Cisco Ucs 6300 Fabric Interconnects - Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Design Manual

Technology Overview
An instance of Cisco UCS Manager with all Cisco UCS components managed by it forms a Cisco UCS domain,
which can include up to 160 servers. In addition to provisioning Cisco UCS resources, this infrastructure
management software provides a model-based foundation for streamlining the day-to-day processes of
updating, monitoring, and managing computing resources, local storage, storage connections, and network
connections. By enabling better automation of processes, Cisco UCS Manager allows IT organizations to achieve
greater agility and scale in their infrastructure operations while reducing complexity and risk. The manager
provides flexible role and policy-based management using service profiles and templates.
Cisco UCS Manager manages Cisco UCS systems through an intuitive HTML 5 or Java user interface and a CLI. It
can register with Cisco UCS Central Software in a multi-domain Cisco UCS environment, enabling centralized
management of distributed systems scaling to thousands of servers. Cisco UCS Manager can be integrated with
Cisco UCS Director to facilitate orchestration and to provide support for converged infrastructure and
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
The Cisco UCS XML API provides comprehensive access to all Cisco UCS Manager functions. The API provides
Cisco UCS system visibility to higher-level systems management tools from independent software vendors (ISVs)
such as VMware, Microsoft, and Splunk as well as tools from BMC, CA, HP, IBM, and others. ISVs and in-house
developers can use the XML API to enhance the value of the Cisco UCS platform according to their unique
requirements. Cisco UCS PowerTool for Cisco UCS Manager and the Python Software Development Kit (SDK)
help automate and manage configurations within Cisco UCS Manager.

Cisco UCS 6300 Fabric Interconnects

The Cisco UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects are a core part of Cisco UCS, providing both network
connectivity and management capabilities for the system. The Cisco UCS 6300 Series offers line-rate, low-
latency, lossless 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and Fibre Channel functions.
The Cisco UCS 6300 Series provides the management and communication backbone for the Cisco UCS B-
Series Blade Servers, 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis, and C-Series Rack Servers managed by Cisco UCS. All
servers attached to the fabric interconnects become part of a single, highly available management domain. In
addition, by supporting unified fabric, the Cisco UCS 6300 Series provides both LAN and SAN connectivity for all
servers within its domain.
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