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From the Manage UCS Central System Policies dialog box, you can configure the properties and settings for faults, syslog, and core dump export.
Step 1 | From the System
Settings icon, choose
System
Policies.
This launches the Manage UCS Central System Policies dialog box. |
Step 2 | Click the icon
for the section that you want to configure.
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Step 3 | Complete the fields as required for each section. |
Step 4 | Click Save. |
Step 1 | In the Task
bar, type
Manage
UCS Central Syslog and press Enter.
This launches the Manage UCS Central Syslog dialog box. |
Step 2 | In
Syslog
Sources, choose
Enabled for each source for which you want to
collect log files.
This can be one of the following: |
Step 3 | In
Local
Destination, specify where the syslog messages can be added and
displayed. This can be one of the following:
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Step 4 | In
Remote
Destination, specify whether to store the syslog messages in a
primary, secondary, and/or tertiary server.
Specify the following information for each remote destination:
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Step 5 | Click Save. |
Cisco UCS uses the Core File Exporter to export core files as soon as they occur to a specified location on the network through TFTP. This functionality allows you to export the core file in tar format.
Step 1 | In the Task
bar, type
Manage
UCS Central Core Dump Export and press
Enter.
This launches the Manage UCS Central Core Dump Export dialog box. |
Step 2 | Click Enable to export core files. |
Step 3 | (Optional)Enter a description for the remote server used to store the core file. |
Step 4 | The Frequency, Maximum No. of Files, Remote Copy, and Protocol fields are set by default. |
Step 5 | (Optional) In Absolute Remote Path, enter the path to use when exporting the core file to the remote server. |
Step 6 | In Remote Server Host Name/IP Address, enter a hostname or IP address to connect with via TFTP |
Step 7 | (Optional)In TFTP Port, enter the port number to use when exporting the core file via TFTP. The default port number is 69. |
Step 8 | Click Save. |
Step 1 | From the System
Settings icon, choose
System
Profile.
This launches the Manage UCS Central System Profile dialog box. |
Step 2 | In the
UCS
Central section, you can view the
UCS
Central System Name,
Mode, and virtual IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
These values are populated when you first configure Cisco UCS Central. The system name and mode cannot be modified. |
Step 3 | In Interfaces, review or change the following management nodes: |
Step 4 | In Date & Time, choose the time zone and add an NTP server. |
Step 5 | In DNS, type the Cisco UCS Central domain name and add a DNS server. |
Step 6 | In Remote Access, choose a Key Ring. |
Step 7 | In Trusted Points, click Add to add a new trusted point and certificate chain. |
Step 8 | In Certificates, you can view the existing, or create a new key ring and certificate request. |
Step 9 | Click Save. |
Step 1 | In the Task
bar, type
Manage
UCS Central Management Node and press Enter.
This launches the Manage UCS Central Management Node dialog box. |
Step 2 | In Management Node, click the name of the node you would like to configure. |
Step 3 | Enter values for the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway. |
Step 4 | Click Save. |
Step 1 | In the Task bar, type
Manage UCS Central NTP Servers and press
Enter.
This launches the Manage UCS Central NTP Servers dialog box. |
Step 2 | In Time Zone, select the time zone for the domain. |
Step 3 | In NTP Servers, click Add to add a new NTP server, or Delete to remove an existing one. |
Step 4 | Click Save. |
Step 1 | In the Task bar, type
Manage UCS Central DNS Servers and press
Enter.
This launches the Manage UCS Central DNS Servers dialog box. |
Step 2 | In UCS Central Domain Name, type the name of the Cisco UCS Central domain. |
Step 3 | In DNS Servers, click Add to add a new DNS server, or Delete to remove an existing one. |
Step 4 | Click Save. |
Step 1 | Navigate to the root Domain Group page. |
Step 2 | Click the Settings icon and select System Profile. |
Step 3 | In
Fault, complete the necessary fields.
For more information, see Managing a UCS Central Fault Policy. |
Step 4 | In
Syslog, complete the necessary fields.
For more information, see Managing UCS Central Syslog. |
Step 5 | In
Core
Dump, complete the necessary fields.
For more information, see Managing UCS Central Core Dump Export. |
Step 6 | In Interfaces, choose whether to enable Interface Monitoring Policy. |
Step 7 | If you select Enabled, complete the interface monitoring information as required. |
Step 8 | In Equipment, select the Power Redundancy, the Power Allocation Method, and enter an ID Soaking Interval. |
Step 9 | In System Events, complete the necessary fields to determine how the system event logs will be collected. |
Step 10 | Click Save. |
Step 1 | Navigate to the root Domain Group page. |
Step 2 | Click the Settings icon and select System Profile. |
Step 3 | In Date & Time, choose the time zone and add an NTP server. |
Step 4 | In DNS, type the UCS Central domain name and add a DNS server. |
Step 5 | In Remote Access, type the HTTPS, HTTPS Port, and choose a Key Ring. |
Step 6 | In Trusted Points, click Add to create a trusted point and add a certificate chain. |
Step 7 | Click Save. |
You can generate and tech support files for Cisco UCS Central and registered Cisco UCS Domains. Collecting remote tech support includes the following:
Step 1 | On the menu bar, click Operation icon, and select Tech Support. |
Step 2 | Under
Domains select
UCS Central or the domain for which you want
to generate tech support files for.
This displays any available tech support files and the generate menu option. |
Step 3 | Click flash icon to Generate Tech Support files. |
Step 4 | In the pop-up confirmation dialog box, click Yes. |
Step 5 | The list page displays tech support file collection status when the collection is in progress. When the process is complete, displays the collected time, file name and availability status. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, click Operation icon, and select Tech Support. |
Step 2 | Under Domains select UCS Central or the domain for which you want to generate tech support files for. |
Step 3 | The right pane displays the list of available tech support files for the selected system. |
Step 4 | Click to select the file you want to download. |
Step 5 | Click Download icon on the menu bar. |
Step 6 | In the download dialog box, click Save to save the tech support file in your local download folder. |
If you configure deferred deployment in a Cisco UCS domains, Cisco UCS Central enables you to view all pending activities. You can view all the activities that are waiting for user acknowledgment and those that have been scheduled.
If a Cisco UCS domain has pending activities, the Cisco UCS Central GUI notifies users with admin privileges when they log in.
Cisco UCS Central displays information about all pending activities, including the following:
Name of the service profile to be deployed and associated with a server
Server affected by the deployment
Disruption caused by the deployment
Change performed by the deployment
Whether an activity is acknowledged.
You can also acknowledge the activities.
You cannot specify the maintenance window in which a specific pending activity is applied to the server. The maintenance window depends on the number of pending activities and on the maintenance policy assigned to the service profile. However, any user with admin privileges can manually initiate a pending activity and reboot the server immediately, whether an activity is waiting for an user acknowledgment or for a maintenance window.
To view the pending activities on Cisco UCS Central GUI, click the Alerts icon from the menu bar.
A pending activity is not displayed in the log, if the activity is caused by a local service profile using a local maintenance policy with a local scheduler. Such pending activities must be acknowledged from Cisco UCS Manager .
Cisco UCS Central collects and displays all the Cisco UCS Central system faults on the Fault Logs page. To view these system fault logs, click the Alerts icon and select System Faults. 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:
Code—The ID associated with the fault
Timestamp—Date and time at which the fault occurred
Type—Origin of the fault
Cause—Cause of the fault
Affected Object—The component that is affected by this fault
Fault Details—The details of the fault.
Severity—The severity of the fault
Action—Any action required by the fault
To manage the information that is collected, see Configuring UCS Central System Policies.
Cisco UCS Central collects and displays faults from registered Cisco UCS domains in the UCS Domain Faults Log page. The faults are displayed by type and severity level. You can click on the fault type to expand and view the exact Cisco UCS domains where the faults have occurred. The UCS domain fault logs are categorized and displayed as follows:
Fault Level—The fault level that triggers the profile. This can be one of the following:
Critical—Critical problems exist with one or more components. These issues should be researched and fixed immediately.
Major—Serious problems exist with one or more components. These issues should be researched and fixed immediately.
Minor—Problems exist with one or more components that might adversely affect the system performance. These issues should be researched and fixed as soon as possible before they become major or critical issues.
Warning—Potential problems exist with one or more components that might adversely affect the system performance if they are allowed to continue. These issues should be researched and fixed as soon as possible before they get worse.
Healthy—No fault in any of the components in a domain.
Unknown—No fault in any of the components in a domain.
No Of Domains—The number of domains where the faults have occurred of each severity level.
Domain—The domain where the faults have occurred. Click a type to see the Cisco UCS domains that have one or more faults of that type and the details of the fault.
Critical—The number of critical faults of the selected type in the Cisco UCS domain.
Major—The number of major faults of the selected type in the Cisco UCS domain.
Minor—The number of minor faults of the selected type in the Cisco UCS domain.
Warning—The number of warning faults of the selected type in the Cisco UCS domain.
This table is displayed only when you select a domain from the UCS Domain Faults page.
Filter—Allows you to filter the data in the table.
ID— The unique identifier associated with the fault.
Timestamp—The day and time at which the fault occurred.
Type— Information about where the fault originated.
Cause— A brief description of what caused the fault.
Affected Object—The component that is affected by this issue.
Fault Details—More information about the log message.
Severity—Displays an icon denoting the fault severity. The icon key appears below the table.
Cisco UCS Central collects and displays the events that occurred in the system, such as when a user logs in or when the system encounters an error. When such events occur, the system records the event and displays it in the Event Logs. To view these event logs, click the Alerts icon from the menu bar, and select Events. The event logs record information on the following:
You can view a comprehensive list of configuration changes in Cisco UCS Central in the Audit Logs. When you perform configuration changes involving creating, editing or deleting tasks in the Cisco UCS Central GUI or the Cisco UCS Central CLI, Cisco UCS Central generates an audit log. In addition to the information related to configuration, the audit logs record information on the following:
Resources that were accessed.
Date and time at which the event occurred.
Unique identifier associated with the log message.
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.
The source that triggered the action.
The component that is affected.
If an error occurs that causes the system to crash, then a core dump file is created. This core dump file includes information of the state of the system before the error occurred, and the time at which the system crashed. To view the core dump files, click the Alerts icon on the menu bar and select Core Dumps. In the Core Dumps log table you can view the following information:
You can view active sessions for remote and local users in Cisco UCS Central and choose to terminate those sessions from the server. To view the active sessions, click the Alerts icon on the menu bar and select Sessions. In the Active Sessions log table you can view the following information:
ID—The type of terminal from which the user logged in.
Timestamp—Date and time at which the user logged in.
User—The user name.
Type—The type of terminal from which the user logged in.
Host—The IP address from which the user logged in.
Status—Whether the session is currently active.
Actions—Click Terminate to end the selected session.
Internal service logs provide information on various providers and the version of the Cisco UCS Central associated with the provider. To view the internal services, click the Alerts icon on the menu bar and select Sessions.
In the Services section of the Internal Services page, you can view the following information:
Name—The type of the provider.
Last Poll—Day and time on which Cisco UCS Central last polled the provider.
IP Address—The IP address associated with the provider.
Version—The version of Cisco UCS Central associated with the provider.
Status—The operational state of the provider.
In the Clean Up section of the Internal Services page, you can view the following information:
Domain—The domain name.
Last Poll—Day and time on which Cisco UCS Central last polled the provider.
Lost Visibility—When Cisco UCS Central lost visibility to the provider.
Clean Up—Click Clean Up to remove all references of this Cisco UCS domain from Cisco UCS Central.
![]() Note | The domain must be re-registered with Cisco UCS Central before it can be managed again by Cisco UCS Central. |