Thanks Jeremy, we're going to end up going the same route after I looked into it more with the information Brad posted. We don't have a ten gig core yet so looks like I'm buying some new core switches too just to get backup traffic in and out since I don't want to do link aggregation (assuming the 6120's supported it).
Thanks Brad too, David > -----Original Message----- > From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net > [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jeremy Bresley > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:29 PM > To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Can UCS 6120XP be used for normal host > connectivity? > > If you have the 6120s deployed in End Host Mode, then this is not > currently possible. If you are running them in switch mode then they > behave like a normal switch and you can do this setup. > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10278/products_configura > tion_example09186a0080af3171.shtml > > To change the mode, issue the command: set mode {end-host|switch} > > We tried to do almost this exact setup, with 2 primary upstream N5Ks, > and a separate connection using pin groups to send backup > traffic out a > separate interface. We were unable to get this to work with > the M81KR > cards in the B250 blades, and ended up just making the backup > network a > separate VLAN on the same 10G uplinks instead of an isolated physical > segment. > > Hope this helps, let me know if you have questions and I'll try to > answer them from what issues we've run into with the UCS. > > Jeremy > > On 7/7/2010 5:24 PM, David Hubbard wrote: > > We're deploying a UCS setup that involves > > some of the 20 port fabric interconnect > > switches which basically connect our UCS > > blade chassis to our EMC storage. I asked > > the sales rep today if we could plug a backup > > server at 10gig into one of the unused ports > > on one of the 6120's and she initially said > > no, but then when I questioned what the difference > > was between a backup server and our core L3 > > switch or the EMC storage since all are just > > remote nodes talking IP on ethernet, she said > > well maybe I can connect a host to it. > > > > Trying to get some planning out of the way > > and haven't gotten an answer yet so I was > > wondering if anyone knows the answer to this? > > Assuming the 6120XP receives a tagged > > uplink from the core for normal network > > traffic coming and going from the UCS > > servers, can a port on a 6100 be configured > > for untagged 10gig in a specific vlan so I > > can hook a server into it? > > > > Thanks, > > > > David > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/