[cisco-voip] UC on UCS

[Lelio Fulgenzi]

yes, i tried that tool as well. got the same answer (on my side, and the other side). 

i have a sneaking suspicion, they didn't like my answer because I was using two C260-M2s. they came back and told me to use 4 C240-M3s. i really liked the C260 and only having to deal with two boxes, one in each data centre. plus, it was a bit cheaper, and when i asked at Live 2012, I was told (with obvious caveats) that a C260-M3 would likely come down the line as well. 

i believe the bigger boxes like the C260 are off the TRC roadmap and there will only be mid-size boxes like the C240, everything else is pushing towards the blade infrastructure. 

so they were likely trying to do me a favour. ;) 

salt, grain, etc. 




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University of Guelph 

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----- Original Message -----

From: "Matthew Loraditch" <MLoraditch at heliontechnologies.com> 
To: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio at uoguelph.ca>, "Scott Voll" <svoll.voip at gmail.com> 
Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 10:56:05 AM 
Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] UC on UCS 



The docwiki is described as authoritative by the various partner resources who participate in our partner online community. 
I also recommend looking at the new sizing tool: http://tools.cisco.com/ucs/ 




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From: cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi 
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 10:41 AM 
To: Scott Voll 
Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] UC on UCS 



I think you'll find the proverbial, "it depends" is the answer. 

The wiki doc starts here: 

http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_Virtualization_Sizing_Guidelines#General_Rules_for_Co-residency_and_Physical.2FVirtual_Hardware_Sizing 

You'll have to get your apps lined up and see which ones have what rules. 

But I have a feeling, that this doc wiki, as updated as it may be, sometimes is not "authoritative". I had an interesting discussion with my SE as far as how many VMs I could run on one UCS chassis. I read the doc, came up with a plan, and word came back, both from the SE and from his support team that my design was over provisioned. I'm pushing back, asking them why if all I did was read the documentation and sized it accordingly. Never got a good explanation as to why the conflict. 

Good luck. 

Lelio 

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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A. 
Senior Analyst, Data Centre and Communications Facilities 
Computing and Communications Services (CCS) 
University of Guelph 

519 ‐ 824 ‐ 4120 Ext 56354 
lelio at uoguelph.ca 
www.uoguelph.ca/ccs 
Room 037, Animal Science and Nutrition Building 
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 




From: "Scott Voll" < svoll.voip at gmail.com > 
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 10:27:08 AM 
Subject: [cisco-voip] UC on UCS 

Can someone point me to the correct documentation that says that either I CAN or I CAN'T run other 3rd party apps on the same blade as my UC stuff? 



I've had conflicting reports but have no solid information on the support of this configuration. 



One report I got said I could if I was using Nexus 1000v to support QoS. 



Yet others have been it's not supported due to CPU and Ram concerns. 



ultimately I want a TAC supported system, but need to factor in cost. 



TIA 



Scott 

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