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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid #AAAAAA 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in;background:white'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:14.25pt;background:white;border:none;padding:0in'><span class=mw-headline><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Physical Links</span></span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Redundant physical LAN interfaces are recommended</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Cisco UCS B-Series connect to the LAN via UCS 6100, so use redundant 1Gbps or 10Gbps ports on the UCS 6100.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Computing_System_Hardware" title="Unified Computing System Hardware"><span style='color:#5A3696'>Cisco UCS C-Series tested reference configurations</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ship with two or six 1Gbps Ethernet ports (two on the motherboard for C210 or C200 plus on C210 additional four on a PCIe NIC). The recommended best practice configuration when using this tested reference configuration is:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:1.2pt;margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:14.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>One or two pairs of teamed NICs for UC VM traffic. One pair is usually sufficient on C200 due to the low load per VM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:1.2pt;margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:14.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>One pair of NICs (teamed or dedicated) for VMware-specific traffic (e.g. management, vMotion, VMware High Availability, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:.5in;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/File:NotePencil.gif" title=""Note" "><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#5A3696;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=18 height=18 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CD3F43.5138AD40" alt="Description: Note"></span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Note</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>On a server with both LOM and PCIe NIC ports, when creating a NIC teaming pair, use one port from the LOM and one from the PCIe. This splits the team across the motherboard and PCIe card, and protects against a failure of either PCIe card or the motherboard ports.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:24.0pt;line-height:14.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If using specs-based VMware support, other LAN interconnect options may be used, such as using Cisco VIC in NIV mode instead of multiple physical NICs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/QoS_Design_Considerations_for_Virtual_UC_with_UCS">http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/QoS_Design_Considerations_for_Virtual_UC_with_UCS</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jorge Rodriguez Aguila, CCVP-Voice<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Senior Voice/Data Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>Netxar Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:jorge.rodriguez@netxar.com">jorge.rodriguez@netxar.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>787-688-8530<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Erick Wellnitz<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 31, 2012 3:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> cisco-voip<br><b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] etherchannel for UC on UCS?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is etherchannel supported for UC on UCS? I want to make sure I'm not planning to do anything which might impact performance.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>