UCS Management Best Practices and Tools: Ray Cole Data Center CSE - SLED Florida 954-535-5064

UCS Management Best Practices
and Tools
Ray Cole
Data Center CSE SLED Florida
raycole@cisco.com
954-535-5064
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Objectives
UCS Management Best Practices and Tools
In the best practices topic we will focuses on UCS
usage and management strategies and
methodologies. The management tools topic will cover
many of the available optional UCS tools and
resources that most UCS customers have never heard
of or used.
The tools discussion will include UCS Central, 3rd
party management integrations, the UCS Emulator,
goUCS, PowerShell, and other management related
topics and tools. We will provide descriptions of the
tools, their use cases, and some examples.
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Agenda
Management Best Practices: Pre-installation
Management Best Practices: Installation
Management Best Practices: Maintenance
Management Best Practices: Support
Tools and Management Integrations
Conclusion
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Pre-installation
UCS Overview Get exposed to the architecture concepts
UCS Technical Orientation Get exposed to the GUI and concepts (UCSPE)
Supported Environments Make sure what you want to do is supported
Site and Power Planning Insure you have the right power in the right place
LAN Planning Right cables, connectors, and ports available
SAN Planning Right cables, connectors, and ports available
Boot Devices Understand how you will boot your servers short and long term
Test Environments Consider an environment for lab and test use
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UCS Deployment Education
1. UCS Overview (~2 hours)
Initial exposure to UCS architecture and components.
2. UCS Technical Orientation (Optional ~2-8 hours)
Technical exposure to the system including review of the architecture, installation,
maintenance, and control of the environment.
3. Mentored install (~6-16 hours)
4. Installation refresher (~2-4 hours)
5. Health check (2-4 hours)
6. Education and training (Varies): Ongoing
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Supported Environments
Most current OS and hardware is supported but check versions and caveats.
B-Series Interoperability Includes most B-Series and C-Series UCS
Manager integrated UCS hardware, adapters, and OS support.
C-Series Interoperability Includes standalone rack server hardware,
adapters, and OS support.
Storage Interoperability Includes the support for attachment to storage
including storage devices and SAN switches.
Some hardware not on the Cisco Interoperability Matrixs may be supported by
those vendors with UCS. Check with your hardware vendor.
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Site and Power Planning
Review the site planning guide for physical requirements
Most equipment comes with rails designed for 4 post racks. 3rd party for 2 post racks.
Insure you have the power whips in place or get them installed. Identify and label them.
Insure you have racks or order Cisco racks.
Insure you have PDUs or order Cisco PDUs. Order the right power cords!
Management arms are ordered as options for the servers
Rack mounting screws are only included with the racks. Cisco sells them separately.
RACK-FASTEN-001= Mounting screws (qty 100), M6
RACK-FASTEN-002= Cage nuts (qty 50), M6
Insure the site infrastructure team is available during the install

Physically connects the new hardware and PDUs to the infrastructure
Run any physical wires (ideally this is done in advance)
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LAN Planning
LAN connectivity planning
Identify the ports and port speeds for connecting the UCS
Identify the specific media you will use for the connections (SFPs Etc)
Identify the specific cables required based on the media and distance
Make sure all of the above is available and/or ordered in advance of installation.
LAN addressing planning
3 addresses for Fabric Interconnects and cluster
1 address for each server consider growth if convenient
1 address for each service profile if booting remotely
Insure the LAN infrastructure team is available during the install
Connect UCS to the infrastructure
Configuring northbound switches, port channels, and appropriate vLANs
Enabling jumbo frames if required
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SAN Planning
SAN connectivity planning
Identify the ports and port speeds for connecting the UCS
Identify the specific media you will use for the connections (SFPs Etc)
Identify the specific cables required based on the media and distance
Make sure all of the above is available and/or ordered in advance of installation.
Insure the SAN infrastructure team is available during the install
Enabling NPIV if not already enabled
Connect UCS to the infrastructure
Allocating storage for boot and/or storage luns
Zoning service profiles/vHBAs to storage
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Boot Devices
An often forgotten component on orders is a boot device. Be sure to order them!
Small OS footprint (ESX, Linux, etc) Large OS footprint (Windows)
1. Boot from SAN (Stateless) 1. Boot from SAN (Stateless)
2. Boot from LAN (Stateless) 2. Hard Drives (HDD)
3. Secure Digital (SD)* 3. Solid State Drives (SSD)
4. USB* 4. Boot from LAN (Stateless)*
5. Hard Drives (HDD) 5. Boot from iSCSI (Stateless)
6. Solid State Drives (SSD) 6. Secure Digital (SD)*
7. Boot from iSCSI (Stateless) 7. USB*
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Test Environments
Test environments are a great idea but not required
Most small customers do not choose to implement a test environment.
Most medium to large customers do choose to implement a test environment.
Advantages to a test environment
Impact of changes Better enables you to determine and plan for change impacts.
Test new solutions Testing is best done in non-production environments.
Flexibility Test systems can be borrowed to grow production while orders in process.
Training Staff has real hardware available for education and training.
Disadvantages to a test environment
Hardware costs A small UCS test environment generally would cost around $20k.
Infrastructure costs Power and connectivity costs can add to those costs.
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Pre-installation resources
UCS Interoperability Matrix
B-Series and C-Series: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10477/prod_technical_reference_list.html
Storage: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/interoperability/matrix/Matrix8.html
UCS Site Preparation Guide

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/hw/site-prep-guide/ucs_site_prep.html
UCS Power Calculator

http://express.salire.com/Go/Cisco/Cisco-UCS-Power-Calculator.aspx
UCS Health Check

Description: http://ciscoquicklinks.com/Tip-datacenter-ucs-health-check
Review items: http://ciscoquicklinks.com/Tip-datacenter-ucs-setup-checklist
UCS Setup Prerequisites

http://ciscoquicklinks.com/Tip-datacenter-ucs-setup-prerequisites
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Agenda
Conclusion
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Installation
Mentored installation Flatten the learning curve with a mentored installation.
OS images and plans Make sure they are available. Use Cisco versions!
Naming conventions Each objects name should describe its use.
Pools and Addresses Plan for expansion. Dont complicate without value.
Templates Almost always use templates. Updating preferred if used carefully.
Policies ALWAYS change default maintenance policy to user-ack.
Fabric Failover Use fabric failover only when you need to.
Redundancy check Test the system for high availability.
Boot from SAN or LAN Check it out during the install.
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OS images and plans
Plan for the OSs that will initially be installed on UCS. Consider installing other
OSs you might later decide to use while your mentor is there to help build the
policies and templates.
VMware optimized installation media for Cisco. We highly recommend that you
use those versions.
From the VMware web site
1. Go to the download page for your version of VMware
2. Click the Custom ISOs tab
3. Expand OEM Customized Installer CDs
4. Find the version you wish to use and select Go to Downloads from the right column.
Quick links to most VMware downloads for Cisco at: http://ciscoquicklinks.com/#Datacenter-Partner
4.0: VMware / Cisco ESXi 4.0 GA OEM VMware / Cisco ESXi 4.1 GA OEM VMware / Cisco ESXi 4.1 U2 OEM
5.0: VMware / Cisco ESXi 5.0 GA OEM VMware / Cisco ESXi 5.0 U1 OEM VMware / Cisco ESXi 5.0 U2 OEM
5.1: VMware / Cisco ESXi 5.1 GA OEM VMware / Cisco ESXi 5.1 U1 OEM VMware / Cisco ESXi 5.1 U2 OEM
5.5: VMware / Cisco ESXi 5.5 GA OEM VMware / Cisco ESXi 5.5 U1 OEM
Other OS vendors may provide Cisco optimized media in the future.

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Naming conventions
Most objects cant be renamed in UCS.
Single exception is Service Profiles when recent firmware is installed.
Create a standard and stick with it.
Cisco can provide some good examples.
Names in UCS should make sense to anyone using UCS.
Name should describe what an object is used for.
Policy names should usually include some versioning detail.
Example names
Host firmware package: ESX-Host-Fw01 or 20140420_esx_fw
Service profile template: ESX-Host-Tu01
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Pools and Addresses
Use pools for all addressing
Local addressing is possible but not recommended
Sequential pools are non-default option but often desired.
Each UCS domain should have a set of unique pools defined especially if they
may end up on the same network as one another.
For most environments use a minimal set of pools like the default pools.
For larger and more complex environments customers might find value using multiple
pools to help identify workload types and interfaces via assigned addresses.
Be cautious with Server Pools
Its best to avoid using pools to minimize problems..
Currently all maintenance policies dont apply with all Server Pool changes.
Some changes could lead to Service Profile disassociation without user-ack.
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Templates
Templates are a KEY and important to the value of UCS.
They insure consistency by reducing human error and steps to provision
They ease operations by reducing the number of management touch points
Templates available
vNIC Templates: Used to consistently create LAN interfaces on servers
vHBA Templates: Used to consistently create FC interfaces on servers
Service Profile Templates: Used to consistently create service profiles
Types of templates
Initial: Template values are copied into the vNIC(s), vHBA(s), or Service Profile(s).
Subsequent changes to the template DO NOT effect the previously deployed objects.
Updating : Template values and linked into the vNIC(s), vHBA(s), or Service Profile(s).
Subsequent changes to the template ARE deployed to previously deployed objects.
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Policies
Policies are rules which define settings in service profiles.
Policies exist in Servers, LAN, and SAN areas of the GUI.
Should avoid changing if used in production. Create new policy that incorporates old
settings and new settings. Change the policy used in the Service Profile Templates.
This allows fast and reliable rollback of previously good settings.
Server Policies
Maintenance policy default: SHOULD BE CHANGED TO USER-ACK.
Host Firmware Package: Should be set on all service profiles and service profile
templates.
Bios policy: Do not set settings you are not sure about.
Local disk policy: Be sure to select protect configuration so disassociation does not
zero hard disks.
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Fabric Failover
Generally used when OS has no networking redundancy features enabled.
Use when
Using a bare-metal OS
If the hypervisor networking does not have redundancy enabled.
Requires adapter with built-in capabilities.
All VIC models
Older M71 adapters (no longer sold)
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Redundancy Checks
Insure you are redundant as a system not just as a platform
Test redundancy before going into production by creating physical and logical failures
and insuring a test workload stays online
Periodically retest the system when major changes are made if opportunity allows.
Basic tests
Survive Fabric Interconnect failure.
Survive power failure of fabric, chassis, and servers.
Survive multiple uplink failures of LAN and SAN.
Survive downlink failures between fabric and chassis and servers.
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Installation resources
VMware optimized installation media for Cisco
From the VMware web site
1. Go to the download page for your version of VMware
2. Click the Custom ISOs tab
3. Expand OEM Customized Installer CDs
4. Find the version you wish to use and select Go to Downloads from the right column.
Quick links to most VMware downloads for Cisco at: http://ciscoquicklinks.com/#Datacenter-Partner
Redundancy check
Basic: http://ciscoquicklinks.com/Tip-datacenter-ucs-setup-checklist#Section-09
Advanced: http://ciscoquicklinks.com/Tip-datacenter-ucs-test-redundancy
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Agenda
Conclusion
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Ongoing
Installation Refresher Make sure you know what you are supposed to.
Health Check Get a periodic review of your system from an expert.
Education and Certifications Consider a class from a training partner.
User Accounts and Access Everyone shouldnt be using admin
Backups Before major changes and periodically. Automate with UCS Central.
Call Home Please turn it on! Its there to help.
Fault Monitoring Your global fault values should all be 0s.
Firmware Management Yearly or when needed. Bug fixes, New features?
Modifying production templates & policies Dont do it! Clone or duplicate.
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User Accounts and Access
Authentication methods
UCS Directory integration is excellent. Try it out!
Local authentication is great as well.
Latest firmware allows two-factor Authentication for UCS Manager Logins
User accounts
Users should be logging in as themselves. UCS allows multiple admins users.
Admin local account should be reserved only for emergencies
User rights
Give a user only the level of access required to accomplish their job role.
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Backups
When to backup
Backup your system before ANY and ALL major changes (and some minor ones).
Backup your system periodically regardless of change being made
Automated backup available through Admin table of UCS Manager GUI.
Automated backup through UCS Central.
Types of backups
Do BOTH full configuration and all configuration backups
Full configuration creates a full binary backup of the UCS environment. Full restore only.
All configuration creates an XML data backup of all UCS objects. Partial restore option.
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Call Home
It can (you choose what it does):
Automatically contact Cisco and proactively open a case in the event of a failure.
Send emails to any email addresses alerting to failures or thresholds.
Notify Cisco of your inventory so Cisco has better data for parts stocking purposes.
Additional details from the offering description

Cisco Smart Call Home is an automated support capability that provides continuous
monitoring, proactive diagnostics, alerts, and remediation recommendations on select
Cisco devices
Smart Call Home can help identify and resolve issues more quickly to achieve higher
network availability and increased operational efficiency. This capability is available with
an active support contract for the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
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Fault Monitoring
Your system should be free (or relatively free) of faults.
Understand the faults you have
Resolve the ones you can resolve
Develop a plan to resolve the rest
Call Home and SNMP can let you know when you have faults.
Fix faults before making any major changes to your system

Faults often indicate important problems where changes could cause an outage.
Dont forget your backups
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Firmware Management
When to consider updating firmware
Theres a new feature you want to use
Theres a bug fixed in the new firmware you want to address
Theres a new server model you want to install that is newer than the current firmware
Your firmware is 6 months old and you have an upcoming maintenance window.
How to upgrade firmware

Review and understand defects in release notes before upgrading.
Maintenance window is desired but not required.
Use auto install for infrastructure firmware. Wait for faults to resolve before
acknowledging the pending activity.
Use policies to install server firmware.
Update a small number of servers and let them run for days before doing the rest.
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Education and Certifications
Education: Cisco has great training partners to provide UCS Education
Cisco Learning Locator: http://tools.cisco.com/GlobalLearningLocator/LLocatorHome.do
Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT)
Installing Cisco UC on UCS in a Virtualized Environment
Configuring Cisco Data Center Unified Computing(DCUCS)
Cisco Data Center Unified Computing System C-Series Troubleshooting (DCUCSCTS)
Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCD)
Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI)
Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCT)
Certifications: Cisco offers Data Center certifications

Cisco Data Center Application Services Design Specialist
Cisco Data Center Application Services Support Specialist
Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Design Specialist
Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Support Specialist
Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric Design Specialist
Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric Support Specialist
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Ongoing resources
Backing up your UCS
UCS Central Best Practices Guide: https://communities.cisco.com/docs/DOC-32030
Unofficial manual documentation: http://terenceluk.blogspot.com/2011/03/cisco-ucs-b-series-infrastructure.html
Unofficial automated documentation: http://www.laneroush.com/automated-cisco-ucs-backup/
UCS Call Home Configuration:

Smart Call Home Quick Start Configuration Guide:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/smart_call_home/QuickStart_UCS.pdf
Official documentation: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/gui/config/guide/2-
2/b_UCSM_GUI_Configuration_Guide_2_2/b_UCSM_GUI_Configuration_Guide_2_1_chapter_0101110.html
Change management in UCS Blog Article by Loy Evans

http://jeffsaidso.com/2013/10/change-management-with-change-tracking-version-control-and-rollbacks/#more-927
Education resources
Cisco Learning Locator: http://tools.cisco.com/GlobalLearningLocator/LLocatorHome.do
Ciscoquicklinks: http://ciscoquicklinks.com/#Datacenter-Training
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Conclusion
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Support
CCO Be sure the people that will open cases are tied to the hardware.
Entitlement Be sure the hardware is properly registered with Cisco.
Proactive entitlement Open online case with SNs and ask to validate
Online case Cases can be opened online as sev-3 then escalated via phone.
Follow-the-sun UCS support moves around the world through the day.
Escalation If unhappy with support ask to be reassigned or a duty manager.
Cisco User Community Lots of resources provided by Cisco and others
Other external resources Details on additional external resources
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Free!!
Cisco User Community
Web Based End User Community
http://communities.cisco.com/ucs
Tools, Downloads, Examples
UCS Platform Emulator (UCSPE)
goUCS Automation Tool
XML API, PowerShell code Examples
Cisco UCS PowerTool (PowerShell Module)
Microsoft SCOM Management Pack for Cisco UCS
Microsoft SCVMM UI Extension for Cisco UCS
Microsoft SCO Integration Pack for Cisco UCS
Documentation
Programming & Developer Guides
Whitepapers
Reference Guides (XML Model, Faults)
Collaboration
Blogs, Peer to peer forums, Videos, Access to Cisco,
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Direct URL to UCS Platform Emulator Free!!
New Communities alias/URL:

http://communities.cisco.com/ucspe
Key Features
Import your hardware configuration
Most UCSM features functional
Firmware upgrades now work
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Download Management Packs from Cisco.com
http://software.cisco.com/download/type.html?mdfid=283850978&catid=282558030
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communities.cisco.com/ucsintegrations Free!!
Downloads:
All integrations
UCS Platform
Emulator
Scripting samples
Perl
PowerShell
Python
Documentation:
Reference guides
Training guides
Collaboration:
Blogs
Peer to peer forums
Access Cisco experts
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Conclusion
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Multi-UCS Management Strategy
Do It Yourself Open Source Cisco Products ISV Partners
SDK & Emulator UCS Dashboard UCS Central System Center plug-in
GoUCS UCS Director BMC Integration
PowerShell & .NET Tidal/Newscale (CIAC) CA integration Etc..
Most flexible Flexible Cisco support and Multi-vendor support

Most powerful Leverage power of roadmap Incumbency
community Reduce vendors Broadest use cases
Multi-UCS Management Solutions

UCS XML API UCS XML API UCS XML API UCS XML API
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UCS Management Ecosystem Overview
Manage UCS with Industry Standard Tools
Application Third Party Management

Stack OS and Service Orchestration
Software Provisioning and Configuration
Management Monitoring and Analysis
Cisco UCS Manager

UCS Visibility Unified Control API
and Control Service Profiles
Cisco UCS Pools
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UCS Management
One UCS System / Domain / Pod
Comprehensive XML API, standards-based interface
Bi-directional access to physical and logical components UCS Central
UCS Central leverages UCS XML API
Delivered as a VM
UCS PowerTool
(PowerShell Toolkit)
goUCS
Direct UCS CLI UCSM GUI 3rd Party Custom Scripts
XML API
System Status
Physical Inventory
Logical Inventory
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Manage UCS with Industry-Standard Tools
Monitor and Analyze Deploy and Configure Service Orchestration
Discovery OS provisioning Service catalog
Hardware monitoring Configuration compliance Orchestration/RBA
Performance management Patch/software deployment Self-service IT portal
BMC ProactiveNet Performance BMC BladeLogic Cisco Intelligent Automation
Management CA Spectrum Automation Manager BMC Cloud Lifecycle Manager
CA Spectrum Infrastructure Manager, HP Server Automation DynamicOps Cloud Automation Center
eHealth IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager EMC Unified Infrastructure Manager
EMC DCI Symantec Altiris DS HP Operations Orchestration
HP Operations Manager/OpenView IBM Service Delivery Manager
IBM Tivoli Monitoring VMware vCenter Orchestrator
IBM Netcool VMware vCloud Director
Microsoft System Center Operations Microsoft System Center Orchestrator
Manager
ScienceLogic EM7
Zenoss Enterprise
Solarwinds Orion
InfoVista 5View, VistaInsight
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UCS Management Portfolio
UCS Director API
UCS Director
Policy Driven, Application Centric Infrastructure Management and
Non-Cisco Orchestration
Infrastructure
API
UCS Central
Policy Driven Multi DC, Multi-Domain
Management
Virtual Machines
API API
Network Devices UCS Manager UCS Manager
Domain 1 Domain x
API
CIMC
Storage FlexPod vBlock

Stand-Alone
UCS C-Series Unified Computing Integrated & Converged
System Infrastructure
Basic Management Advanced Infrastructure Abstraction and Automation
Functionality
Servers
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Tools
UCSPE UCS Platform Emulator
goUCS Automation and scripting tool for UCS.
UCS PowerTool Powershell tools for UCS
UCS Central Manage and control multiple UCS domains together.
Microsoft Integration - System Center 2012 and SCCVM integration
VMware Integration vCenter plugin gives visibility into UCS from VMware
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Plug-in for UCS Manage UCS from Oracle
Openstack integration UCS Automation with Openstack
Other integrations There are many integrations are available
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UCS Platform Emulator (UCSPE)
No UCS Hardware Needed for
API integration Development
Full featured emulator for the UCS
Manager
Installs as a Virtual Machine
Provides complete support for all XML
API calls
Object Browser to peruse the UCSM
model
Import & replicate existing live UCS
Manager physical inventory
Share saved physical inventories
among UCS Platform Emulators
Drag-n-drop hardware builder to
create custom physical inventory
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goUCS Automation Toolkit
UCS Manager: Know XML, no problem
With goUCS: No XML, no problem
Convert UCS Manager actions into automation scripts
1 Perform single action on UCS Manager and capture it
2 Create script in goUCS framework with variable substitutions
3 Re-run script over and over against single or multiple UCSMs
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Cisco UCS PowerTool
Programmatic control over UCS hardware
Architected for Flexibility and coverage
PowerShell Wrapper
Cmdlet definition and structure cmdlets
Get-help support
.NET UCS Namespace Library
XML API call construction
Class Definition
Validation
Cisco UCS
PowerTool Module
PowerShell Design
In-line get-help support
Full Pipelining support UCS .NET Namespace
Fully classed object definition
All legal verbs
.NET Namespace provides common UCS XML API

base for all Microsoft integration
Targeted to support full manageability
of UCS across multiple releases
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UCS Central
Centralized multi-domain
Global Fault
management across local and Management
remote datacenters, including:
Domain Group
Global Service Profiles and Hierarchy
Templates, Policies, and pool
management for cross-domain Tree Group
consistency Similar to UCS
Manager
Centralized Fault Management for
quicker troubleshooting Equipment
Inventory and
Global Inventory, Statistics and Status
Reporting to simplify asset
management and sizing
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UCS Management with Operations Manager
Holistic View of Converged
Infrastructure Health
Monitor alerts and faults on Chassis,
Blades, Fabric Interconnects, I/O Power
Supply, Fan Modules, etc.
Manage multiple UCS domains with
single management pack
Simple and Powerful
Visualizations
Graphical Views of UCS topology
Graphical views of physical and logical
entities and relationships
Reliable Information
UCS XML API provides a powerful,
supported interface for Operations
Manager
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Cisco UCS UI extension for SCVMM
Manage your cloud from one console
Physical Compute and Virtual Infrastructure in one place
Show UCS inventory in SCVMM

Launch UCSM GUI from SCVMM
Summary status of servers
Basic functions on servers

SP association
Launch KVM
Change Power/Server status
Show Service Profiles, Templates

Instantiate SPs from templates
Correlate Service Profiles to physical

servers to hypervisors relationships
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Automating UCS with System Center Orchestrator
Automate UCS management
Improve predictability and reduce manual
errors with UCS integration pack
Reduce time to delivery and reduce TCO
Packaged UCS activities for consistent
delivery of UCS operations
Deliver Scalable and Reliable UCS
management through Orchestrated Workflows
Deliver consistent service across multiple
systems and departments
Packaged workflows to automate UCS
operations
UCS XML API provides a powerful,
supported interface for Orchestrator workflow
operations
Optimize and extend UCS capabilities
Integrate with 3rd party tools using Cisco UCS
integration pack
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UCS Management with System Center 2012
Ease IT management through a single interface
Software
Operations Orchestrator
Virtual Machine
Orchestrator
Manager Manager
Management Integration Integration

Pack UI Extension
Pack Pack
Integration
.NET Library
UCS Manager XML API
Infrastructure Physical & Virtual

Unified Computing
System
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Cisco UCS vCenter Plugin
Unify VMware & UCS Administration
Provide a single point of
administration for both
physical and virtual
infrastructure
Streamline infrastructure
management by tracking
virtual & physical
relationships
Extend vCenter visibility into

Ciscos advanced virtual
networking technologies
(VMFex, Virtual Interface
Card, etc)
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Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Plug-in for UCS
What is monitored? Why Use This Plug-in?
All system components Continue to use OEM 12c to now
Blade details, CPU, memory, etc manage Cisco UCS
Performance metrics
Incoming data formatted for 12c
Health status/Environmental
Current, voltage, thermal, fan Utilize the capabilities of UCS
Network data transfer, pause, loss, error manager such as service profiles
Config details, firmware, identifier pools Manage all Oracle and Cisco UCS
Exposing native Cisco events - incidents environment from one screen
Technical Details
Product Details
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c R2
Product FCS Summer 2014 (July) UCS Manger 2.1+
Price $0 Operating System Supported:
Support Cisco TAC Oracle Linux/RHEL Priority 1
Downloadable from Cisco.com Windows Priority 2
Available world wide Solaris 10/11 Priority 3
Free upgrade to version 2 in CY Q414 All UCS blades/chassis supported
All Rack Optimized (C-Series) supported
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Manage UCS with HP Software
Monitor UCS with Operations Manager 9.1 (a.k.a Openview)
Qualified event (XML) receiver for UCS
2 versions for UCS Manager and Cisco IMC
Windows and Linux versions
Automate UCS workflows with

HP Operations Orchestration 9.0
Out of the box UCS flows and
actions
Single click provisioning of UCS
servers
Capability to include Python
scripts in workflows
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Python SDK
Programmatic control over UCS
Custom
Extend python based automation to scripts
3rd party tools
UCS servers seamlessly
Architected for Flexibility and coverage
Python SDK (UCS/IMC XML wrapper)
Comprehensive coverage of all
supported operations
UCS XML API
Fully classed object definition
Targeted to support full manageability of UCS Manager or Cisco IMC
UCS across multiple releases
Cisco UCS servers
Sample scripts for shorter ramp up
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Agenda
Conclusion
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Take the Risk Out of Getting Started
Engage with your partner and/or Cisco
Ask to see a demo
Ask for comparative configuration
SmartPlay Bundles
Includes all the server parts to get started
Cisco Validated Design Reference Architecture
Predefined system and network configurations
Joint testing at scale
Proof of Concept
Technical support
Financial Analysis
ROI and TCO calculators
Professional Services
Strategy > Plan/Design > Implement > Optimize
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Data Center Schedule
Time Session Name
8:00 to 8:30 Arrival and registration
8:30 to 9:45 Unified Computing System
9:45 to 10:00 Break and visit with sponsors
10:00 to 11:00 Desktop Virtualization
11:00 to 12:00 Invicta Accelerated Storage
12:00 to 1:00 Lunch
1:00 to 2:15 Datacenter Fabric Futures
2:15 to 2:30 Break, visit with sponsors, and drawings
2:30 to 3:30 UCS Management Best Practices and Tools
3:30 to 4:30 UCS Director
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UCS Management Best Practices

Insure the site infrastructure team is available during the install

UCS Site Preparation Guide

UCS Power Calculator

UCS Health Check

UCS Setup Prerequisites

Other OS vendors may provide Cisco optimized media in the future.

Additional details from the offering description

Fix faults before making any major changes to your system

How to upgrade firmware

Certifications: Cisco offers Data Center certifications

UCS Call Home Configuration:

Change management in UCS Blog Article by Loy Evans

New Communities alias/URL:

Do It Yourself Open Source Cisco Products ISV Partners

Most flexible Flexible Cisco support and Multi-vendor support

Multi-UCS Management Solutions

Application Third Party Management

Cisco UCS Manager

Direct UCS CLI UCSM GUI 3rd Party Custom Scripts

Storage FlexPod vBlock

1 Perform single action on UCS Manager and capture it

2 Create script in goUCS framework with variable substitutions

3 Re-run script over and over against single or multiple UCSMs

.NET Namespace provides common UCS XML API

Show UCS inventory in SCVMM

Basic functions on servers

Show Service Profiles, Templates

Correlate Service Profiles to physical

Management Integration Integration

UCS Manager XML API

Infrastructure Physical & Virtual

Extend vCenter visibility into

Automate UCS workflows with

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