Sirius employs highly certified teams of Cisco UCS experts who can help you maximize your investment and minimize the time needed to implement your Cisco UCS solution. Sirius Cisco UCS services include:

Cisco UCS Proof of Concept Services

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) is a disruptive technology in the server hardware world. Validating interoperability, performance, availability, scalability and ease of management is a common request for organizations new to UCS. The Sirius Networking team can assist in acquiring loaner or try-and-buy equipment, along with initial installation and configuration. We will assist in defining your solution proof points and exercising the system to fulfill the requirements.

Business Value

• Validates that UCS will perform as expected
• Validates interoperability between UCS and existing storage, LAN and physical infrastructure
• Provides UCS implementation experience and administrative skills
• Includes a table-top comparison of UCS to other server solutions

Cisco UCS Architecture & Design Services

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) is a highly efficient and scalable computing architecture that was uniquely designed to maximize virtual infrastructures. It utilizes the latest in data center technologies such as Unified Fabric, FCoE, Extended Memory, Virtualized Adapters, Service Profiles, Dynamic Energy Management and Embedded Management functions that cross administration disciplines. Sirius’ architecture and design service for Cisco UCS is a well-defined process for capturing current state, design requirements, growth expectations, architecture options, configurations, budget estimates and implementation timelines. This service may be used in conjunction with a Virtual Infrastructure Assessment & Design service.

Business Value

• Compares Cisco UCS to solutions from other server vendors
• Helps you understand one-time capital and ongoing operating expense related to Cisco UCS
• Explains Cisco UCS architecture best practices
• Explains Cisco UCS implementation best practices
• Delivers a final set of solution drawings and hardware/software configurations
• Includes a statement of work for solution proof of concept and implementation

Cisco UCS Implementation Services

The initial installation of a Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) environment requires forethought and planning. When done correctly, subsequent hardware expansion and technology refresh projects are streamlined without service downtime. Sirius’ UCS engineers have a well defined process for pre-installation planning, physical rack/stack and cabling, setup of service profiles, resource pools, UCS Manager, as-built documentation, and skills transfer. Our base installation service covers a defined number of chassis, blades, fabric interconnects, fabric extenders, uplinks to LAN and SAN, vNIC, vHBA, service profiles, firmware updates, backups, user accounts, and phone home capabilities.

Business Value

• Provides an experienced UCS installation team
• Offers UCS installation experience without the risk of going it alone
• Leverages existing installation templates and lesson learned
• Implementations follow Cisco deployment best practices
• Initial deployment is completed with subsequent upgrades in mind
• Includes assistance from a third party when collaborating between data center, network, storage and server teams

Cisco UCS Capacity Planning & Performance Tuning Services

Is your Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) environment operating at its peak performance? Do you have sufficient capacity for upcoming projects? Are you at the latest firmware levels? Is there a new version of UCS Manager and you don’t know whether you should upgrade or not? Do you need to add a service profile and need some help? These and many other routine management tasks are part of the proper care and feeding of a UCS environment. Sirius can help you via an hourly support contract so you are consistently maximizing your investment in UCS.

Business Value

• Provides Day 2 support for the UCS environment
• Helps you stay current with code releases
• Lets you leverage Sirius’ extensive field experience with other clients
• Validates peak performance of shared infrastructure components

Contact your Sirius client executive for more information about Cisco UCS solutions and services available from Sirius.