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Cisco UCS Manager plugin enables you to perform various actions on the servers, UCS domains, service profiles and service profile templates. The actions that you can perform are available, based on the association state of the servers and your user privileges. Before executing any action, an impact analysis is performed. Based on the result of the analysis, you are prompted to cancel or continue with the action.
You can perform the following actions on various components that can be managed using the plugin:
ESX and non ESX servers:
ESX servers:
The following sections describe how to perform the available actions.
Perform the following steps to create a service profile:
Perform the following steps to manage a BIOS policy for a server:
Perform the following steps to associate a service profile with a server:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | Under Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. |
Step 4 | Select a domain. |
Step 5 | Click Rack Mounts or Chassis. A list of all the rack mounts or chassis associated with the UCS domain appears. |
Step 6 | Select a rack mount or chassis. |
Step 7 | Click ESX Servers or Non ESX Servers. A list of all the ESX or non ESX servers associated with the rack mount or chassis appears. |
Step 8 | Select a server and right-click. |
Step 9 | Click Associate Service Profile. Associate Service Profile screen appears. |
Step 10 | In the Associate Service Profile screen, select Available Service Profiles or All Service Profiles. A list of service profiles appears. |
Step 11 | Select a service profile from the list and click OK. The chosen service profile is associated with the server. |
Perform the following steps to manage firmware host packs for servers:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | Under Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. |
Step 4 | Select a domain. |
Step 5 | Click Rack Mounts or Chassis. A list of all the rack mounts or chassis associated with the UCS domain appears. |
Step 6 | Select a rack mount or chassis. |
Step 7 | Click ESX Servers or Non ESX Servers. A list of all the ESX or non ESX servers associated with the rack mount or chassis appears. |
Step 8 | Select a server and right-click. |
Step 9 | Click Actions and select Manage Firmware Host Pack. The Manage Firmware Host Pack wizard appears. |
Step 10 | In the Manage Firmware Host Pack wizard, select a firmware host pack from the drop-down menu. |
Step 11 | Click Save Changes. |
Perform the following steps to disassociate a service profile from a server:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | Under Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. |
Step 4 | Select a domain. |
Step 5 | Click Rack Mounts or Chassis. A list of all the rack mounts or chassis associated with the UCS domain appears. |
Step 6 | Select a rack mount or chassis. |
Step 7 | Click ESX Servers or Non ESX Servers. A list of all the ESX or non ESX servers associated with the rack mount or chassis appears. |
Step 8 | Select a server and right-click. |
Step 9 | Click Disassociate Service Profile. |
Step 10 | In the Disassociate Service Profile screen, select the service profile and click OK. The service profile is disassociated from the server. |
Perform the following steps to launch the KVM console of the server:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | On the left pane, click Hosts. A list of all the hosts appear. |
Step 4 | Select a host with a registered UCSM domain. |
Step 5 | On the left pane, select a server and right-click and choose All Cisco UCS vCenter Plug-in Actions. A list of all the available actions appear. |
Step 6 | Click Launch KVM. |
Perform the following steps to launch the Cisco UCS Manager user interface:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | On the left pane, click Hosts. A list of all the hosts appear. |
Step 4 | Select a host with a registered UCSM domain. |
Step 5 | On the left pane, select a server and right-click and choose All Cisco UCS vCenter Plug-in Actions. A list of all the available actions appear. |
Step 6 | Click Launch UCSM. |
Perform the following steps to manage firmware host packs for servers:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | Under Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. |
Step 4 | Select a domain. |
Step 5 | On the right pane of the screen, click . |
Step 6 | Click Actions and select Manage Firmware Host Pack. The Manage Firmware Host Pack wizard appears. |
Step 7 | In the Manage Firmware Host Pack wizard, select a firmware host pack from the drop-down menu. |
Step 8 | Click Save Changes. |
Perform the following steps to manage server pools:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | Under Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. |
Step 4 | Select a domain. |
Step 5 | On the right pane of the screen, click |
Step 6 | Click Actions and select Manage Server Pools. Associated Server Pools pop-up appears. |
Step 7 | Click Associate with Server Pool. Associate with Server Pool pop-up appears. |
Step 8 | Select Pool Assignment and Server Pool Qualification from the respective drop-down menus. |
Step 9 | Click OK. |
Perform the following steps to create service profiles from templates:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | Under Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. |
Step 4 | Select a domain. |
Step 5 | On the right pane of the screen, click |
Step 6 | Click Actions and select Create Service Profiles From Template using which you want to create a service profile. Create Service Profiles From Template pop-up appears. |
Step 7 | Enter the prefix, suffix and the number of instances of the service profile you want to create in the respective fields. |
Step 8 | Click OK. |
Perform the following steps to manage firmware host packs for servers:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | Under Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. |
Step 4 | Select a domain. |
Step 5 | On the right pane of the screen, click . |
Step 6 | Click Actions and select Manage Firmware Host Pack. The Manage Firmware Host Pack wizard appears. |
Step 7 | In the Manage Firmware Host Pack wizard, select a firmware host pack from the drop-down menu. |
Step 8 | Click Save Changes. |
Perform the following steps to acknowledge the pending activities for servers:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | Under Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. |
Step 4 | Select a domain. |
Step 5 | On the right pane of the screen, click . |
Step 6 | Click Pending Activities. The Pending Activities wizard appears. |
Step 7 | On the Pending Activities wizard, check the Reboot now check box against the servers for which you want to trigger the reboot. |
Step 8 | Click Ok. |
Perform the following steps to upload firmware host packs for the servers:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. | ||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click vCenter. | ||||||||||||||
Step 3 | In Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. | ||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Select a domain. | ||||||||||||||
Step 5 | On the right pane of the screen, click . | ||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click Actions and select Upload Firmware. The Upload Firmware Bundle dialog box appears. | ||||||||||||||
Step 7 | In the
Upload
Firmware Bundle dialog box, complete the following:
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Step 8 | Click
Ok.
Uploads the firmware package and the uploaded package appears on the Firmware Packages tab. | ||||||||||||||
Step 9 | (Optional)To delete a firmware package, select the firmware package and click Delete Upload Task. | ||||||||||||||
Step 10 | (Optional)Click Ok in the delete confirmation prompt. |
Perform the following steps to modify the firmware host packs for the servers:
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. | ||||
Step 2 | Click vCenter. | ||||
Step 3 | In Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. | ||||
Step 4 | Select a domain. | ||||
Step 5 | On the right pane of the screen, click . | ||||
Step 6 | Expand Org. | ||||
Step 7 | Select the host
firmware package that is associated with the service profile or the servers for
which you want to upgrade or downgrade the firmware.
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Step 8 | Click
Modify
Package Versions.
The Modify Package Versions wizard appears. | ||||
Step 9 | For the B-Series and C-Series servers, select the firmware versions to which you want to upgrade from the respective Blade Package and Rack Package drop-down lists. | ||||
Step 10 | The Host Firmware Package Dependencies area, lists all the associated service profiles, affected ESX hosts and their VMs. | ||||
Step 11 | Click
Next.
Summary of the impacted endpoints and their status appear. | ||||
Step 12 | (Optional)Use the available filter option to view specific impacts. | ||||
Step 13 | If ESX is
running on any impacted server,
Move
all the running hosts to maintenance mode is enable by default. If
you want to update the firmware package without moving the host to maintenance
mode, check
Upgrade even with running server.
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Step 14 | Click
Update.
Initiates the upgrade process.
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Step 15 | After successful
firmware upgrade, an
Alert message dialog box appears. Review the message
and click
Ok to exit.
If you want to trigger an immediate reboot for a few or all the servers, click Pending Activities.
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Step 16 | (Optional)On the
Pending
Activities page, you can do the following:
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Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | In Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. |
Step 4 | Select a domain. |
Step 5 | On the right pane of the screen, click . |
Step 6 | Select the task that you want to delete. |
Step 7 | Click Actions and select Delete Upload Task. |
Step 8 | Click
OK in the delete confirmation box.
Click OK in the delete success box. |
Step 1 | Launch the vSphere Web Client. |
Step 2 | Click vCenter. |
Step 3 | In Cisco UCS Domains, click UCS Domains. A list of all the registered UCS domains appears. |
Step 4 | Select a domain. |
Step 5 | On the right pane of the screen, click . |
Step 6 | Select the firmware package that you want to delete. |
Step 7 | Click Actions and select Delete Firmware Package. |
Step 8 | Click
OK in the delete confirmation box.
Click OK in the delete success box. |
Perform the following steps to reload a UCS domain inventory: