Table of Contents
Supported Cisco Unified Computing System Manager (UCSM) Releases
Launching Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack Installer
Known Limitations for Release 1.0.1
Open Caveats for Release 1.0.1
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Notes for Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack, Release 1.x
For Microsoft System Center, Configuration Manager 2012, 2012 with SP1 & 2012 R2.
This document describes the system requirements, new features, information about known caveats, and workarounds for Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack, Release 1.0.1. This document also includes current information that became available after the technical documentation was published.
Use these release notes as a supplement with the other documents listed in the documentation roadmap
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/overview/guide/UCS_roadmap.htmlMake sure to review other available documentation on Cisco.com to obtain current information on Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack, Release 1.0.1.
Introduction
Cisco UCS® Manager provides unified, embedded management of all software and hardware components of the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS) across multiple chassis, rack servers, and thousands of virtual machines. Cisco UCS Manager manages Cisco UCS as a single entity through an intuitive GUI, a command-line interface (CLI), or an XML API for comprehensive access to all Cisco UCS Manager functions.
Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), is a software management suite which allows users to manage a large number of computers running Windows, Windows Embedded, Mac OS X, Linux or UNIX, and various mobile operating systems such as, Windows phone, Symbian, iOS and Android. SCCM provides more effective IT services by enabling secure and scalable software deployment, compliance settings management, and comprehensive asset management of servers, desktops, laptops, and mobile devices.
Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack v1.0.1 installs as a plug-in to system center 2012, 2012 R2 - configuration manager to help simplify operating system and driver deployment process, firmware upgrade on blade servers and rack servers managed by Cisco UCS Manager.
System Requirements
Before installing Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack, ensure the system meets or exceeds the following minimum requirements:
Software Requirements
Before installing Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack, ensure the system meets or exceeds the following minimum software requirements:
Key Features
New Features
This section briefly describes the new features introduced in Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack, Release 1.0.1.
– Organizations defined in UCS manager are imported as device collections
– Associated service profiles are imported as devices under respective device collection
- Overview of the service profiles and the associated physical servers
- Download drivers and create driver packages for specific servers in UCS domain, which are required for OS deployment, from the configuration manager console
- Support for following actions on the associated service profiles or UCS servers:
– Upload B and C bundles in UCS Manager
– Upgrade the blade server and rack-mount server firmware package
Open Caveats for Release 1.0.1
This section lists the open caveats for this release.
Related Documentation
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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