Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) (Data Center): A Complete Reference Guide to the Cisco Data Center Virtualization Server Architecture (Networking Technology)
by admin on Aug.20, 2011, under VoIP Products
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) (Data Center): A Complete Reference Guide to the Cisco Data Center Virtualization Server Architecture (Networking Technology)
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The definitive guide to UCS and the Cisco® Data Center Server: planning, architecture, components, deployment, and benefits With its new Unified Computing System (UCS) family of products, Cisco has introduced a fundamentally new vision for data center computing: one that reduces ownership cost, improves agility, and radically simplifies management. In this book, three Cisco insiders thoroughly explain UCS, and offer practical insights for IT professionals and decision-makers who are evaluating
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August 20th, 2011 on 2:11 am
Great guide for redesigning your infrastructure,
I have only had this book a few weeks, got it because we are doing a redesign on some infrastructure here and were planning on going the Cisco UCS route. This guide was an excellent reference tool when creating designs to bring to management. It delved into some of the technology in a way that allowed me to explain to the decision makers what it is, how it works, and why we need it. I would highly recommend having this around for anyone who crosses the boundaries between network and servers. But remember, this is only a reference guide, there are some assumptions made about previous experience and knowledge.
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|August 20th, 2011 on 2:41 am
roadmap for planning a data center,
From this 2010 book, you can see detailed descriptions of how data centers have evolved in the last 10 years and, more importantly to some readers, upcoming hardware abilities for the next 2 or so years. The latter projections may be the best aspect of the book, as it lets you intelligently plan what should go into your data center. The hardware specs come from key players like Intel, Broadcom, Emulex and Cisco.
Chapter 2 on server architecture is a good quick summary of common hardware in this field. For example, it furnishes ready explanations of memory boards like DDR, DDR2 and DDR3, along with UDIMM and RDIMM.. While the equivalent of UDIMM existed some 15 years ago, the other types have come into being in the interim and reflect the continual [and hopefully continuing] massive increases in chip capacity engendered by Moore’s Law.
The book lays out the Intel Westmere hardware. Most impressive in many ways. Including the ability to do in hardware the Advanced Encryption Standard [AES], which far outstrips a software implementation. Plus the hardware AES is presumably safer than an incorrect or subverted software AES.
Also, Westmere has the Trusted Execution Technology, which can prevent insertion of a feral rootkit hypervisor in place of the legitimate hardware Virtual Memory Monitor. Important because the book emphasises in many places the need and use of virtualisation in a data center to improve hardware usage. But the still increasing use of virtualisation can also be expected to lead to attacks against it. Hence Intel’s preemptive moves in Westmere are welcome news.
The book cleaves into 2 de facto parts. The first deals with topics like those mentioned above, where Intel is the most significant vendor. While the second part concerns more directly Cisco’s UCS. The latter is an integration of the items in the first part with Cisco’s custom hardware.
One quibble I do have is the cluttering of the narrative with copyright symbols. Do we really need to see a copyright next to every instance of “Intel”? An improvement would have been to do what is commonly done in other books of this ilk, where the copyrights are factored out into the copyright page and possibly an introductory section.
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|August 20th, 2011 on 2:46 am
Great book; Some Inaccuracies,
As a guy who architected UCS’s management stack (the UCSM), I can say that there are some small inaccuracies in the way management engine and its functions are described, esp when it comes to org, policy management and AAA. Otherwise, an excellent and exceptionally valuable read.
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