In In a series of interactive articles, Cisco will shed more light on its Unified Computing System (UCS), thereby enabling CIOs to better manage their IT infrastructure
How can UCS help me in simplifying management of my IT resources?
Dinesh Kaushik, Head IT, Caparo India
Management solutions for an integrated data center infrastructure must help monitor the network and storage resources required by the computing platform. Complexity in server management software can increase as more products are used to develop and maintain an integrated infrastructure. Additionally, each component vendor will bring its own management interface and communication protocols. This simplification changes things for the better because it takes a lot of complication out of the equation. The Cisco UCS Manager runs embedded in the fabric interconnect and helps manage all components of the Cisco UCS with Intel Xeon processor through a single pane. Managing the server, networking, and storage resources with a unified approach greatly decreases complexity, providing the capability to deploy and alter applications quickly through the innovative use of policies, role-based access control (RBAC), service profiles and templates.
Ciscos UCS is no doubt an innovative solution. However, would deploying this lead to vendor lock-in? How compatible is it with other IT
infrastructure/solutions?
Manoranjan Kumar, CIO, Kanoria Chemicals & Industries
Deploying Cisco UCS with Intel Xeon processor will not result in a vendor lock-in. The difference lies in the architecture which provides a significant advantage based on how it is implemented. Standard Intel x86 processors are beneficial both from a connectivity and a management perspectives. Cisco UCS supports most operating systems commercially available as well as third party storage devices. Therefore, it can be easily integrated along
with any existing infrastructure
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