that can be imported into,
and run within a VMware vSphere environment. Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data is packaged
and delivered to the end-user in the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) for deployment on VMware
vSphere. Depending on the hosting virtualization platform (For example, VMware vSphere), download
and import the appropriate Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data format.
and run within a VMware vSphere environment. Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data is packaged
and delivered to the end-user in the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) for deployment on VMware
vSphere. Depending on the hosting virtualization platform (For example, VMware vSphere), download
and import the appropriate Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data format.
outlines the minimum system requirements for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data.
Note
It is recommended that you reserve 8 GB of memory and 2000 MHz of CPU resources for Cisco UCS
Director Express for Big Data.
Director Express for Big Data.
Table 1
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Minimum Requirements
Resource
Minimum Requirements
vCPUs
4
Memory
4 GB (8 GB recommended)
Hard disk
100 GB