- Service Profiles
Service Profiles and
Templates
Service Profiles
Service profiles in Cisco UCS Central define servers and their storage and networking characteristics.
Note | You cannot create service profiles directly in Cisco UCS Central. You must create a service profile template first. |
- Creating a Service Profile from a Template
- Binding a Service Profile to a Template
- Manually Assigning a Server to a Service Profile
- Configuring Interface Placement on a Service Profile or Service Profile Template
- Service Profile Views
- Service Profile Faults
Creating a Service Profile from a Template
Binding a Service Profile to a Template
Manually Assigning a Server to a Service Profile
To watch a video manually assigning a server, see Video: Assigning a Server to a Global Service Profile Manually.
Step 1 | From the Service Profile page, click the Settings icon. |
Step 2 | Click
Assign
Server Manually.
This launches the Assign Server Manually dialog box. |
Step 3 | Choose whether to enable Compatibility Check On Migration Using Manual Assignment. |
Step 4 | Select the server that you want to assign to the service profile. |
Step 5 | Click Assign Server Manually. |
Configuring Interface Placement on a Service Profile or Service Profile Template
Step 1 | From the Service Profile or Service Profile Template page, click the Settings icon. | ||
Step 2 | Click
Configure Interface Placement.
This launches the Configure Host Interface Placement dialog box. | ||
Step 3 | In
Placement, choose whether to enable
Manual Interface Placement.
If you select Disabled, the system automatically assigns interfaces based on their PCI order. | ||
Step 4 | If Enabled, add vHBAs or vNICs. | ||
Step 5 | In
Preference, select the
Virtual Slot Selection Preference for each
virtual slot.
This can be one of the following:
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Step 6 | In
PCI Order, click the up and down arrows to
arrange the order.
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Step 7 | Click Configure Host Interface Placement. |
Service Profile Views
From the Service Profiles page you can view a list of all service profiles in Cisco UCS Central, and filter which service profiles are displayed.
Service Profile Detail View
The Service Profile page displays detailed information about a service profile. From here, you can:
Service Profile Faults
Cisco UCS Central collects and displays all the Cisco UCS Central service profile faults on the Service Profile Fault Logs page. To view service profile faults, click the Faults icon in the Fault Summary section of a Service Profile details page. The Faults Logs page displays information on the type and severity level of the fault, and allow you to monitor and acknowledge the system faults, and filter the faults that are displayed.
The faults table includes the following information for each fault:
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Code—The ID associated with the fault
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Timestamp—Date and time at which the fault occurred
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Type—Origin of the fault
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Cause—Cause of the fault
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Affected Object—The component that is affected by this fault
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Fault Details—The details of the fault.
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Severity—The severity of the fault
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Action—Any action required by the fault
To manage the information that is collected, see the Cisco UCS Central Administration Guide.
Service Profile Server Faults
Cisco UCS Central collects and displays all the server faults associated with a service profile. To view server faults, click the Faults icon in the Server Fault Summary section of a Service Profile details page. The Faults Logs page displays information on the type and severity level of the fault, and allow you to monitor and acknowledge the system faults, and filter the faults that are displayed.
The faults table includes the following information for each fault:
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Code—The ID associated with the fault
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Timestamp—Date and time at which the fault occurred
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Type—Origin of the fault
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Cause—Cause of the fault
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Affected Object—The component that is affected by this fault
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Fault Details—The details of the fault.
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Severity—The severity of the fault
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Action—Any action required by the fault
To manage the information that is collected, see the Cisco UCS Central Administration Guide.
Service Profile Event Logs
Displays event logs for the selected service profile. This can include the following:
Service Profile Audit Logs
Displays the audit logs for the selected service profile. This includes the following:
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Resources that were accessed
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Day and time at which the event occurred
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Unique identifier associated with the log message
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The user who triggered an action to generate the audit log. This can be an internal session or an external user who made a modification using the Cisco UCS Central GUI or the Cisco UCS Central CLI.
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The source that triggered the action
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The component that is affected
Service Profile Templates
Service profile templates enable you to quickly create several service profiles with the same basic parameters, such as the number of vNICs and vHBAs, and with identity information drawn from the same pools. There are two types of service profile templates:
Creating or Editing a Service Profile Template
Service profile templates created in Cisco UCS Central can be used on any of your registered Cisco UCS domains.
Note | When you edit an existing template, you should click Evaluate to estimate the impact of the changes, such as requiring a server reboot. Changes made to a service profile template affect all service profiles that are bound to that template. |
Step 1 | In the
Actions bar, type
Create Service Profile Template and press
Enter.
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Step 2 | In
Basic, select the
Organization where you want to create the service
profile template.
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Step 3 | Click
Identifiers to assign identifiers for this service profile.
Click each identifier that you want to use. On the right, click the drop-down to display available pools and choose the one you want to use for this service profile template. | ||
Step 4 | In
LAN, click
Policy to assign existing policies or click
Advanced to create new vNICs or iSCSI vNICs for this
service profile template.
For more information on creating vNICs, see the Cisco UCS Central Network Management Guide.
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Step 5 | In
SAN, click
Policy to assign existing policies or click
Advanced to create new vHBAs and assign WWPN pools
for this service profile template.
For more information on creating vHBAs, see the Cisco UCS Central Storage Management Guide.
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Step 6 | Click
Servers to assign an existing server pool or server
pool qualification policy.
You can click on the policies, use the drop-down option on the right, and select the server-related policies that you want to assign to this template. | ||
Step 7 | Click
Storage to assign an existing local disk
configuration policy or storage profile.
You can click on the policies, use the drop-down option on the right, and select the storage-related policies that you want to assign to this template. | ||
Step 8 | Click
Policies to assign existing policies to the service
profile template.
You can click on all service profile related policies, use the drop-down option on the right, and assign policies to this template. | ||
Step 9 | Click Create. |
Service Profile Template Detail View
The Service Profile Template page displays detailed information about a service profile template. From here, you can:
Viewing Service Profile Configuration Status
Step 1 | In the Search bar, click the Search icon and select Service Profiles. |
Step 2 | Click the service profile that you want to view. |
Step 3 | On the service
profile page, click the
Alerts icon on the far right and select
Configuration Status.
The Configuration Status page for the selected service profile displays. |
Step 4 | Click Close to close the window. |