Collapsing Server Management Points with UCS

Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick),

I was invited to post a blog on the WWT virtualization blog, I chose to discuss Cisco Pass-Through switching with UCS.  See the blog there at: http://vblog.wwtlab.com/2010/06/22/collapsing-server-management-points-with-ucs/.

There are several other great posts there you should take a look at.

Related posts:

  1. UCS Server Failover
  2. Why Cisco UCS is my ‘A-Game’ Server Architecture
  3. Server Networking With gen 2 UCS Hardware
  4. Network Management Needs New Ideas
  5. What Product Management, Sales, and Job Candidates Have in Common
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