Cisco Server Provisioner 6.4

In January 2012, Cisco Tidal Server Provisioner (TSP) was renamed Cisco Server Provisioner (CSP).

Updated May 2, 2012

• This matrix gets updated periodically as we gain access to additional UCS resources. If you have questions on a specific configuration, or have field-tested combinations that should be reflected in this matrix, please contact LinMin
• "Should work" indicates that a combination hasn't been tested, but is expected to work given our understanding of the underlying hardware components (mezzanine/vNIC & storage controller) and experience with prior CSP/TSP releases
• All bare metal provisiong and imaging results are for local storage only. Boot from SAN (BFS) status is as follows (all require the boot policy to have a single LUN boot device):
• Provisioning ESX/ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 with BFS is supported with no CSP modifications (ESXi 5.0 will be supported soon)
• Provisioning RHEL/CentOS 5.x and 6.x with BFS is supported (templates for 5.x need minor modifications)
• Provisioning Windows Server 2008 R2 with BFS is available through a Cisco-only alpha patch (general availability expected soon)
• List of supported UCS blades and HBA cards is forthcoming
• Provisioning Windows and Disk Imaging both share the same Clonezilla transport engine and thus have the same driver contraints. This is the reason for the comment "unknown" on Menlo Gen2 M72KR-Q/E (whereas RHEL/CentOS and ESXi ISOs typically contain the latest UCS drivers
• When provisioning Windows Server 2008 R2, use the SAVBU-prepared ISO containing the latest UCS drivers
• When proisioning ESXi, use the VMware-SAVBU-prepared ISO containing the latest UCS drivers
• Refer to the CSP User's Guide topic on Cisco UCS Clients for tips on configuring UCS blades for use with CSP

UCS Blade - Mezzanine Card - Storage Controller	Provision ESX	Provision ESXi	Provision RHEL/CentOS	Provision W2K8 & W2K8 R2	Imaging (Backup/Restore)
B200-m1, Palo M81K, 1064 SAS	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
B200-m1, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-Q, 1064 SAS	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
B200-m1, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-E, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B200-m1, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-Q, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B200-m1, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-E, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B250-m1, Palo M81K, 1064 SAS	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
B250-m1, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-Q, 1064 SAS	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
B250-m1, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-E, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B250-m1, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-Q, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B250-m1, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-E, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B230, Palo M81K, 2180 SAS	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
B230, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-E, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B230, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-E, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B230, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-Q, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B230, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-E, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B440, Palo M81K, 2180 SAS	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
B440, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-Q, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B440, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-E, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B440, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-Q, 2180SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B440, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-E, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown

Cisco Tidal Server Provisioner 6.3

Updated August 23, 2011

UCS Blade - Mezzanine Card - Storage Controller	Provision ESX	Provision ESXi	Provision RHEL/CentOS	Provision W2K8 & W2K8 R2	Imaging (Backup/Restore)
B200-m1, Palo M81K, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	Y	"Should work"	Y	Y
B200-m1, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-Q, 1064 SAS	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
B200-m1, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-E, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B200-m1, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-Q, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B200-m1, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-E, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B250-m1, Palo M81K, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B250-m1, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-Q, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	Y	"Should work"	Y	Y
B250-m1, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-E, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B250-m1, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-Q, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B250-m1, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-E, 1064 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B230, Palo M81K, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Y	"Should work"
B230, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-E, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B230, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-E, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B230, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-Q, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B230, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-E, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B440, Palo M81K, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	Y	"Should work"	Y	Y
B440, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-Q, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B440, Menlo Gen1 M71KR-E, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"
B440, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-Q, 2180SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown
B440, Menlo Gen2 M72KR-E, 2180 SAS	"Should work"	"Should work"	"Should work"	Unknown	Unknown