• Server inheritance policy
• Server pool policy
vHBA Template
Thistemplate is a policy that defines how a vHBA on a server connects to the SAN. It is also referred to as
avHBA SANconnectivity template.
Youneed to include this policy in a service profile for it to take effect.
VM Lifecycle Policy
TheVM lifecycle policy determines how long Cisco UCS Manager retains offline VMs and offline dynamic
vNICsin its database. If a VM or dynamic vNIC remains offline after that period, Cisco UCS Manager deletes
theobject from itsdatabase.
Allvirtual machines (VMs) on Cisco UCS servers are managed by vCenter. Cisco UCS Manager cannot
determinewhether an inactive VM is temporarily shutdown, has been deleted, or is in some other state that
rendersit inaccessible. Therefore, Cisco UCS Manager considers all inactive VMs to be in an offline state.
CiscoUCS Manager considers a dynamic vNIC to be offline when the associated VM is shutdown, or the
linkbetween the fabric interconnect and the I/O module fails. On rare occasions, an internal error can also
causeCisco UCS Manager to consider a dynamic vNIC to be offline.
Thedefault VM and dynamic vNIC retention period is 15 minutes. You can set that for any period of time
between1 minute and 7200 minutes (or 5 days).
TheVMs that Cisco UCS Manager displays are for information and monitoring only. You cannot manage
VMsthrough CiscoUCS Manager. Therefore, when you deletea VMfrom theCisco UCS Manager
database,you do not delete the VM from the server or from vCenter.
Note
vNIC Template
Thispolicy defines how a vNIC on a server connects to the LAN. This policy is also referred to as a vNIC
LANconnectivity policy.
Beginningin Cisco UCS, Release 2.0(2), Cisco UCS Manager does not automatically create a VM-FEX port
profilewith the correctsettings when youcreate a vNICtemplate. If youwant tocreate a VM-FEXport
profile,you must configure the target of the vNIC template as a VM.
Youneed to include this policy in a service profile for it to take effect.
Ifyour server has two Emulex or QLogic NICs (Cisco UCS CNA M71KR-E or Cisco UCS CNA
M71KR-Q),you must configure vNIC policies for both adapters in your service profile to get a user-defined
MACaddress for both NICs. If you do not configurepolicies for both NICs, Windows still detects both
ofthem in the PCI bus. Then because the second eth is not part of your serviceprofile, Windows assigns
ita hardware MAC address. If you then move the serviceprofile to a different server, Windows sees
additionalNICs because one NIC did not have a user-defined MAC address.
Note
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