Cisco on Tuesday updated its data center infrastructure, virtualization capabilities and its UCS technology with new servers, network connectivity, storage and fabric management. Cisco refreshed its ...

The half-width blade shown from the front has slots for two local disks. Also seen to the left is the serial port for direct access to the unit. This test blade has two 10K SAS 146GB drives. This is ...

If you could design a blade server system entirely from scratch, it might look a whole lot like Cisco's Unified Computing System Encapsulating Cisco’s Unified Computing System into a few paragraphs is ...

This week, I had a chance to talk with Cisco about the new Unified Computing System (UCS) architecture. For me, this was an opportunity to get a deep dive into the architecture and understand what may ...

After months of speculation, Cisco on Monday officially staked its claim to the blade server market, unveiling a server offering as part of its Unified Computing System, an architecture the San Jose, ...

Back in March 2009, when Cisco announced the launch of their UCS platform and subsequent intention to enter the world of server hardware, eyebrows were raised including my own. There was never any ...

Cisco is pulling out of its blade partnership plans with Dell, according to CRN UK. The product was expected to be launched next month as a version of the Cisco’s Nexus family of switches placed ...

Cisco has launched a replacement program for one of its B-series Unified Computing System (UCS) blade servers after revealing a faulty transistor could cause the unit to overheat and damage nearby ...

I have a Cisco UCS blade chassis system that we have just finished setting up in the last few weeks. It is intended to run OpenStack and so we are trying to install some variation of Ubuntu on it.

If you’re looking for feedback on Cisco UCS B-Series and HPE BladeSystem, look no further. This 11-page independent report from IT Central Station provides user reviews on both solutions. “Previously, ...

Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS), introduced today, looks like an attempt to lock up the data center in much the same way that Microsoft tried to establish hegemony over the software stack. UCS ...

Not to get into a pissing contest but the Dell's can do that as well; hell, any modern ISCSI/FC HBA should be able to handle the task. what's the process of replacing a failed blade in a Dell blade ...