Cannot Open Cisco UCS KVM Console By Java
Cannot run KVM console program because your system deployment.config file states that an enterprise configuration file is mandatory.
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Emulex OneConnect OCe10102 on ESXi 6.0
Please refer to following post for basic troubleshooting of Emulex OneConnect. How to Install Proper Drivers for 3rd Party Network Adapter on ESXi 5.x I have a box uses Emulex OneConnect OCe10102 network adapters. The adapter is quite old and Emulex brand card doesn’t support ESXi 6.0. I upgraded the server to ESXi 6.0 and … Read more
“The Update is Not Applicable to Your Computer” When Install KB3046101
HPE 3PAR upgrading team usually sends a per-requisites before upgrading. One thing in the guide incorrect is the Windows 2012 required patch KB3046101. You may see error below when you install the path on Windows 2012 server. The update is not applicable to your computer The reason … Read more
Vlan ‘xxx’ resolved to unsupported VLAN ID in Cisco UCS Manager
You may need only 1 IP address for blade console in Cisco UCS Manager. You can follow Understanding “Management IP” of Cisco UCS Manager to configure it. You may see warning “Vlan ‘xxx’ resolved to unsupported VLAN ID” when you delete existing inbound and outbound IP pools if you are trying to clean up existing … Read more
Understanding “Management IP” of Cisco UCS Manager
Benefit of using Inbound Management IP Address for Cisco UCS Blades is it’s faster than outbound. But how to configure it?
“x/xx on FI-A is connected by a unknown server device” on Cisco UCS
You may see following errors in ‘info’ category of error messages in the Cisco UCS Manager after upgrading infrastructure firmware to 3.2.x. “x/xx on FI-A is connected by a unknown server device” This is bug documented in CSCvk76095. You have to reset the port on FI to fix it. Go to “Equipment” in Cisco UCS … Read more
Connect to New Provisioned Raspberry Pi Less than $3
The IP configuration of new provisoined Raspberry Pi struggled me a long time. I need to connect to a monitor so I login to system and configure IP address. The problem was I don’t have monitor. I only have a laptop. Last year, my old laptop dead. I connected the laptop monitor to a HDMI … Read more
Show CDP Neighbor of Cisco UCS Uplinks
There are two ways to know which network switch ports the network uplinks of Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects are connected to. By CLI SSH to the Cisco UCS Manager. Connect to FI-A. # connect nxos a Show neighbor of network uplinks. # show cdp neighbor interface ethernet <port num> By PowerShell Make sure Cisco PowerTool … Read more
“default Keyring’s certificate is invalid” in Cisco UCS Manager
You may see following error in Cisco UCS Manager: default Keyring’s certificate is invalid The reason is Admin -> Key Management -> KeyRing default is expired. It’s not possible to delete or change the KeyRing in GUI. You have to log in to SSH of Cisco UCS Manager and run following commands (The strings after … Read more
A Huge Amount of Warnings of “Image is Deleted” in Cisco UCS Manager
A few days ago, I deleted some older firmware packages in Cisco UCS Manager. Suddenly more than 100 warnings were generated. The error messages are similar below: blade-controller image with vendor Cisco System Inc……is deleted Cause: image-deleted Clearly, it’s triggered due to packages deletion. But all of my service profiles and service profile templates were … Read more