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Hello. &nbsp;I have a Cisco UCS Mini and Nimble CS215 that are working well together. &nbsp;The Nimble is connected directly to the FIs of the UCS Mini and the other two ports on the FIs connect to my upstream 10 Gb switches. &nbsp;I want to connect a second SAN (iSCSI) for to store backups. &nbsp;It is a UltraStor ES4200TG. &nbsp;I have both controllers connected to my upstream 10 Gb switches. &nbsp;I am unsure of how to set this up in UCS manager as well as VMware (version 6) so that all the VMs can access the UltraStor. &nbsp;Realistically, only one VM (the backup server) will need to connect to the UltraStor, but I don't want to limit my options that way.
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Hello.  I have a Cisco UCS Mini and Nimble CS215 that are working well together.  The Nimble is connected directly to the FIs of the UCS Mini and the other two ports on the FIs connect to my upstream 10 Gb switches.  I want to connect a second SAN (iSCSI) for to store backups.  It is a UltraStor ES4200TG.  I have both controllers connected to my upstream 10 Gb switches.  I am unsure of how to set this up in UCS manager as well as VMware (version 6) so that all the VMs can access the UltraStor.  Realistically, only one VM (the backup server) will need to connect to the UltraStor, but I don't want to limit my options that way.

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