Term
| What is a Cisco MCS Server? |
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Definition
Media Convergence Server -
7815 - 7835 - 7845 ( up to 7500 phones )
Typical EOL 2010
Accessed with iLO web interface. |
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| What is the iLO interface? |
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Definition
Integrated Lights Out -
Provides remote console access to a server via web interface. |
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Definition
Small Computer System Interface -
Data transfer protocol used between Computers and Peripheral devices |
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Term
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Definition
End of Life -
The final date of support for any hardware device. Usually initiating and system-wide hardware upgrade. |
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Term
| What is a Cisco UCS Server? |
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Definition
Unified Communications System
C-Series -
"Rackmount"
B-Series -
Powered Chassis containing half/full blade servers
Managed with UCS Manager
Both Can use 6100/6200 Fabric Interconnect |
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Term
| What is a Bare Metal Installtion? |
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Definition
| Hypervisor such as ESX or ESXI run/installed directly on top of the hardware. |
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Term
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Definition
| Fiber Channel Over Ethernet |
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Term
| What is a Fabric Interconnect? |
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Definition
6100/6200 Series Fiber Switch -
Provides network connectivity for the UCS Chassis |
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Term
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Definition
Serial Attached SCSI -
High performance interface allowing data traffic between computer and Storage device |
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Definition
Storage Area Network -
Dedicated storage network providing local data access to servers
Utilizes fiber channel switch "fabric" to handle storage communications |
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Definition
Network Attached Storage -
Remote network storage for servers |
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Term
| What speeds is offered by a Fabric Interconnect? |
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Definition
| Speeds of 2, 4, 8, and 16 gigabit. |
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Term
| What is a Hypervisor or (VMM)? |
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Definition
Virtual Machine Manager -
Manages the entirety of a virtual OS environment |
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Term
| What is a Storage Hypervisor? |
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Definition
| Centrally managed software to manage storage pools |
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Term
| What is a CNA or (C-NIC)? |
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Definition
Convergent Network Adapter -
Used in fabric interconnects to converge 2 networks such as SAN and Computer network. |
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Term
| UCS Pictures and Explanations |
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Definition
| http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/LABS-GALLERY-Cisco-UCS-Unified-Computing-System-Hardware-876263/6/ |
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Term
| What are some different types of hypervisors? |
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Definition
Microsoft - Hyper-V
VMware - ESX, ESXI
Citrix - XenServer |
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Term
| What is meant by type 1 Hypervisor? |
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Definition
| OS that runs directly on top of server hardware to provide virtual machine management. |
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Term
| What is meant by type 2 Hypervisor? |
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Definition
| Host OS that runs within a virtual os to manage Virtual machines |
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