Intersight Management Mode
Intersight Managed Mode (IMM) is a new set of features introduced in Cisco Intersight to configure, deploy, and manage a Server Profile for B-Series blade and FI-managed C-Series servers. IMM introduces a new implementation of concepts first introduced with Cisco UCS Manager and moves ownership of the policy model into Cisco Intersight. Hence, policies, VLANs, and VSANs are created in advance and built into a Server Profile. Then, the Server Profile is assigned and deployed to a Cisco Intersight discovered B-Series blade or managed C-Series servers.
To enable IMM in a fourth generation Fabric Interconnect (FI), perform a normal upgrade to Cisco UCS Infrastructure and server firmware (FW) (4.1(2)) and then reset the FI after successful upgrade. After FI reset, in the setup prompt, choose Intersight as the management mode. You can setup one of the FI’s in the IMM mode and then join the second to the cluster. Subsequently, claim the IMM domain to Cisco Intersight. In IMM, all configurations and operations for the UCS domain is driven from Cisco Intersight. With IMM, configure and deploy a UCS Domain Profile to program the FIs for FI-A and FI-B with unified ports (Ethernet and FC) and port roles (uplink and server). The new UCS Domain Profile ensures a quick on-board of a new UCS domain in Cisco Intersight.
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Cisco UCS Infrastructure and Server FW version 4.1(2) enables an opt-in to technical preview for IMM; a policy driven configuration platform for FIs and attached servers. When IMM is enabled, the entire UCS domain is reset to factory defaults and this will cause a disruption for workloads running on servers in the domain. While this feature is in technical preview, it is not recommended for production workloads or applications. For more information, see https://intersight.com/help/resources#intersight_managed_mode. |