For new deployments of
Cisco UCS
domains,
the best practice is to adopt
Cisco UCS Central from the start, especially for new workloads, and to reference
global
pools,
policies
and
templates.
For installations with no previous Cisco UCS footprint, Cisco urges the
exclusive use of
Cisco UCS Central, avoiding instances of locally managed objects. Global service
profiles that refer exclusively to global
pools
and
policies
help to ensure global consistency.
Initially using
Cisco UCS Central can greatly simplify and enhance the
Cisco UCS management experience. Environments that do not initially use
Cisco UCS Central are deploying a Brownfield environment. Retrofitting a Brownfield
environment to
Cisco UCS Central is challenging. However, a well-planned migration to
Cisco UCS Central is achievable. Even in a mixed Brownfield-Greenfield environment,
there is tremendous value in registering all UCS domains to
Cisco UCS Central.