Chapter 1. Overview

About Cisco IMC Supervisor

Minimum System Requirements

Supported Firewall Ports

About Licenses

Fulfilling the Product Access Key

Chapter 2. Installing Cisco IMC Supervisor on VMware vSphere

Installing Cisco IMC Supervisor on VMware vSphere

Changing the Default Password

Updating the License

Reserving System Resources

Chapter 3. Upgrading Cisco IMC Supervisor on VMware vSphere

Upgrading Cisco IMC Supervisor on VMware vSphere

Preface

Audience

Conventions

Documentation Feedback

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Chapter 1. Overview

This chapter contains the following topics:

- About Cisco IMC Supervisor

- Minimum System Requirements

- Supported Firewall Ports

- About Licenses

About Cisco IMC Supervisor

Cisco IMC Supervisor is a management system that allows you to manage rack mount servers on a large scale. It allows you to create groups of rack mount servers for monitoring and inventory purposes.

You can use Cisco IMC Supervisor to perform the following tasks for a rack mount server:

- Support for logical grouping of servers and summary views per group

- Collect inventory for the servers

- Provide monitoring capabilities for servers and groups

- Firmware management including firmware download, upgrade, and activation

- Manage standalone server actions including power control, LED control, log collection, KVM launch, CIMC UI launch and e-mail alerts

- Role Based Access Control (RBAC) to restrict access

Minimum System Requirements

Supported Server Models

- UCS C-220 M3 and M4

- UCS C-240 M3 and M4

- UCS C-460 M4

- UCS C-22 M3

- UCS C-24 M3

- UCS C-420 M3

- UCS EN120E M2

- UCS EN120S M2

- UCS E-140S M2

- UCS E-160D M2

- UCS E-180D M2

- UCS E-140S M1

- UCS E-140D M1

- UCS E-160D M1

- UCS E-140DP M1

- UCS E-160DP M1

Cisco IMC Supervisor supports up to 1000 UCS C-Series and E-Series servers.

Servers

Minimum Firmware Version

UCS C-series Servers

1.5(4)

UCS E-series Servers

2.3.1

- Cisco UCS VIC 1225

- Cisco UCS VIC 1225T

- ESXi 5.1

The Cisco IMC Supervisor environment must meet at least the minimum system requirements listed in the following table.

Element

Minimum Supported Requirement

vCPU

4

Memory

8 GB

Hard Disk

100 GB

Supported Firewall Ports

The list of applicable services and ports are listed in the following table.

Service

Port Number

Servers

Minimum Firmware Version

SSH Port

22

HTTP (S)

80/443

DHCP

UDP 67 & 68

Active Directory

TCP / UDP 389/636 & TCP 3268/3269

DNS

TCP/UDP 53

NTP

TCP/UDP 123

MySQL

3306

Cisco IMC Supervisor ↔ IMC Connectivity

UDP 80/443

Note

If these ports and protocols are blocked by a firewall, you may experience timeouts or internal error when you are upgrading Cisco IMC Supervisor.

About Licenses

Cisco IMC Supervisor requires you to have the following valid licenses:

- A Cisco IMC Supervisor base license.

- A Cisco IMC Supervisor bulk endpoint enablement license that you install after the Cisco IMC Supervisor base license.

Important:
If you are using an evaluation license for Cisco IMC Supervisor, note that when this license expires, retrieving inventory and system health information, such as faults, will not work. You will not be able to refresh system data, or even add new accounts. At that point, you must install a perpetual license to use all features of Cisco IMC Supervisor.

The process for obtaining and installing both licenses is the same.

You must obtain a license to use Cisco IMC Supervisor, as follows:

1. Before you install Cisco IMC Supervisor, generate the Cisco IMC Supervisor license key and claim a certificate (Product Access Key).

2. Register the Product Access Key (PAK) on the Cisco software license site, as described in Fulfilling the Product Access Key.

3. After you install Cisco IMC Supervisor, update the license in Cisco IMC Supervisor as described in Updating the License.

4. After the license has been validated, you can start to use Cisco IMC Supervisor.

- Fulfilling the Product Access Key

Fulfilling the Product Access Key

Before You Begin
You need the PAK number.

Procedure

Step 1

Navigate to the Cisco Software License website.

Step 2

If you are directed to the Product License Registration page, you can take the training or click Continue to Product License Registration.

Step 3

On the Product License Registration page, click Get New Licenses from a PAK or Token.

Step 4

In the Enter a Single PAK or TOKEN to Fulfill field, enter the PAK number.

Step 5

Click Fulfill Single PAK/TOKEN.

Step 6

Complete the additional fields in License Information to register your PAK:

Field

Description

Organization Name

The organization name.

Site Contact Name

The site contact name.

Street Address

The street address of the organization.

City/Town

The city or town.

State/Province

The state or province.

Zip/Postal Code

The zip code or postal code.

Country

The country name.

Step 7

Click Issue Key.
The features for your license appear, and an email with the Digital License Agreement and a zipped license file is sent to the email address you provided.

Chapter 2. Installing Cisco IMC Supervisor on VMware vSphere

This chapter contains the following topics:

- Installing Cisco IMC Supervisor on VMware vSphere

- Changing the Default Password

- Updating the License

- Reserving System Resources

Installing Cisco IMC Supervisor on VMware vSphere

Before You Begin
You need administrator privileges to connect to VMware vSphere or vCenter.

Note

If you do not want to use DHCP, you need the following information: IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.

Procedure

Step 1

In the VMware vSphere Client login dialog box, enter your login credentials.

Step 2

Click Login.

Step 3

In the Navigation pane, choose Data Center for Cisco IMC Supervisor deployment.

Step 4

Choose File > Deploy OVF Template.
The Deploy OVF Template window appears.

Step 5

In the Source pane, do one of the following to choose your OVF source location:

- Browse to the location, choose the file, and click Open.

- Deploy from a URL on your local area network. Replace FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) with the IP address or domain name, and click Next.

Step 6

In the OVF Template Details pane, verify the details and click Next.

Step 7

In the End User License Agreement pane, read the license agreement, and click Accept. Click Next.

Step 8

In the Name and Location pane, do the following:

1. Optional: In the Name field, edit the VM name.

2. Choose the Data Center where Cisco IMC Supervisor is being deployed, and click Next.

Note:   If Data Center was chosen in a previous step, option b is not available.

Step 9

In the Host/Cluster pane, choose the required host, cluster, or resource pool, and click Next.

Step 10

In the Datastore pane, choose the location to store Cisco IMC Supervisor VM files, and click Next.

Step 11

In the Disk Format pane, choose one of the following radio buttons and click Next:

- Thin Provisioned format—To allocate storage on demand as data is written to disk.

- Thick Provisioned (Lazy Zeroed) format —To allocate storage immediately in thick format.

- Thick Provisioned (Eager Zeroed) format —To allocate storage in thick format. It might take longer to create disks using this option.

Step 12

In the Network Mapping pane, choose your network and click Next.

Step 13

In the IP Address Allocation pane, click Next.
The DHCP check box is checked by default.

Step 14

In the Ready to Complete pane, verify the options selected, and click Finish.

Step 15

Make sure you have sufficient vCPU and memory to power on the VM.

Step 16

Power on the VM.

Step 17

When the appliance starts up, do the following when you are prompted to configure a static IP:

- If you want to use DHCP, enter n to ensure that IP addresses are assigned automatically.

- Note:
Even though you are prompted to select IPV4 or IPV6, IPV6 is not yet supported by Cisco IMC Supervisor.

If you want to use static IP address, enter y and then you will be prompted to select IPV4 or IPV6. Enter V4 to configure IPV4 and then enter the following information:

- IP address

- Gateway

- Netmask

Note:
Currently, only IPv4 is supported for configuring static IP addresses.

Step 18

When you are prompted to continue with the configuration, enter y.
Wait for the appliance to boot up before you continue.

Step 19

After the appliance has booted up, transfer the Cisco IMC Supervisor IP address (from the IP address that is shown) into a supported web browser to access the Login page.

Step 20

On the Login page, enter admin as the username and admin for the login password.
Note:
Change your admin password after this initial login.

What to Do Next

Update your license.

Changing the Default Password

Procedure

Step 1

From the menu choose Administration > Users.

Step 2

Click the Login Users tab.

Step 3

Choose admin from the list of Login Users.

Step 4

Click Change Password.

Step 5

In the Change Password dialog box, enter the new password and confirm it.

Step 6

Click Save.

Updating the License

Before You Begin
If you received a zipped license file by email, extract and save the .lic file to your local machine.

Procedure

Step 1

From the menu bar, choose Administration > License.

Step 2

Select the License Keys tab.

Step 3

Click Update License.

Step 4

In the Update License dialog box, do one of the following:

- To upload a .lic file, click Browse, navigate to and select the .lic file, then click Upload.

- For a license key, check the Enter License Text check box then copy and paste the license key only into the License Text field. The license key is typically at the top of the file, after Key ->.

You can also copy and paste the full text of a license file into the License Text field.

Step 5

Click Submit. The license file is processed, and a message appears confirming the successful update.

Reserving System Resources

For optimal performance, we recommend reserving extra system resources for Cisco IMC Supervisor beyond the minimum system requirements.

Note

For more information about how to reserve system resources, see the VMWare documentation.

Procedure

Step 1

Log into VMware vCenter.

Step 2

Choose the VM for Cisco IMC Supervisor.

Step 3

Shut down the VM.

Step 4

In VMware vCenter, click the Resource Allocation tab to view the current resource allocations, and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Virtual Machine Properties pane, edit resource allocations by choosing a resource and entering the new values.

Step 6

Verify that the new resource allocations have been made.

Chapter 3. Upgrading Cisco IMC Supervisor on VMware vSphere

This chapter contains the following topic:

- Upgrading Cisco IMC Supervisor on VMware vSphere

Upgrading Cisco IMC Supervisor on VMware vSphere

Follow the procedure given below to upgrade Cisco IMC Supervisor.

Before You Begin

- Download the Cisco IMC Supervisor, Release 1.0.0.1 patch from Click Here .

- Place the software in the FTP or HTTP server that you plan to use to install the upgrade.

- If NFS mount is used for application storage, disable it before you apply a patch. If you do not, the upgrade will fail.

- Obtain access to a secure shell (SSH) application.

Note

We recommend that you take a snapshot of the VM before you begin the upgrade. If you do this, you do not need to back up the existing configuration database through an FTP server.

Procedure

Step 1

Open your SSH application and enter the Cisco IMC Supervisor appliance IP address and port number.

Step 2

Login as shelladmin with password changeme.

Step 3

From the Cisco IMC Supervisor Shell Menu, choose 3) Stop Services.

Step 4

To verify that all services are stopped, choose 2) Display Services Status.

Step 5

(Optional)If desired, you can choose 7) Backup Database to back up the Cisco IMC Supervisor database.
You do not need to back up the database if you took a snapshot of the VM before you started.

Step 6

To upgrade Cisco IMC Supervisor to Release 1.0.0.1, choose 16) Apply Patch.

Step 7

When prompted, enter the location of the Release 1.0.0.1 patch.
ftp://username:password@hostname|IP_address/software_location_and_name

Step 8

Wait for the download and installation to complete.

Step 9

When prompted, choose 4) Start Services to start services and complete the upgrade process.
Note:
After you apply the upgrade patch and complete that installation, choose the Start Services option of ShellAdmin to start/restart the Cisco IMC Supervisor services and complete the patch process. The patch process is not complete or successful until the Cisco IMC Supervisor services have started, Cisco IMC Supervisor is available, the login screen is displayed, and the admin user can log in to Cisco IMC Supervisor.

All Cisco IMC Supervisor services must be started before you attempt to perform other shelladmin procedures, such as apply additional patches, take a database backup, or restore a database from a backup.

Step 10

When the upgrade is complete, choose Show Version in ShellAdmin to verify the current version of Cisco IMC Supervisor.
Note:
To view the status of services, choose 2) Display Services Status.

Preface

This preface contains the following sections:

- Audience

- Conventions

- Documentation Feedback

- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Audience

This guide is intended primarily for data center administrators who use and who have responsibilities and expertise in one or more of the following:

- Server administration

- Storage administration

- Network administration

- Network security

- Virtualization and virtual machines

Conventions

Text Type

Indication

GUI elements

GUI elements such as tab titles, area names, and field labels appear in this font.

Main titles such as window, dialog box, and wizard titles appear in this font.

Document titles

Document titles appear in this font.

TUI elements

In a Text-based User Interface, text the system displays appears in this font.

System output

Terminal sessions and information that the system displays appear in this font.

CLI commands

CLI command keywords appear in this font.

Variables in a CLI command appear in this font.

[ ]

Elements in square brackets are optional.

{x | y | z}

Required alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.

[x | y | z]

Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.

string

A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.

< >

Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets.

[ ]

Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.

!, #

An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

Note

Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the document.

Tip

Means the following information will help you solve a problem. The tips information might not be troubleshooting or even an action, but could be useful information, similar to a Timesaver.

Caution

Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

Timesaver

Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.

Warning

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

This warning symbol means danger. You are in a situation that could cause bodily injury. Before you work on any equipment, be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar with standard practices for preventing accidents. Use the statement number provided at the end of each warning to locate its translation in the translated safety warnings that accompanied this device.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

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