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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.
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
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 |
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 |
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. |
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.
Before you install Cisco IMC Supervisor, generate the Cisco IMC Supervisor license key and claim a certificate (Product Access Key).
Register the Product Access Key (PAK) on the Cisco software license site, as described in Fulfilling the Product Access Key.
After you install Cisco IMC Supervisor, update the license in Cisco IMC Supervisor as described in Updating the License.
After the license has been validated, you can start to use Cisco IMC Supervisor.
You need the PAK number.
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:
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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. |