How Not to Assign KVM IP Addresses Via Cisco UCS Manager

After a few hours poking around a newly deployed UCS cluster trying to get some basic profiles created and assigned. I realized that I had actually no idea how the KVM is actually supposed to work inside the UCS cluster. Which is funny as this was a subject that we touched on during my DCUDC class. Apparently we did not touch on it enough.

XenServer Switch Ports Configuration Best Practices

Finally I have found it! Citrix's XenServer switch configuration best practices document. While everyone in the world has blog posts and documentation regarding how to set up and configure bridged networks in Xen, they hardly ever go into the physical switch configuration required. This is the document that you will need to pass along to your friendly Network Administrator, as they will more than likely not be familar with networking for Xen as its much different from networking for Vmware ESX.