Ucs central best practices

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UCS Central Best Practices

Jeff Silberman : UCS Technical Marketing Engineer

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UCS Central Overview / Intro

Chicago

L.A.

New York

UCS Admin

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UCS Central is the Information Focal Point

View

UCS Central

Information:

- Faults

- Events

- Inventory

- Statistics

Information:

- Faults

- Events

- Inventory

- Statistics

Information:

- Faults

- Events

- Inventory

- Statistics

Information:

- Faults

- Events

- Inventory

- Statistics

Information:

- Faults

- Events

- Inventory

- Statistics

Information:

- Faults

- Events

- Inventory

- Statistics


UCS Central Overview / Intro

Chicago

L.A.

New York

UCS Admin

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UCS Central is the Configuration Focal Point

Configure

UCS Central

Settings:

- Pools

- Policies

- Profiles

- VLANs

- VSANs

Settings:

- Pools

- Policies

- Profiles

- VLANs

- VSANs

Settings:

- Pools

- Policies

- Profiles

- VLANs

- VSANs

Settings:

- Pools

- Policies

- Profiles

- VLANs

- VSANs

Settings:

- Pools

- Policies

- Profiles

- VLANs

- VSANs

Settings:

- Pools

- Policies

- Profiles

- VLANs

- VSANs

Use Hierarchy (DG and Orgs)

Don’t use “root” or “org-root”

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Use Global Pools/Policies and SPs

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Prefix Global Names with “G-”

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Use “Import Policies”

- Make existing Operational Policies “Golden”

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Get Comfortable

Model and Test as much as possible

Use UCSPE --- “Safe Sandbox”

Phase in Adoption over Time as Comfort Increases

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“Ease-in” to Global Policy Usage

“Opt-In” to global policies over time (as comfort increases)

Remember:

Global Policy resolution can revert back to local

Global Policy resolution promotes administrative scalability

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Best

Practice


ID Pool Management – Migration

UCS1

UCS2

UCS3

PoolLocal_Pool_1

PoolLocal_Pool_2

PoolLocal_Pool_3

75:63:73:72:6f:63:6b:73

62:75:79:75:63:73:21:21

66:63:6f:65:62:61:62:79

75:63:73:6d:63:6f:6f:6c

76:69:63:70:6f:77:65:72

73:76:63:70:72:6f:66:6c

67:72:6f:77:75:63:73:21

Service Profile: SP1

PoolDefault empty

PoolDefault empty

PoolDefault empty

PoolLocal_Pool_1

67:72:6f:77:75:63:73:21


PoolLocal_Pool_2


PoolLocal_Pool_3

66:63:6f:65:62:61:62:79

76:69:63:70:6f:77:65:72

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Best

Practice

For Your Reference


Global Configuration Settings

1. UCS Central Backups

– Backup of UCS Central is essential

– Certain elements cannot be easily reconstructed (like Domain Groups)

2. UCSM Domain Backups

– Domain Backups can be automatic

– Backup / Export Policies defined per Domain Group

– Requires Global Policy Resolution Control

Global Backup Policies

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Best

Practice

Best

Practice

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Model and Test as much as possible; Use UCSPE; “Safe Sandbox”

Watch Out for Caveats

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