In the Cisco UCS servers, there are three classes or categories of Network Adapters for B-series and C-Server servers. I write this down because it’s pretty hard to find this summary anywhere is Cisco’s documentation and I keep having to tell people the difference. Now I can point them at this blog post.
Cisco UCS Servers – A Little Bit of Cynical Marketing Magic Can Go a Long Way
16th May 2010 by 2 Comments
You can take the view that Cisco Unified Computing System is a product that is carefully designed so that selling it is as easy as possible. A cynical marketing analysis has produced a product that customers can be convinced to buy. Or is it an innovation in server and data centre design that is desperately needed ?
Cisco: Questions I Have About Cisco, UCS and the Market
12th February 2010 by 1 Comment
I was recently asked to consider Cisco and their UCS and whether it is ready for adoption. This raised a number of questions that I’d like to have answers for.
Blessay:Cisco UCS Really Is Just Blade Servers With Fancy NICs & A Response to HP Network Ambition
2nd April 2009 by 7 Comments
I found some information today, realised that UCS is really servers with fancy NICs. It also reinforced my belief that Cisco is responding to HP & IBM, not attacking them.
