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:
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Logically grouping servers and viewing summary per group
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Collecting inventory for the managed servers
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Monitoring servers and groups
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Managing firmware including firmware download, upgrade, and activation
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Provide Northbound REST APIs to discover, monitor and manage servers and perform firmware upgrades programmatically.
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Managing standalone server actions including power control, LED control, log collection, KVM launch, and CIMC UI launch.
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Restricting access using Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
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Configuring email alerts
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Configuring server properties using policies and profiles
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Defining schedules to defer tasks such as firmware updates or server discovery
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Diagnosing server hardware issues using UCS Server Configuration Utility
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Cisco Smart Call Home provides proactive diagnostics, alerts, and remediation recommendations
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Managing Cisco UCS S3260 Dense Storage Rack Server
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Configuring the DNS server and other network settings through the Network Configuration policy
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Assigning physical drives to server through the Zoning policy
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Setting up multiple diagnostic images across different geographic locations
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Customizing email rules to include individual servers within a group