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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Spectrum Symphony
Components Future Version
Created by Guest
Created on May 3, 2017

[RFE][PIMCO] - Host Factory - Private Cloud Burst - Cisco Unified Computing System

We would request private cloud burst, Cisco UCS running on VMware. is supported in Symphony 7.2

  • Guest
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    May 27, 2021

    .Hi Nancy, there is no plan to build out-of-box support for Cisco Unified Computing System in Host Factory. Please feel free to open a new RFE if there are gaps for your production.

  • Guest
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    Dec 14, 2020

    .Move to future roadmap but as low priority. We may revisit if the case becomes valid again.

  • Guest
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    Dec 13, 2020

    .Is this one still requested for production to support Cisco Unified Computing System for Symphony Host Factory?

  • Guest
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    Dec 15, 2017

    This RFE's Headline was changed after submission to reflect the headline of an internal request we were already considering, but will now track here.

  • Guest
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    Dec 14, 2017

    This RFE's Headline was changed after submission to reflect the headline of an internal request we were already considering, but will now track here.

  • Guest
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    May 24, 2017

    Moving this to backlog for future release tied to updates to Host Factory feature.

  • Guest
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    May 4, 2017

    SocGen has a similar request for on-demand host provisioning for internal compute servers provided by Datacenter.