Virtual Infrastructure Manager

Virtual Infrastructure Manager

UI Path: Virtual Management > Virtual Infrastructure Manager


Note

Ensure that you have enabled Network visualization of Virtual Machines feature for Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller.

The following table describes the fields that appear on Virtual Infrastructure Manager window:

Field

Description

Server

Specifies the Server IP Address.

Managed

Specifies the status of the cluster either Managed or Unmanaged.

Status

Specifies the status of the added cluster.

User

Specifies the user created the cluster.

LastUpdated Time

Specifies the last updated time for the cluster.

Note

Click Refresh icon to refresh the Virtual Infrastructure Manager table.

The following table describes the action items, in the Actions menu drop‐down list, that appear on Virtual Infrastructure Manager window:

Action Item

Description

Add Instance

From the Actions drop-down list, choose Add Instance. For more instructions, see Adding an Instance.

Note

 

Ensure that you have configured same IP address on Routes. Refer to Configuring Routes IP Address.

Edit Instance

 Choose an instance to edit. From the Actions drop-down list, choose Edit Instance. Make the necessary changes and click Save. Click Cancel to discard the changes.

Delete Instance(s)

Choose one or more required instance to delete. From the Actions drop-down list, choose Delete Instance(s). Click Confirm to delete the instance. Click Cancel to discard the delete.

Rediscover Instance(s)

Choose one or more required instance to rediscover. From the Actions drop-down list, choose Rediscover Instance(s). A confirmation message appears.

For more information:

Support for Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers

NDFC supports hosts running on UCS type B (chassis UCS) that are behind the Fabric interconnect. You must enable CDP of the vNIC on Cisco UCSM to use this feature.


Note

By default, CDP is disabled on Cisco UCSM.

Let us consider two VMMs, VMM‐A and VMM‐B, for reference. After the discovery of Cisco UCS UCS B-Series Blade Servers, the Topology displays the blue colored VMM‐A and VMM‐B are fabric interconnect nodes. A sample topology is as shown in the figure below.

To enable CDP on UCSM, you must create a new Network Control policy using the following steps:

  1. On the USCM, choose LAN and expand the policies.

  2. Right‐click on the Network Control Policies to create a new policy.

  3. In the Name field, enter the policy name as EnableCDP.

  4. Choose enabled option for CDP.

  5. Click OK to create the policy.

To apply the new policy to the ESX NICs, perform the following steps:

  • If you are using updated vNIC templates, choose each vNIC template for your ESXi vNICs, and apply the EnableCDP policy from the Network Control Policy drop‐down list.

  • If you are not using any vNIC templates, use the updated Service Profile Template. Apply EnableCDP policy on each of the service profile template.

  • If you are using one‐off Service Profiles (i.e., if each server using its own service profile), then you must go to every Service Profile and enable EnableCDP policy on every vNIC.

For more information about Cisco UCSM, refer to Cisco UCSM Network Management Guide.

Configuring Routes IP Address

Before you add IP address to vCenter, you must configure same IP address on Cisco Nexus Dashboard.

To configure Routes on Cisco Nexus Dashboard, perform the following steps:

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Infrastructure > Cluster Configuration.

Step 2

On General tab, in Routes card, click Edit icon.

The Routes window appears.

Step 3

To configure IP addresses, click Add Management Network Routes, enter required IP addresses, and click check icon.

Step 4

Click Save.

The route configuration is governed by following two scenarios:

  1. For vCenter, which is an application server is typically reachable over mgmt network.

  2. The ESXi servers that are managed by vCenters and the baremetal servers hosting the K8s instances and/or OpenStack instances would be connected to the fabric network directly. Hence, they will be reachable over data networks.

Adding vCenter Visualization

You can perform various actions in the Actions menu drop-down list, that appear on Virtual Management > Virtual Infrastructure Manager.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Actions > Add Instance.

The Add Instance window appears.

Step 2

Choose vCenter from Select Type drop-down list.

Enter required IP address or Domain name and password in the respective fields.

Step 3

Click Add.

You can view added vCenter cluster in the Virtual Infrastructure Manager window.

Step 4

To edit an instance, choose required vCenter, choose Actions > Edit Instance and click Save changes.

You can update password for the selected vCenter cluster and change the admin status to Managed or Unmanaged and vice-versa.

Note

 

For the vCenter cluster in Unmanaged status, you cannot view the topology and vCenter cluster details on dashboard.

Step 5

To delete one or more vCenter cluster, choose the required vCenter, choose Actions > Delete Instance(s) and click Confirm changes.

Note

 

All the data will be deleted if you delete the Cluster. The Cluster will be removed from the Topology view also.

Step 6

To rediscover one or more vCenter cluster, choose the required vCenter, choose Actions > Rediscover Instance(s).

A confirmation message appears.