Overview
Cisco UCS Central PowerTool is a PowerShell module which helps automate all aspects of Cisco UCS Central management. PowerTool enables easy integration with existing IT management processes and tools.
Cisco UCS Central delivers a common management solution across all Cisco UCS Domains. Cisco UCS Central provides a centralized resource inventory and a repository of policies. Cisco UCS Central simplifies configuration, maintains policy uniformity, resolves contention on global identities, and effectively and consistently manages Cisco UCS domains.
Cisco UCS Central provides a global view of the entire data center through multiple Cisco UCS Manager sessions. Cisco UCS Central can manage Cisco UCS operations for an individual data center or for multiple data centers. Cisco UCS Central facilitates operational management for firmware management, catalog management, configuration backup and restores operations, monitor log, core files, and faults.
Cisco UCS Central is designed for aggregated management functions beyond what Cisco UCS Manager supports today.
Most PowerTool cmdlets work on the UCS Central Management Information Tree (MIT). To create, modify, or delete actions on the Managed Objects (MO) in the tree.
The easy way to learn UCS Central configuration through PowerTool is to generate PowerTool cmdlets, for configuration actions performed with the GUI, using the ConvertTo-UcsCentralCmdlet.