[c-nsp] Can UCS 6120XP be used for normal host connectivity?

David Hubbard dhubbard at dino.hostasaurus.com
Wed Jul 7 18:24:30 EDT 2010


We're deploying a UCS setup that involves
some of the 20 port fabric interconnect
switches which basically connect our UCS
blade chassis to our EMC storage.  I asked
the sales rep today if we could plug a backup
server at 10gig into one of the unused ports
on one of the 6120's and she initially said
no, but then when I questioned what the difference
was between a backup server and our core L3
switch or the EMC storage since all are just
remote nodes talking IP on ethernet, she said
well maybe I can connect a host to it.

Trying to get some planning out of the way
and haven't gotten an answer yet so I was
wondering if anyone knows the answer to this?
Assuming the 6120XP receives a tagged 
uplink from the core for normal network
traffic coming and going from the UCS
servers, can a port on a 6100 be configured
for untagged 10gig in a specific vlan so I
can hook a server into it?

Thanks,

David



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