So I initiated the message this way because I didn't want to bog down the list with UCS stuff which as far as I know is not on the CCIE yet :-) But I am happy to include the list if everyone wants to hear about it.
First let me say thanks to the guys who contacted me offline and offered their help. Thanks! We are trying to install our first UCS chassis/blades/fabric extenders/nexus switches in a lab here. We were getting support from Cisco on a regular basis, but recently the guy supporting us must have got pulled off onto other stuff and I was getting pretty frustrated working in the dark for the last couple of weeks. I can usually solve most any problem between reading the documentation and googling, but this one resisted all efforts. We had everything set up per the recommended practices, but our blades could not communicate with the outside world. The error we received was "ENM Pinning Failure" I couldn't find anything about this in the docs and google only had one entry that was relevent, and the end of that thread said open a TAC case (which the hardware isn't under my account yet so I couldn't do that.) Fortunately our Cisco rep got a new guy on the job Friday, and he opened a TAC case and found the solution. Basically it turned out that during the upgrade from 1.4 to 2.0, the GUI became out of sync with the fabric extender configuration. The port channel from the fabric extender to the nexus did not contain the correct vlans even though it showed it did on the GUI. During this process I learned how to get into the CLI on the fabric extendor and now feel much more at home (this is why I don't really like GUIs). The TAC engineer was able to correct the problem only using the GUI by deleting and re-adding multiple components (VLAN/POs/ etc) Any of you guys supporting UCS installs have an opinion on this? Anyway I'm learning a lot this week :-) Patrick A. Baldwin (Alex) Network Engineering Colsa Corp., HOSC Contract NASA , Marshall Space Flight Center Office: (256) 544-2089 Fax: (256) 544-8629 E-mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 3:35 PM To: Baldwin, Patrick A. Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] OT Cisco UCS I'd actually prefer to see the discussion here so we can all see it. It is digression from the list's intention for sure, but it is far more useful than getting 48 "unsubscribe" messages per day. If one isnt interested in the topic, its in the subject line so its very easy to ignore. Much like I ignore "unsubscribe" messages. Cheers, Matt CCIE #22386 CCSI #31207 On 2 December 2011 02:44, Baldwin, Patrick A. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I would appreciate speaking with anyone who has implemented the Cisco UCS > Unified Computing System and its interface to the fabric extenders and Nexus > switches. Unicast me if interested in sharing lessons learned. > > Patrick A. Baldwin (Alex) > Network Engineering > Colsa Corp., HOSC Contract > NASA , Marshall Space Flight Center > Office: (256) 544-2089 > Fax: (256) 544-8629 > E-mail: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, > please visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
