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The Cisco IMC Integration Pack installs as a plug-in to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. The plugin, simplifies the server management task like hardware configuration, firmware update, OS installation, and driver management process of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) for Cisco UCS C-series and E-series servers. With the Cisco IMC Integration Pack installed, you can do the following:
Note page Configuration is supported only on C-series servers.
The Cisco IMC Integration Pack includes the following utilities:
Atypical deployment scenario includes importing a server, driver packages, updating firmware, configuring hardware, and deploying an operating system on the server. This sample scenario includes the following tasks:
1. Installing the Installing Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite. For more information, see Installing Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite.
2. Importing driver packages in the Configuration Manager Console and assigning the servers to a collection. For more information, see Importing Driver packages.
3. Importing driver packages of the Cisco IMC servers into the Configuration Manager Console.
4. Creating a custom task sequence or editing an existing task sequence to support the deployment of operating systems. For more information, see Creating and Editing Task Sequences.
5. Update Firmware, Configure Hardware and Install an Operating System on th server through Task Sequence. For more information, see Cisco IMC Configuration Profile Manager and Cisco IMC Configuration Manager.
– System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
– System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
– System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
The Cisco IMC Integration Pack supports the following operating systems:
Note Install the latest patch of the operating systems.
The Cisco IMC Integration Pack is supported on the following hardware platforms:
The Cisco IMC Integration Pack is compatible with Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) 1.5(2) or higher for C-Series servers and 2.3(x) and higher for E-Series servers.
Cisco IMC 1.5(1) supports the following features:
Note Configuring BIOS on Cisco UCS C-series servers requires Cisco IMC version of 1.5(4) or higher.