Installation and configuration of VMware VSAN into Cisco UCS

In this recipe, we will learn the concept of how to install and configure VMWare VSAN into Cisco UCS C-Series Server.

Getting ready

First, prepare 2 Cisco UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnects, which are connected to Cisco Fabric Extender and 3 Cisco C-Series C240 Servers, which are connected to each Cisco Fabric Extender by FC cables through Cisco Virtual Interface Card (VIC). The following is the diagram of VMware VSAN in a Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Server:

How to do it…

In this recipe, we will learn the concept of how to prepare a Cisco service profile for VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) deployment.

The following table is lists the hardware and software requirements for Cisco UCS with VMware Virtual SAN architecture:

Component	Description
Cisco UCS	3 x Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Servers, each with 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2600 CPUs 24 x 16 GB DDR3 RDIMMs 6 x 900 GB SAS drives 1 x 200 GB SAS SSDs 1 x LSI MegaRAID SAS controller 1 x Cisco UCS VIC 1227
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