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Cisco UCS Manager Add-in for SCVMM provides an extension to the Virtual Machine Manager user interface. The extended interface enables you to manage the UCS servers (blade servers and rack-mount servers). You can perform the following tasks using the extension:
Viewing and acknowledging pending activities
Mapping of the hypervisor host with the blades or rack servers on which it is installed
Adding or removing a UCS domain
Viewing the server details
Assigning proxy settings to the domain.
Viewing the firmware details of a server
Viewing the fault information
Viewing service profiles and service profile templates details
Viewing the registered UCS domains details
Launching the host (server) KVM console
Managing the desired power state of the servers
Switching on and off of the locator LEDs
Associating service profile to a server
Associating service profile to a server pool
Changing the service profile association with a host firmware package
Disassociating a service profile from a server
Creating a service profile from a service profile template
Uploading and upgrading the firmware on the servers.
Before installing Cisco UCS Manager Add-in, ensure the system meets or exceeds the following minimum software requirements:
Windows PowerShell 2.0
NET Framework 4.0 or above
System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager, or System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
The Cisco UCS Manager Add-in supports the following 64-bit version of the Windows operating systems:
Note | You can find installation and upgrade information for System Center Virtual Machine Manager on the Microsoft website. |
Note | Cisco UCS Manager Add-in does not support firmware upgrade functionality for UCS Manager running on version lower than 2.1(1a). |