Cisco UCS Manager
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Below you will find brief information for Cisco UCS Manager. This guide helps you configure Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager's GUI. Learn about fabric interconnects, ports, communication services, authentication, organizations, role-based access control, firmware management, and server configurations. It covers VLANs, QoS, storage configuration, service profiles, power management, and system monitoring.
Key Features
GUI-based configuration of Cisco UCS Manager
Management of Fabric Interconnects and ports
Detailed configuration of networking and storage
Role-based access control for enhanced security
Comprehensive firmware management capabilities
Server configuration and service profile management
Power management and monitoring features
Pages: 768 Cisco UCS Manager Configuration Guide
Brand: Cisco Category: Software Size: 9 MB
Languages: English
Table of contents
- 1 Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
- 3 Contents
- 33 Preface
- 33 Audience
- 33 Conventions
- 35 Related Cisco UCS Documentation
- 35 Documentation Feedback
- 35 Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
- 37 Introduction
- 39 New and Changed Information
- 39 New and Changed Information for this Release
- 45 Overview of Cisco Unified Computing System
- 45 About Cisco Unified Computing System
- 46 Unified Fabric
- 47 Fibre Channel over Ethernet
- 47 Link-Level Flow Control
- 47 Priority Flow Control
- 48 Server Architecture and Connectivity
- 48 Overview of Service Profiles
- 48 Network Connectivity through Service Profiles
- 48 Configuration through Service Profiles
- 49 Service Profiles that Override Server Identity
- 50 Service Profiles that Inherit Server Identity
- 51 Service Profile Templates
- 51 Policies
- 51 Configuration Policies
- 51 Boot Policy
- 52 Chassis Discovery Policy
- 55 Dynamic vNIC Connection Policy
- 55 Ethernet and Fibre Channel Adapter Policies
- 56 Global Cap Policy
- 57 Host Firmware Package
- 57 IPMI Access Profile
- 58 Local Disk Configuration Policy
- 58 Management Firmware Package
- 59 Management Interfaces Monitoring Policy
- 59 Network Control Policy
- 60 Power Control Policy
- 60 Power Policy
- 61 Quality of Service Policy
- 61 Rack Server Discovery Policy
- 61 Server Autoconfiguration Policy
- 61 Server Discovery Policy
- 62 Server Inheritance Policy
- 62 Server Pool Policy
- 62 Server Pool Policy Qualifications
- 63 vHBA Template
- 63 VM Lifecycle Policy
- 63 vNIC Template
- 64 vNIC/vHBA Placement Policies
- 64 Operational Policies
- 64 Fault Collection Policy
- 65 Flow Control Policy
- 65 Maintenance Policy
- 65 Scrub Policy
- 66 Serial over LAN Policy
- 66 Statistics Collection Policy
- 66 Statistics Threshold Policy
- 67 Pools
- 67 Server Pools
- 67 MAC Pools
- 68 UUID Suffix Pools
- 68 WWN Pools
- 69 Management IP Pool
- 69 Traffic Management
- 69 Oversubscription
- 69 Oversubscription Considerations
- 70 Guidelines for Estimating Oversubscription
- 71 Pinning
- 71 Pinning Server Traffic to Server Ports
- 72 Guidelines for Pinning
- 73 Quality of Service
- 73 System Classes
- 74 Quality of Service Policy
- 74 Flow Control Policy
- 74 Opt-In Features
- 74 Stateless Computing
- 75 Multi-Tenancy
- 76 Virtualization in Cisco UCS
- 76 Overview of Virtualization
- 77 Overview of Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender
- 77 Virtualization with Network Interface Cards and Converged Network Adapters
- 77 Virtualization with a Virtual Interface Card Adapter
- 79 Overview of Cisco UCS Manager
- 79 About Cisco UCS Manager
- 80 Tasks You Can Perform in Cisco UCS Manager
- 82 Tasks You Cannot Perform in Cisco UCS Manager
- 82 Cisco UCS Manager in a High Availability Environment
- 83 Overview of Cisco UCS Manager GUI
- 83 Overview of Cisco UCS Manager GUI
- 84 Fault Summary Area
- 84 Navigation Pane
- 86 Toolbar
- 86 Work Pane
- 86 Status Bar
- 87 Table Customization
- 88 LAN Uplinks Manager
- 88 Internal Fabric Manager
- 89 Hybrid Display
- 89 Logging in to Cisco UCS Manager GUI through HTTPS
- 90 Logging in to Cisco UCS Manager GUI through HTTP
- 90 Logging Off Cisco UCS Manager GUI
- 91 Web Session Limits
- 91 Setting the Web Session Limit for Cisco UCS Manager
- 92 Pre-Login Banner
- 92 Creating the Pre-Login Banner
- 92 Modifying the Pre-Login Banner
- 93 Deleting the Pre-Login Banner
- 93 Cisco UCS Manager GUI Properties
- 93 Configuring the Cisco UCS Manager GUI Session and Log Properties
- 94 Configuring Properties for Confirmation Messages
- 95 Configuring Properties for External Applications
- 95 Customizing the Appearance of Cisco UCS Manager GUI
- 96 Determining the Acceptable Range of Values for a Field
- 96 Determining Where a Policy Is Used
- 97 Determining Where a Pool Is Used
- 97 Copying the XML
- 99 System Configuration
- 101 Configuring the Fabric Interconnects
- 101 Initial System Setup
- 102 Setup Mode
- 102 System Configuration Type
- 102 Management Port IP Address
- 103 Performing an Initial System Setup for a Standalone Configuration
- 105 Initial System Setup for a Cluster Configuration
- 105 Performing an Initial System Setup on the First Fabric Interconnect
- 107 Performing an Initial System Setup on the Second Fabric Interconnect
- 108 Enabling a Standalone Fabric Interconnect for Cluster Configuration
- 108 Ethernet Switching Mode
- 109 Configuring Ethernet Switching Mode
- 110 Fibre Channel Switching Mode
- 110 Configuring Fibre Channel Switching Mode
- 111 Changing the Properties of the Fabric Interconnects
- 112 Determining the Leadership Role of a Fabric Interconnect
- 113 Configuring Ports and Port Channels
- 113 Server and Uplink Ports on the 6100 Series Fabric Interconnect
- 114 Unified Ports on the 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect
- 114 Port Modes
- 115 Port Types
- 116 Beacon LEDs for Unified Ports
- 116 Guidelines for Configuring Unified Ports
- 117 Effect of Port Mode Changes on Data Traffic
- 118 Configuring Port Modes for a 6248 Fabric Interconnect
- 119 Configuring Port Modes for a 6296 Fabric Interconnect
- 120 Configuring the Beacon LEDs for Unified Ports
- 121 Server Ports
- 121 Configuring Server Ports
- 121 Uplink Ethernet Ports
- 121 Configuring Uplink Ethernet Ports
- 122 Changing the Properties of an Uplink Ethernet Port
- 122 Reconfiguring a Port on a Fabric Interconnect
- 123 Enabling a Port on a Fabric Interconnect
- 124 Disabling a Port on a Fabric Interconnect
- 125 Unconfiguring a Port on a Fabric Interconnect
- 125 Appliance Ports
- 125 Configuring an Appliance Port
- 128 Modifying the Properties of an Appliance Port
- 130 FCoE and Fibre Channel Storage Ports
- 130 Configuring an FCoE Storage Port
- 130 Configuring a Fibre Channel Storage Port
- 131 Restoring an Uplink Fibre Channel Port
- 131 Default Zoning
- 132 Enabling Default Zoning
- 133 Disabling Default Zoning
- 133 Uplink Ethernet Port Channels
- 134 Creating an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel
- 135 Enabling an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel
- 135 Disabling an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel
- 135 Adding Ports to and Removing Ports from an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel
- 136 Deleting an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel
- 136 Appliance Port Channels
- 136 Creating an Appliance Port Channel
- 139 Enabling an Appliance Port Channel
- 139 Disabling an Appliance Port Channel
- 139 Adding Ports to and Removing Ports from an Appliance Port Channel
- 140 Deleting an Appliance Port Channel
- 140 Fibre Channel Port Channels
- 140 Creating a Fibre Channel Port Channel
- 141 Enabling a Fibre Channel Port Channel
- 142 Disabling a Fibre Channel Port Channel
- 142 Adding Ports to and Removing Ports from a Fibre Channel Port Channel
- 142 Modifying the Properties of a Fibre Channel Port Channel
- 143 Deleting a Fibre Channel Port Channel
- 144 Adapter Port Channels
- 144 Viewing Adapter Port Channels
- 144 Fabric Port Channels
- 145 Cabling Considerations for Fabric Port Channels
- 145 Configuring a Fabric Port Channel
- 146 Viewing Fabric Port Channels
- 146 Enabling or Disabling a Fabric Port Channel Member Port
- 147 Configuring Server Ports with the Internal Fabric Manager
- 147 Internal Fabric Manager
- 147 Launching the Internal Fabric Manager
- 147 Configuring a Server Port with the Internal Fabric Manager
- 148 Unconfiguring a Server Port with the Internal Fabric Manager
- 148 Enabling a Server Port with the Internal Fabric Manager
- 148 Disabling a Server Port with the Internal Fabric Manager
- 149 Configuring Communication Services
- 149 Communication Services
- 150 Configuring CIM-XML
- 151 Configuring HTTP
- 151 Configuring HTTPS
- 151 Certificates, Key Rings, and Trusted Points
- 152 Creating a Key Ring
- 153 Creating a Certificate Request for a Key Ring
- 154 Creating a Trusted Point
- 155 Importing a Certificate into a Key Ring
- 155 Configuring HTTPS
- 157 Deleting a Key Ring
- 157 Deleting a Trusted Point
- 157 Configuring SNMP
- 157 Information about SNMP
- 157 SNMP Functional Overview
- 158 SNMP Notifications
- 158 SNMP Security Levels and Privileges
- 159 Supported Combinations of SNMP Security Models and Levels
- 160 SNMPv3 Security Features
- 160 SNMP Support in Cisco UCS
- 161 Enabling SNMP and Configuring SNMP Properties
- 162 Creating an SNMP Trap
- 163 Deleting an SNMP Trap
- 164 Creating an SNMPv3 user
- 165 Deleting an SNMPv3 User
- 165 Enabling Telnet
- 165 Disabling Communication Services
- 167 Configuring Authentication
- 167 Authentication Services
- 167 Guidelines and Recommendations for Remote Authentication Providers
- 168 User Attributes in Remote Authentication Providers
- 170 LDAP Group Rule
- 170 Configuring LDAP Providers
- 170 Configuring Properties for LDAP Providers
- 171 Creating an LDAP Provider
- 175 Changing the LDAP Group Rule for an LDAP Provider
- 176 Deleting an LDAP Provider
- 176 LDAP Group Mapping
- 177 Creating an LDAP Group Map
- 177 Deleting an LDAP Group Map
- 178 Configuring RADIUS Providers
- 178 Configuring Properties for RADIUS Providers
- 178 Creating a RADIUS Provider
- 180 Deleting a RADIUS Provider
- 180 Configuring TACACS+ Providers
- 180 Configuring Properties for TACACS+ Providers
- 181 Creating a TACACS+ Provider
- 182 Deleting a TACACS+ Provider
- 182 Configuring Multiple Authentication Systems
- 182 Multiple Authentication Systems
- 183 Provider Groups
- 183 Creating an LDAP Provider Group
- 183 Deleting an LDAP Provider Group
- 184 Creating a RADIUS Provider Group
- 184 Deleting a RADIUS Provider Group
- 185 Creating a TACACS+ Provider Group
- 185 Deleting a TACACS+ Provider Group
- 186 Authentication Domains
- 186 Creating an Authentication Domain
- 187 Selecting a Primary Authentication Service
- 187 Selecting the Console Authentication Service
- 188 Selecting the Default Authentication Service
- 189 Role Policy for Remote Users
- 190 Configuring the Role Policy for Remote Users
- 191 Configuring Organizations
- 191 Organizations in a Multi-Tenancy Environment
- 192 Hierarchical Name Resolution in a Multi-Tenancy Environment
- 193 Creating an Organization under the Root Organization
- 194 Creating an Organization under a Sub-Organization
- 194 Deleting an Organization
- 195 Configuring Role-Based Access Control
- 195 Role-Based Access Control
- 195 User Accounts for Cisco UCS Manager
- 196 Guidelines for Cisco UCS Manager Usernames
- 197 Reserved Words: Locally Authenticated User Accounts
- 198 Guidelines for Cisco UCS Manager Passwords
- 198 Web Session Limits for User Accounts
- 198 User Roles
- 199 Default User Roles
- 200 Reserved Words: User Roles
- 200 Privileges
- 202 User Locales
- 203 Configuring User Roles
- 203 Creating a User Role
- 204 Adding Privileges to a User Role
- 204 Removing Privileges from a User Role
- 204 Deleting a User Role
- 205 Configuring Locales
- 205 Creating a Locale
- 206 Assigning an Organization to a Locale
- 206 Deleting an Organization from a Locale
- 207 Deleting a Locale
- 207 Configuring Locally Authenticated User Accounts
- 207 Creating a User Account
- 210 Enabling the Password Strength Check for Locally Authenticated Users
- 210 Setting the Web Session Limits for Cisco UCS Manager GUI Users
- 211 Changing the Locales Assigned to a Locally Authenticated User Account
- 211 Changing the Roles Assigned to a Locally Authenticated User Account
- 212 Enabling a User Account
- 212 Disabling a User Account
- 213 Clearing the Password History for a Locally Authenticated User
- 213 Deleting a Locally Authenticated User Account
- 213 Password Profile for Locally Authenticated Users
- 215 Configuring the Maximum Number of Password Changes for a Change Interval
- 215 Configuring a No Change Interval for Passwords
- 216 Configuring the Password History Count
- 216 Monitoring User Sessions
- 219 Managing Firmware
- 219 Overview of Firmware
- 220 Firmware Image Management
- 221 Firmware Image Headers
- 221 Firmware Image Catalog
- 222 Firmware Versions
- 223 Firmware Upgrades
- 223 Cautions, Guidelines, and Best Practices for Firmware Upgrades
- 224 Configuration Changes and Settings that Can Impact Upgrades
- 225 Hardware-Related Guidelines and Best Practices for Firmware Upgrades
- 226 Firmware- and Software-Related Best Practices for Upgrades
- 228 Required Order of Components for Firmware Activation
- 229 Required Order for Adding Support for Previously Unsupported Servers
- 230 Direct Firmware Upgrade at Endpoints
- 231 Stages of a Direct Firmware Upgrade
- 232 Outage Impacts of Direct Firmware Upgrades
- 233 Firmware Upgrades through Service Profiles
- 233 Host Firmware Package
- 234 Management Firmware Package
- 234 Stages of a Firmware Upgrade through Service Profiles
- 235 Firmware Downgrades
- 235 Completing the Prerequisites for Upgrading the Firmware
- 235 Prerequisites for Upgrading and Downgrading Firmware
- 236 Creating an All Configuration Backup File
- 238 Verifying the Overall Status of the Fabric Interconnects
- 238 Verifying the High Availability Status and Roles of a Cluster Configuration
- 239 Verifying the Status of I/O Modules
- 239 Verifying the Status of Servers
- 240 Verifying the Status of Adapters on Servers in a Chassis
- 240 Downloading and Managing Firmware Packages
- 240 Obtaining Software Bundles from Cisco
- 242 Downloading Firmware Images to the Fabric Interconnect from a Remote Location
- 243 Downloading Firmware Images to the Fabric Interconnect from the Local File System
- 244 Canceling an Image Download
- 245 Determining the Contents of a Firmware Package
- 245 Checking the Available Space on a Fabric Interconnect
- 245 Deleting Firmware Packages from a Fabric Interconnect
- 246 Deleting Firmware Images from a Fabric Interconnect
- 246 Directly Upgrading Firmware at Endpoints
- 246 Updating the Firmware on Multiple Endpoints
- 248 Updating the Firmware on an Adapter
- 249 Activating the Firmware on an Adapter
- 249 Updating the BIOS Firmware on a Server
- 250 Activating the BIOS Firmware on a Server
- 251 Updating the CIMC Firmware on a Server
- 251 Activating the CIMC Firmware on a Server
- 252 Updating the Firmware on an IOM
- 253 Activating the Firmware on an IOM
- 254 Activating the Board Controller Firmware on a Server
- 255 Activating the Cisco UCS Manager Software
- 255 Activating the Firmware on a Subordinate Fabric Interconnect
- 256 Activating the Firmware on a Primary Fabric Interconnect
- 257 Activating the Firmware on a Standalone Fabric Interconnect
- 258 Upgrading Firmware through Service Profiles
- 258 Host Firmware Package
- 259 Management Firmware Package
- 259 Effect of Updates to Host Firmware Packages and Management Firmware Packages
- 262 Creating a Host Firmware Package
- 263 Updating a Host Firmware Package
- 264 Creating a Management Firmware Package
- 264 Updating a Management Firmware Package
- 265 Adding Firmware Packages to an Existing Service Profile
- 266 Verifying Firmware Versions on Components
- 266 Managing the Capability Catalog
- 266 Capability Catalog
- 266 Contents of the Capability Catalog
- 267 Updates to the Capability Catalog
- 268 Activating a Capability Catalog Update
- 268 Verifying that the Capability Catalog Is Current
- 269 Viewing a Capability Catalog Provider
- 269 Downloading Individual Capability Catalog Updates
- 269 Obtaining Capability Catalog Updates from Cisco
- 270 Updating the Capability Catalog from a Remote Location
- 271 Updating the Capability Catalog from the Local File System
- 271 Updating Management Extensions
- 271 Management Extensions
- 272 Activating a Management Extension
- 273 Configuring DNS Servers
- 273 DNS Servers in Cisco UCS
- 273 Adding a DNS Server
- 274 Deleting a DNS Server
- 275 Configuring System-Related Policies
- 275 Configuring the Chassis Discovery Policy
- 275 Chassis Discovery Policy
- 278 Configuring the Chassis Discovery Policy
- 279 Configuring the Chassis Connectivity Policy
- 279 Chassis Connectivity Policy
- 279 Configuring a Chassis Connectivity Policy
- 280 Configuring the Rack Server Discovery Policy
- 280 Rack Server Discovery Policy
- 280 Configuring the Rack Server Discovery Policy
- 281 Configuring the Aging Time for the MAC Address Table
- 281 Aging Time for the MAC Address Table
- 281 Configuring the Aging Time for the MAC Address Table
- 283 Managing Licenses
- 283 Licenses
- 284 Obtaining the Host ID for a Fabric Interconnect
- 285 Obtaining a License
- 286 Downloading Licenses to the Fabric Interconnect from the Local File System
- 287 Downloading Licenses to the Fabric Interconnect from a Remote Location
- 288 Installing a License
- 289 Viewing the Licenses Installed on a Fabric Interconnect
- 291 Determining the Grace Period Available for a Port or Feature
- 292 Determining the Expiry Date of a License
- 292 Uninstalling a License
- 295 Managing Virtual Interfaces
- 295 Virtual Interfaces
- 295 Virtual Interface Subscription Management and Error Handling
- 297 Network Configuration
- 299 Using the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 299 LAN Uplinks Manager
- 300 Launching the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 300 Changing the Ethernet Switching Mode with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 300 Configuring a Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 301 Configuring Server Ports
- 301 Enabling a Server Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 302 Disabling a Server Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 302 Unconfiguring a Server Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 302 Configuring Uplink Ethernet Ports
- 302 Enabling an Uplink Ethernet Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 303 Disabling an Uplink Ethernet Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 303 Unconfiguring an Uplink Ethernet Port with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 303 Configuring Uplink Ethernet Port Channels
- 303 Creating a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 304 Enabling a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 305 Disabling a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 305 Adding Ports to a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 306 Removing Ports from a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 306 Deleting a Port Channel with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 306 Configuring LAN Pin Groups
- 306 Creating a Pin Group with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 307 Deleting a Pin Group with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 307 Configuring Named VLANs
- 307 Creating a Named VLAN with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 310 Deleting a Named VLAN with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 310 Configuring QoS System Classes with the LAN Uplinks Manager
- 313 Configuring VLANs
- 313 Named VLANs
- 314 Private VLANs
- 315 VLAN Port Limitations
- 316 Configuring Named VLANs
- 316 Creating a Named VLAN
- 320 Deleting a Named VLAN
- 321 Configuring Private VLANs
- 321 Creating a Primary VLAN for a Private VLAN
- 324 Creating a Secondary VLAN for a Private VLAN
- 327 Viewing the VLAN Port Count
- 329 Configuring LAN Pin Groups
- 329 LAN Pin Groups
- 329 Creating a LAN Pin Group
- 330 Deleting a LAN Pin Group
- 331 Configuring MAC Pools
- 331 MAC Pools
- 331 Creating a MAC Pool
- 332 Deleting a MAC Pool
- 333 Configuring Quality of Service
- 333 Quality of Service
- 333 Configuring System Classes
- 333 System Classes
- 334 Configuring QoS System Classes
- 336 Enabling a QoS System Class
- 336 Disabling a QoS System Class
- 337 Configuring Quality of Service Policies
- 337 Quality of Service Policy
- 337 Creating a QoS Policy
- 339 Deleting a QoS Policy
- 340 Configuring Flow Control Policies
- 340 Flow Control Policy
- 340 Creating a Flow Control Policy
- 341 Deleting a Flow Control Policy
- 343 Configuring Network-Related Policies
- 343 Configuring vNIC Templates
- 343 vNIC Template
- 343 Creating a vNIC Template
- 347 Deleting a vNIC Template
- 347 Binding a vNIC to a vNIC Template
- 348 Unbinding a vNIC from a vNIC Template
- 348 Configuring Ethernet Adapter Policies
- 348 Ethernet and Fibre Channel Adapter Policies
- 349 Creating an Ethernet Adapter Policy
- 353 Deleting an Ethernet Adapter Policy
- 353 Configuring Network Control Policies
- 353 Network Control Policy
- 354 Creating a Network Control Policy
- 356 Deleting a Network Control Policy
- 357 Configuring Upstream Disjoint Layer-2 Networks
- 357 Upstream Disjoint Layer-2 Networks
- 358 Guidelines for Configuring Upstream Disjoint L2 Networks
- 359 Pinning Considerations for Upstream Disjoint L2 Networks
- 360 Configuring Cisco UCS for Upstream Disjoint L2 Networks
- 361 Creating a VLAN for an Upstream Disjoint L2 Network
- 363 Assigning Ports and Port Channels to VLANs
- 364 Removing Ports and Port Channels from VLANs
- 365 Viewing Ports and Port Channels Assigned to VLANs
- 367 Storage Configuration
- 369 Configuring Named VSANs
- 369 Named VSANs
- 370 Fibre Channel Uplink Trunking for Named VSANs
- 370 Guidelines and Recommendations for VSANs
- 371 Creating a Named VSAN
- 373 Creating a Storage VSAN
- 375 Deleting a VSAN
- 376 Changing the VLAN ID for the FCoE VLAN for a Storage VSAN
- 377 Enabling Fibre Channel Uplink Trunking
- 377 Disabling Fibre Channel Uplink Trunking
- 379 Configuring SAN Pin Groups
- 379 SAN Pin Groups
- 379 Creating a SAN Pin Group
- 380 Deleting a SAN Pin Group
- 381 Configuring WWN Pools
- 381 WWN Pools
- 382 Configuring WWNN Pools
- 382 Creating a WWNN Pool
- 383 Adding a WWN Block to a WWNN Pool
- 383 Deleting a WWN Block from a WWNN Pool
- 384 Adding a WWNN Initiator to a WWNN Pool
- 385 Deleting a WWNN Initiator from a WWNN Pool
- 385 Deleting a WWNN Pool
- 386 Configuring WWPN Pools
- 386 Creating a WWPN Pool
- 387 Adding a WWN Block to a WWPN Pool
- 387 Deleting a WWN Block from a WWPN Pool
- 388 Adding a WWPN Initiator to a WWPN Pool
- 389 Deleting a WWPN Initiator from a WWPN Pool
- 389 Deleting a WWPN Pool
- 391 Configuring Storage-Related Policies
- 391 Configuring vHBA Templates
- 391 vHBA Template
- 391 Creating a vHBA Template
- 393 Deleting a vHBA Template
- 393 Binding a vHBA to a vHBA Template
- 394 Unbinding a vHBA from a vHBA Template
- 394 Configuring Fibre Channel Adapter Policies
- 394 Ethernet and Fibre Channel Adapter Policies
- 395 Creating a Fibre Channel Adapter Policy
- 400 Deleting a Fibre Channel Adapter Policy
- 401 Server Configuration
- 403 Configuring Server-Related Pools
- 403 Configuring Server Pools
- 403 Server Pools
- 403 Creating a Server Pool
- 404 Deleting a Server Pool
- 405 Adding Servers to a Server Pool
- 405 Removing Servers from a Server Pool
- 405 Configuring UUID Suffix Pools
- 405 UUID Suffix Pools
- 406 Creating a UUID Suffix Pool
- 407 Deleting a UUID Suffix Pool
- 409 Setting the Management IP Address
- 409 Management IP Address
- 410 Configuring the Management IP Address on a Blade Server
- 410 Configuring a Blade Server to Use a Static IP Address
- 410 Configuring a Blade Server to Use the Management IP Pool
- 411 Configuring the Management IP Address on a Rack Server
- 411 Configuring a Rack Server to Use a Static IP Address
- 412 Configuring a Rack Server to Use the Management IP Pool
- 412 Setting the Management IP Address on a Service Profile
- 413 Setting the Management IP Address on a Service Profile Template
- 413 Configuring the Management IP Pool
- 413 Management IP Pool
- 414 Creating an IP Address Block in the Management IP Pool
- 415 Deleting an IP Address Block from the Management IP Pool
- 417 Configuring Server-Related Policies
- 417 Configuring BIOS Settings
- 417 Server BIOS Settings
- 418 Main BIOS Settings
- 420 Processor BIOS Settings
- 426 Intel Directed I/O BIOS Settings
- 428 RAS Memory BIOS Settings
- 430 Serial Port BIOS Settings
- 430 USB BIOS Settings
- 431 PCI Configuration BIOS Settings
- 432 Boot Options BIOS Settings
- 433 Server Management BIOS Settings
- 438 BIOS Policy
- 438 Default BIOS Settings
- 439 Creating a BIOS Policy
- 440 Modifying the BIOS Defaults
- 440 Viewing the Actual BIOS Settings for a Server
- 441 Configuring IPMI Access Profiles
- 441 IPMI Access Profile
- 441 Creating an IPMI Access Profile
- 442 Deleting an IPMI Access Profile
- 443 Configuring Local Disk Configuration Policies
- 443 Local Disk Configuration Policy
- 443 Guidelines for all Local Disk Configuration Policies
- 444 Guidelines for Local Disk Configuration Policies Configured for RAID
- 446 Creating a Local Disk Configuration Policy
- 448 Changing a Local Disk Configuration Policy
- 449 Deleting a Local Disk Configuration Policy
- 449 Configuring Scrub Policies
- 449 Scrub Policy
- 450 Creating a Scrub Policy
- 451 Deleting a Scrub Policy
- 451 Configuring Serial over LAN Policies
- 451 Serial over LAN Policy
- 451 Creating a Serial over LAN Policy
- 452 Deleting a Serial over LAN Policy
- 453 Configuring Server Autoconfiguration Policies
- 453 Server Autoconfiguration Policy
- 453 Creating an Autoconfiguration Policy
- 454 Deleting an Autoconfiguration Policy
- 455 Configuring Server Discovery Policies
- 455 Server Discovery Policy
- 455 Creating a Server Discovery Policy
- 456 Deleting a Server Discovery Policy
- 456 Configuring Server Inheritance Policies
- 456 Server Inheritance Policy
- 456 Creating a Server Inheritance Policy
- 457 Deleting a Server Inheritance Policy
- 458 Configuring Server Pool Policies
- 458 Server Pool Policy
- 458 Creating a Server Pool Policy
- 459 Deleting a Server Pool Policy
- 459 Configuring Server Pool Policy Qualifications
- 459 Server Pool Policy Qualifications
- 460 Creating Server Pool Policy Qualifications
- 464 Deleting Server Pool Policy Qualifications
- 464 Deleting Qualifications from Server Pool Policy Qualifications
- 465 Configuring vNIC/vHBA Placement Policies
- 465 vNIC/vHBA Placement Policies
- 466 vCon to Adapter Placement
- 466 vNIC/vHBA to vCon Assignment
- 469 Creating a vNIC/vHBA Placement Policy
- 470 Deleting a vNIC/vHBA Placement Policy
- 470 Explicitly Assigning a vNIC to a vCon
- 471 Explicitly Assigning a vHBA to a vCon
- 475 Configuring Server Boot
- 475 Boot Policy
- 476 Creating a Boot Policy
- 477 SAN Boot
- 477 Configuring a SAN Boot for a Boot Policy
- 479 iSCSI Boot
- 480 iSCSI Boot Process
- 480 iSCSI Boot Guidelines and Prerequisites
- 482 Enabling MPIO on Windows
- 482 Configuring iSCSI Boot
- 483 Creating an iSCSI Adapter Policy
- 485 Deleting an iSCSI Adapter Policy
- 485 Creating an Authentication Profile
- 486 Deleting an Authentication Profile
- 486 Creating an iSCSI Initiator IP Pool
- 487 Deleting an iSCSI Initiator IP Pool
- 487 Creating an iSCSI Boot Policy
- 488 Creating an iSCSI vNIC for a Service Profile
- 490 Deleting an iSCSI vNIC from a Service Profile
- 490 Setting iSCSI Boot Parameters
- 494 Modifying iSCSI Boot Parameters
- 497 IQN Pools
- 497 Creating an IQN Pool
- 499 Adding a Block to an IQN Pool
- 499 Deleting a Block from an IQN Pool
- 500 Deleting an IQN Pool
- 501 LAN Boot
- 501 Configuring a LAN Boot for a Boot Policy
- 501 Local Disk Boot
- 502 Configuring a Local Disk Boot for a Boot Policy
- 502 Virtual Media Boot
- 502 Configuring a Virtual Media Boot for a Boot Policy
- 503 Deleting a Boot Policy
- 505 Deferring Deployment of Service Profile Updates
- 505 Deferred Deployment of Service Profiles
- 506 Deferred Deployment Schedules
- 506 Maintenance Policy
- 507 Pending Activities
- 507 Guidelines and Limitations for Deferred Deployment
- 508 Configuring Schedules
- 508 Creating a Schedule
- 513 Creating a One Time Occurrence for a Schedule
- 515 Creating a Recurring Occurrence for a Schedule
- 517 Deleting a One Time Occurrence from a Schedule
- 517 Deleting a Recurring Occurrence from a Schedule
- 518 Deleting a Schedule
- 518 Configuring Maintenance Policies
- 518 Creating a Maintenance Policy
- 520 Deleting a Maintenance Policy
- 520 Managing Pending Activities
- 520 Viewing Pending Activities
- 520 Deploying a Service Profile Change Waiting for User Acknowledgement
- 521 Deploying All Service Profile Changes Waiting for User Acknowledgement
- 521 Deploying a Scheduled Service Profile Change Immediately
- 522 Deploying All Scheduled Service Profile Changes Immediately
- 523 Configuring Service Profiles
- 523 Service Profiles that Override Server Identity
- 524 Service Profiles that Inherit Server Identity
- 524 Service Profile Templates
- 525 Guidelines and Recommendations for Service Profiles
- 525 Creating Service Profiles
- 525 Creating a Service Profile with the Expert Wizard
- 526 Page 1: Identifying the Service Profile
- 527 Page 2: Configuring the Storage Options
- 532 Page 3: Configuring the Networking Options
- 538 Page 4: Setting the vNIC/vHBA Placement
- 540 Page 5: Setting the Server Boot Order
- 543 Page 6: Adding the Maintenance Policy
- 545 Page 7: Specifying the Server Assignment
- 547 Page 8: Adding Operational Policies
- 549 Creating a Service Profile that Inherits Server Identity
- 553 Creating a Hardware Based Service Profile for a Blade Server
- 553 Creating a Hardware Based Service Profile for a Rack-Mount Server
- 554 Working with Service Profile Templates
- 554 Creating a Service Profile Template
- 555 Page 1: Identifying the Service Profile Template
- 556 Page 2: Specifying the Storage Options
- 560 Page 3: Specifying the Networking Options
- 566 Page 4: Setting the vNIC/vHBA Placement
- 568 Page 5: Setting the Server Boot Order
- 571 Page 6: Adding the Maintenance Policy
- 573 Page 7: Specifying the Server Assignment Options
- 575 Page 8: Adding Operational Policies
- 577 Creating One or More Service Profiles from a Service Profile Template
- 577 Creating a Template Based Service Profile for a Blade Server
- 578 Creating a Template Based Service Profile for a Rack-Mount Server
- 579 Creating a Service Profile Template from a Service Profile
- 580 Managing Service Profiles
- 580 Cloning a Service Profile
- 580 Associating a Service Profile with a Server or Server Pool
- 581 Disassociating a Service Profile from a Server or Server Pool
- 582 Associating a Service Profile Template with a Server Pool
- 583 Disassociating a Service Profile Template from its Server Pool
- 583 Changing the UUID in a Service Profile
- 584 Changing the UUID in a Service Profile Template
- 585 Resetting the UUID Assigned to a Service Profile from a Pool in a Service Profile Template
- 586 Modifying the Boot Order in a Service Profile
- 589 Creating a vNIC for a Service Profile
- 591 Resetting the MAC Address Assigned to a vNIC from a Pool in a Service Profile Template
- 592 Deleting a vNIC from a Service Profile
- 592 Creating a vHBA for a Service Profile
- 595 Changing the WWPN for a vHBA
- 596 Resetting the WWPN Assigned to a vHBA from a Pool in a Service Profile Template
- 596 Clearing Persistent Binding for a vHBA
- 597 Deleting a vHBA from a Service Profile
- 597 Binding a Service Profile to a Service Profile Template
- 598 Unbinding a Service Profile from a Service Profile Template
- 598 Deleting a Service Profile
- 599 Managing Power in Cisco UCS
- 599 Power Management in Cisco UCS
- 599 Rack Server Power Management
- 599 Power Management Precautions
- 600 Configuring the Power Policy
- 600 Power Policy
- 600 Configuring the Power Policy
- 600 Configuring the Global Cap Policy
- 600 Global Cap Policy
- 601 Configuring the Global Cap Policy
- 601 Configuring Policy-Driven Chassis Group Power Capping
- 601 Policy-Driven Chassis Group Power Capping
- 602 Configuring Power Groups
- 602 Power Groups
- 602 Creating a Power Group
- 604 Adding a Chassis to a Power Group
- 604 Removing a Chassis from a Power Group
- 604 Deleting a Power Group
- 605 Configuring Power Control Policies
- 605 Power Control Policy
- 605 Creating a Power Control Policy
- 606 Deleting a Power Control Policy
- 606 Configuring Manual Blade-Level Power Capping
- 606 Manual Blade-Level Power Capping
- 607 Setting the Blade-Level Power Cap for a Server
- 608 Viewing the Blade-Level Power Cap
- 609 System Management
- 611 Managing Time Zones
- 611 Time Zones
- 611 Setting the Time Zone
- 612 Adding an NTP Server
- 612 Deleting an NTP Server
- 613 Managing the Chassis
- 613 Chassis Management in Cisco UCS Manager GUI
- 613 Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Chassis
- 614 Acknowledging a Chassis
- 615 Decommissioning a Chassis
- 615 Removing a Chassis
- 615 Recommissioning a Single Chassis
- 616 Recommissioning Multiple Chassis
- 617 Renumbering a Chassis
- 618 Toggling the Locator LED
- 618 Turning on the Locator LED for a Chassis
- 618 Turning off the Locator LED for a Chassis
- 618 Viewing the POST Results for a Chassis
- 621 Managing Blade Servers
- 621 Blade Server Management
- 622 Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Blade Servers
- 622 Booting Blade Servers
- 622 Booting a Blade Server
- 623 Booting a Server from the Service Profile
- 623 Determining the Boot Order of a Blade Server
- 624 Shutting Down Blade Servers
- 624 Shutting Down a Blade Server
- 624 Shutting Down a Server from the Service Profile
- 625 Resetting a Blade Server
- 626 Avoiding Unexpected Server Power Changes
- 627 Reacknowledging a Blade Server
- 627 Removing a Server from a Chassis
- 628 Decommissioning a Blade Server
- 629 Recommissioning a Blade Server
- 629 Reacknowledging a Server Slot in a Chassis
- 630 Removing a Non-Existent Blade Server from the Configuration Database
- 630 Turning the Locator LED for a Blade Server On and Off
- 630 Resetting the CMOS for a Blade Server
- 631 Resetting the CIMC for a Blade Server
- 631 Recovering the Corrupt BIOS on a Blade Server
- 632 Viewing the POST Results for a Blade Server
- 633 Issuing an NMI from a Blade Server
- 635 Managing Rack-Mount Servers
- 635 Rack-Mount Server Management
- 636 Guidelines for Removing and Decommissioning Rack-Mount Servers
- 636 Booting Rack-Mount Servers
- 636 Booting a Rack-Mount Server
- 637 Booting a Server from the Service Profile
- 637 Determining the Boot Order of a Rack-Mount Server
- 638 Shutting Down Rack-Mount Servers
- 638 Shutting Down a Rack-Mount Server
- 638 Shutting Down a Server from the Service Profile
- 639 Resetting a Rack-Mount Server
- 640 Avoiding Unexpected Server Power Changes
- 641 Reacknowledging a Rack-Mount Server
- 641 Decommissioning a Rack-Mount Server
- 642 Recommissioning a Rack-Mount Server
- 642 Renumbering a Rack-Mount Server
- 643 Removing a Non-Existent Rack-Mount Server from the Configuration Database
- 643 Turning the Locator LED for a Rack-Mount Server On and Off
- 644 Resetting the CMOS for a Rack-Mount Server
- 644 Resetting the CIMC for a Rack-Mount Server
- 645 Recovering the Corrupt BIOS on a Rack-Mount Server
- 646 Viewing the POST Results for a Rack-Mount Server
- 646 Issuing an NMI from a Rack-Mount Server
- 647 Starting the KVM Console
- 647 KVM Console
- 648 Virtual KVM Console
- 651 Starting the KVM Console from a Server
- 651 Starting the KVM Console from a Service Profile
- 651 Starting the KVM Console from the KVM Launch Manager
- 653 Managing the I/O Modules
- 653 I/O Module Management in Cisco UCS Manager GUI
- 653 Resetting an I/O Module
- 653 Viewing the POST Results for an I/O Module
- 655 Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration
- 655 Backup and Export Configuration
- 655 Backup Types
- 656 Considerations and Recommendations for Backup Operations
- 657 Import Configuration
- 657 Import Methods
- 657 System Restore
- 657 Required User Role for Backup and Import Operations
- 658 Backup Operations
- 658 Creating a Backup Operation
- 661 Running a Backup Operation
- 661 Modifying a Backup Operation
- 662 Deleting One or More Backup Operations
- 662 Import Operations
- 662 Creating an Import Operation
- 665 Running an Import Operation
- 666 Modifying an Import Operation
- 666 Deleting One or More Import Operations
- 667 Restoring the Configuration for a Fabric Interconnect
- 669 Recovering a Lost Password
- 669 Recovering a Lost Password
- 669 Password Recovery for the Admin Account
- 670 Determining the Leadership Role of a Fabric Interconnect
- 670 Verifying the Firmware Versions on a Fabric Interconnect
- 670 Recovering the Admin Account Password in a Standalone Configuration
- 672 Recovering the Admin Account Password in a Cluster Configuration
- 675 System Monitoring
- 677 Monitoring Traffic
- 677 Traffic Monitoring
- 678 Guidelines and Recommendations for Traffic Monitoring
- 679 Creating an Ethernet Traffic Monitoring Session
- 680 Creating a Fibre Channel Traffic Monitoring Session
- 681 Adding Traffic Sources to a Monitoring Session
- 682 Activating a Traffic Monitoring Session
- 682 Deleting a Traffic Monitoring Session
- 683 Monitoring Hardware
- 683 Monitoring a Fabric Interconnect
- 684 Monitoring a Chassis
- 686 Monitoring a Blade Server
- 688 Monitoring a Rack-Mount Server
- 690 Monitoring an I/O Module
- 691 Monitoring Management Interfaces
- 691 Management Interfaces Monitoring Policy
- 692 Configuring the Management Interfaces Monitoring Policy
- 694 Server Disk Drive Monitoring
- 694 Support for Disk Drive Monitoring
- 695 Prerequisites for Disk Drive Monitoring
- 695 Viewing the Status of a Disk Drive
- 696 Interpreting the Status of a Monitored Disk Drive
- 699 Configuring Statistics-Related Policies
- 699 Configuring Statistics Collection Policies
- 699 Statistics Collection Policy
- 700 Modifying a Statistics Collection Policy
- 702 Configuring Statistics Threshold Policies
- 702 Statistics Threshold Policy
- 702 Creating a Server and Server Component Threshold Policy
- 704 Adding a Threshold Class to an Existing Server and Server Component Threshold Policy
- 705 Deleting a Server and Server Component Threshold Policy
- 706 Adding a Threshold Class to the Uplink Ethernet Port Threshold Policy
- 707 Adding a Threshold Class to the Ethernet Server Port, Chassis, and Fabric Interconnect Threshold Policy
- 708 Adding a Threshold Class to the Fibre Channel Port Threshold Policy
- 711 Configuring Call Home
- 711 Call Home
- 713 Call Home Considerations and Guidelines
- 714 Cisco UCS Faults and Call Home Severity Levels
- 715 Cisco Smart Call Home
- 716 Configuring Call Home
- 719 Disabling Call Home
- 719 Enabling Call Home
- 720 Configuring System Inventory Messages
- 720 Configuring System Inventory Messages
- 720 Sending a System Inventory Message
- 721 Configuring Call Home Profiles
- 721 Call Home Profiles
- 722 Creating a Call Home Profile
- 724 Deleting a Call Home Profile
- 724 Configuring Call Home Policies
- 724 Call Home Policies
- 724 Configuring a Call Home Policy
- 725 Disabling a Call Home Policy
- 726 Enabling a Call Home Policy
- 726 Deleting a Call Home Policy
- 726 Example: Configuring Call Home for Smart Call Home
- 726 Configuring Smart Call Home
- 728 Configuring the Default Cisco TAC-1 Profile
- 729 Configuring System Inventory Messages for Smart Call Home
- 730 Registering Smart Call Home
- 731 Managing the System Event Log
- 731 System Event Log
- 732 Viewing the System Event Log for an Individual Server
- 732 Viewing the System Event Log for the Servers in a Chassis
- 732 Configuring the SEL Policy
- 734 Managing the System Event Log for a Server
- 734 Copying One or More Entries in the System Event Log
- 735 Printing the System Event Log
- 735 Refreshing the System Event Log
- 735 Manually Backing Up the System Event Log
- 735 Manually Clearing the System Event Log
- 737 Configuring Settings for Faults, Events, and Logs
- 737 Configuring Settings for the Fault Collection Policy
- 737 Fault Collection Policy
- 738 Configuring the Fault Collection Policy
- 739 Configuring Settings for the Core File Exporter
- 739 Core File Exporter
- 739 Configuring the Core File Exporter
- 740 Disabling the Core File Exporter
- 740 Configuring the Syslog
- 745 INDEX
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