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Make sure that the MTU is set to 9000 and that jumbo frames are enabled on the Cisco UCS static and dynamic
vNICs and on the upstream Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switches.
vNICs and on the upstream Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switches.
VMware ESX iSCSI Boot
This section describes the Cisco UCS service profile design for deploying the VMware ESX iSCSI boot OS from
the NetApp shared iSCSI target on the Cisco UCS B-Series server. In this deployment, the Cisco UCS M81KR VIC
is used for iSCSI SAN bootup of the VMware ESX OS from the NetApp iSCSI target.
the NetApp shared iSCSI target on the Cisco UCS B-Series server. In this deployment, the Cisco UCS M81KR VIC
is used for iSCSI SAN bootup of the VMware ESX OS from the NetApp iSCSI target.
The following steps show the basic configuration on the service profile to enable VMware ESX 5.0 iSCSI SAN
bootup on the Cisco UCS B230 blade server from the NetApp iSCSI target. For more information about the
configuration steps for deploying VMware ESX iSCSI bootup, see the Cisco UCS CLI and GUI detailed
configuration steps at
bootup on the Cisco UCS B230 blade server from the NetApp iSCSI target. For more information about the
configuration steps for deploying VMware ESX iSCSI bootup, see the Cisco UCS CLI and GUI detailed
configuration steps at
1. Create service profiles ESX-VMDirectPath-SQL and ESX-VMDirectPath-SQL1 and associate them with
Cisco B230 blades using the Cisco UCS M81KR VIC to install VMware ESX 5.0 from the iSCSI target on the
NetApp FAS3270. Figure 16 shows the creation of these service profiles.
NetApp FAS3270. Figure 16 shows the creation of these service profiles.
Figure 16. Creating Service Profiles
2. On the Service Profiles tab for the newly created service profiles, create two static vNICs, vNIC2 and vNIC3,
on Fabric A and Fabric B, respectively, with the MTU value set to 9000, without fabric failure and network
VLAN access to VLAN ID 192 (iSCSI storage), as shown in Figure 17.
VLAN access to VLAN ID 192 (iSCSI storage), as shown in Figure 17.