I think they will be the way to go. Some of the reasons:<br>-VMware features add a lot to the management flexibility<br>-Hardware will last longer since you will be able to size more dynamically<br>-Hardware will be more efficient running multiple applications at once<br>
-Being able to bring in some of the SAN features makes failure scenarios easier to work around<br>-One number to call for support is nice<br>-The budgeting, ROI/TCO, will work out for them quite nicely<br><br>Right now there isn't a plan to EOL the MCS servers. Cisco hasn't gotten all the features and applications onto UCS, so there are still products being sold with MCS. As well, sometimes the scale doesn't justify something like a B-series or C-series and MCS makes more sense; this reason is going away fairly quickly though. Right now Cisco is only OEM'ing IBM servers. HP are still supported but you can't OEM them through a Cisco SKU/smartnet.<br>
<br>Hope this helps.<br><br>-nick<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:41 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:george.hendrix@l-3com.com">george.hendrix@l-3com.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"> I noticed Cisco has the new UCS C and B series servers.
Does anyone have any thoughts as to whether these are the way to go or not? Do
they perform better than the MCS H or I series? Also since these are out now,
does anyone know if there are plans to put the remainder of the MCS servers
EOL? BTW, this would be for a new CUCM 8 installation.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Bill Hendrix </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: gray;"></span></p>
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