Release Notes for Cisco UCS Manager Plugin, Release 1.x For VMware vRealize Orchestrator
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Release Notes for Cisco UCS Manager Plug-In, Release 1.x For VMware vRealize Orchestrator
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Release Notes for Cisco UCS Manager Plug-In, Release 1.x
For VMware vRealize Orchestrator
First Published: December 2015
This document describes the system requirements, new features, installable dar details, caveats, and workarounds for Cisco UCS Manager plug-in, Release 1.x for VMware vRealize Orchestrator. This document also i 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 Cisco UCS Manager Documentation Roadmap.
Use these release notes as a supplement with the other documents listed in the documentation roadmap: http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/b-series-doc.
Make sure to review other available documentation on Cisco.com to obtain the most current information about Cisco UCS Manager plug-in, release 1.x for VMware vRealize Orchestrator.
Introduction
vRealize Orchestrator is a development and process-automation platform that provides a library of extensible workflows. These workflows allow you to create and run automated, configurable processes to manage the VMware vSphere infrastructure. The vRealize Orchestrator uses its open plug-in architecture to allow you to integrate with other management and administration solutions.
The Cisco UCS Manager plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator leverages the open plug-in architecture of the vRealize Orchestrator to integrate the Orchestrator with UCS Manager. After integration, the plug-in enables you to create actions and workflows for managing both UCS and vSphere infrastructure in the datacenter.
Software Requirements
Note
Registering a UCS domain from the web configuration tool is not supported on vRealize Orchestrator 6.0.1 version and higher. However, you can register the UCS domain through workflows.
VMware vRealize Orchestrator
From UCS Manager plug-in Release 1.0.4 and higher are supported on the following VMware vRealize Orchestrator releases:
- vRealize Orchestrator 7.3.x
- vRealize Orchestrator 7.2.x
- vRealize Orchestrator 7.1.x
- vRealize Orchestrator 7.0.x
UCS Manager plug-in Release 1.0.3 and earlier are supported on the following VMware vRealize Orchestrator releases:
New Features
New Features in Release 1.0.4
- Supports all vRO 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 platforms
- Added actions to support UCS Manager Release 3.1(2b)
- Enhancement to fix action input validation
- Added support to save configuration data as vRO resource
- Removed deprecated Web Configuration UI. From this release onwards, UCS Manager plug-in can be configured through workflows only
- Enhancement to inventory to view FI-IO objects for UCS mini server, and SIOC and Storage enclosures for 3x60 servers.
- Enhancement to utilize ISslService for all secure connections from the UCS Manager plug-in to resolve any secure connection related issues
- Support for TLSv1.2 protocol for secure connections
- Enhancement to new installation format as.vmoapp
New Features in Release 1.0.3
Support for VMware vRealize Orchestrator Release 7.0(x)
Support for the VMware vRealize Orchestrator Release 7.0(x) includes the following:
New and Changed Workflows
New Actions
Added the following new actions:
- addUcsDomain– Allow you to add a UCS domain instance in vRealize Orchestrator inventory
- modifyUcsDomain– Allow you to modify a UCS domain instance in vRealize Orchestrator inventory
- removeUcsDomain– Allow you to remove a UCS domain instance from vRealize Orchestrator inventory
- getComputeNodes– Allow you to search all blades and rack units based on the input search criteria
Installation Notes
Cisco UCS Manager plug-in for VMware vRealize Orchestrator enables you to register and manage Cisco UCS domains. When you install Cisco UCS Manager plug-in, register UCS domains individually using UCS Manager user account.
For installation instructions, see Installing the Plug-in.
New Features in Release 1.0.1
The Cisco UCS Manager plug-in release 1.0.1 for vRealize Orchestrator supports the following features:
- Configuration interface to register and manage UCS domains in the vRealize Orchestrator.
- Around 1800 vRealize Orchestrator actions to get, set, add, and remove UCS managed objects of all features available in the UCS Manager Release 2.2(3a).
- Equipment and server-related managed objects in the UCS domain are enabled as inventory objects.
- Canned workflows.
- vRealize Orchestrator actions for the following operations:
– Import and export UCS backup
– Clone and rename service profile
– Associate and disassociate service profile
– Create service profile from the template
For more details, see the Cisco UCS Manager Plug-in for VMware vRealize Orchestrator User Guide.
Known Limitations
When running workflow in a debug mode, some workflow may not run in vRealize Orchestrator 6.0.x. This is because the vRealize Orchestrator 6.0.x drops the reference objects of the output in the debug mode.
Open and Resolved Caveats
Resolved Caveat
Open Caveats
The following table lists the open caveats in the UCS Manager vRealize Orchestrator plug-in
Related Documentation
For more information, you can access related documents from the following links:
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