A Service Profile in UCS is a logical definition of a server's identity and configuration (WWNs, MACs, firmware, boot policy) that can be applied to a managed physical server — blade or rack. DCCOR covers service profiles and templates.
Cisco Nexus is the data center switching platform running NX-OS, providing high-density, low-latency Ethernet for spine-leaf fabrics.
NX-OS is the network operating system on Cisco Nexus switches and MDS, supporting features like vPC, VDCs, and programmability.
A virtual Port Channel (vPC) lets two Nexus switches appear as one to a downstream device, providing active-active links without spanning-tree blocking.
VXLAN with BGP EVPN is the overlay/control-plane technology for scalable Layer 2/Layer 3 data center fabrics.
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is an SDN data center fabric managed by the APIC controller using policy-based, intent-driven configuration.
The Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is the centralized controller that manages and automates a Cisco ACI fabric.
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) is the data center compute platform integrating servers, networking, and management, with B-Series blades and C-Series rack servers.
UCS Manager is the embedded software on Fabric Interconnects that manages a UCS domain, including service profiles and policies.
A Service Profile in UCS is a logical definition of a server's identity and configuration (WWNs, MACs, firmware, boot policy) that can be applied to a managed physical server — blade or rack.
Fibre Channel (FC) is the high-speed network protocol used to connect servers to storage arrays in a SAN.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) encapsulates FC frames in Ethernet to converge storage and data networks on one link.
Zoning controls which initiators (servers) can access which targets (storage) within a Fibre Channel fabric, enforcing SAN segmentation.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard is the operations platform that hosts data center automation, insights, and orchestration services across NX-OS and ACI fabrics.
Python is the scripting language used with Cisco data center APIs and SDKs (NX-API, ACI REST) to automate configuration and operations.
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