One of the most often requested features in the early days of UCS was the ability to directly attach 10GE storage devices (both Ethernet and FCoE based) to the UCS Fabric Interconnects. Up until UCSM 1.4, only two types of Ethernet port configurations existed in UCS – Server Ports (those connected to IO Modules in [...]
READ MORE »Ok, so this isn’t really UCS related. Just a random thought I had today while working on a lab project… why don’t we have Private VSANs? As in, the same type of technology as Private VLANs (PVLANs)? First, some background. Standard SAN best practice for access control is to use single-initiator/single-target zoning. This means that [...]
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