CISCO UCS(Unified computer system)

What Is Cisco Unified Computing System?

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) unites physical and virtual computational and network
resources into a single system. UCS is a set of pre-integrated data center components that
comprises blade servers, adapters, fabric interconnects, and extenders that are integrated under a
common embedded management system. This approach results in far fewer system components
than comparable data center platforms.

Which Operating Systems (os) Are Supported On Ucs?

UCS blade servers are certified for following OS:

- Microsoft Windows Server 2008

- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
- VMware vSphere 4
- VMware Infrastructure 3.5 Update 4

Which Hypervisors Are Supported On Ucs?

Cisco UCS supports several hypervisors including VMware ESX, ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer
and others. Guest operating systems are limited to 255 GB of vRAM and 8 virtual processors in vSphere
4.x, upgraded to 1 TB of vRAM and 32 vCPUs in vSphere 5.0. Additionally, the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface
Cards incorporate VM-FEX technology that gives virtual machines direct access to the hardware for
improved performance and network visibility.

What Are UCS Blade Servers And Rack Servers?

UCS Blade Servers sit inside the UCS chassis and are managed using UCS manager. UCS Rack Servers
work independently and do not require the full UCS infrastructure; however they can also be integrated
in your existing UCS infrastructure.