Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
provides a single touch solution that automates deployment of Big Data
infrastructure and provides a single management pane across both physical
infrastructure and Hadoop software. It supports key Hadoop distributions
including Cloudera, MapR, and Hortonworks.
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
delivers end-to-end automation of Hadoop cluster deployment that allows you to
spin up and expand clusters on-demand. Configuration of the physical
infrastructure, which includes compute, internal storage, network, and
installation of operating system, Java packages, Hadoop along with provisioning
of Hadoop services are handled automatically with minimal user input. This is
achieved through the innovative
Cisco UCS
service profiles wherein both the physical infrastructure and Hadoop
configuration are incorporated into a Hadoop cluster deployment profile.
System
Requirements
The system
requirements for
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
is listed in the table below:
Table 1 VMware vSphere Minimum System Requirements
Component
Requirement
VMware
ESX or ESXi 4.x or 5.x
vCPU
4
Memory
Minimum = 4GB
High Loads and Scalability = 8 GB
Hard disk
40 GB
Supported
Browser Versions
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
supports the following browsers and all browsers require the Adobe Flash Player
plug-in version 11 or higher for those browsers:
Internet
Explorer 8 or higher
Google Chrome
4.1 or higher
Firefox 3.5 or
higher
Safari 4.0 or
higher (for Apple Mac or Microsoft Windows)
Prerequisites
Cisco UCS Director,
Release 5.3.1.2 patch. (Cisco UCS Director,
Release 5.2.0.2 patch is the prerequisite for the
Cisco UCS Director,
Release 5.3.1.2)
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data Baremetal Agent,
Release 5.2.
Installation
Notes
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
is a 64-bit appliance that uses a standard virtual machine that is delivered in
OVF format for VMware, and can be hosted on VMware vSphere or vCenter.
For installation instructions, see the following guides:
Cisco UCS Director
Express for Big Data Installation on VMware vSphere, Release 1.1
Cisco UCS Director
Express for Big Data Baremetal Agent Installation and Configuration Guide,
Release 1.1
Patch Installation
Notes for
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
Releases 1.x
You can use the
cucsde_patch_1_1_0_3.zip patch file to upgrade both
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data,
Releases 1.0 and 1.1 to the current patch level.
Procedure
Step 1
Install
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data,
Release 1.0 on
Cisco UCS Director,
Release 5.0 platform with the support for personality.
Step 2
Log in to the
current version of
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
VM console.
Step 3
In the
shelladmin, choose
Stop
Services to stop all services.
To verify that
all services are stopped, choose
Display Services Status.
Note
You can skip
Steps 4, 5, and 6 if you are already running
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data,
Release 1.1 on
Cisco UCS Director,
Release 5.2.0.2.
Step 4
Choose
Apply
Patch to apply the patch application on
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data.
Step 5
When prompted,
enter the location of the
Cisco UCS Director
5.2.0.2 patch (cucsd_patch_5_2_0_2.zip) . (For example,
ftp://username:password@hostname|IP_address/software_location_and_name).
Step 6
Wait for the
download and installation to complete for
Cisco UCS Director,
Release 5.2.0.2 patch.
Step 7
Choose
Apply
Patch to apply the patch application on
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data.
Step 8
When prompted,
enter the location of the
Cisco UCS Director
5.3.1.2 patch (cucsd_patch_5_3_1_2.zip) . (For example,
ftp://username:password@hostname|IP_address/software_location_and_name).
Step 9
Wait for the
download and installation to complete for
Cisco UCS Director,
Release 5.3.1.2 patch.
Step 10
Choose
Apply Patch to apply the patch application on
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data.
Step 11
When prompted,
enter the location of the
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data,
Release 1.1.0.3 patch (cucsde_patch_1_1_0_3.zip). (For example,
ftp://username:password@hostname|IP_address/software_location_and_name).
Step 12
Wait for the download and installation to complete for
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data,
Release 1.1.0.3 patch.
Step 13
When prompted,
choose
Start
Services to start services and complete the patch upgrade process.
Note
The patch
process is not complete or successful until the
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
services have started,
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
is available, the login screen is displayed, and the admin user can log in to
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data.
All
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
services must be started before you attempt to perform other shelladmin
procedures, such as apply additional patches, take a database backup, or
restore a database from a backup.
Step 14
When the patch
application is complete, choose
Show
Version in shelladmin to verify the current version of
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data.
Step 15
Log in to the
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
Baremetal Agent (BMA) server using the default credentials (root/pxeboot). Copy
the cucsde_bma_patch_5_3_1_2.zip (BMA patch) file and extract the BMA patch
file. Change directory to scripts/bin, add execute permissions to copyfiles.sh
(chmod+x copyfiles.sh), and execute the copyfiles.sh (./copyfiles.sh).
Step 16
Log in to the
Cisco UCS Director Express
for Big Data
GUI and start the BMA services.
Open and Resolved
Bugs
The open and resolved
bugs for this release are accessible through the
Cisco Bug Search Tool. This web-based tool provides you
with access to the Cisco bug tracking system, which maintains information about
bugs and vulnerabilities in this product and other Cisco hardware and software
products.
Note
You must have a
Cisco.com account to log in and access the Cisco Bug Search Tool. If you do not
have one, you can
register for an
account.
Inputs
that are given before starting to create a cluster in the Multi UCSM Managed
cluster UI page (in a specific order using Instant Hadoop Cluster Creation) is
not editable, once submitted.
CSCur51778
Node IP
address is not released to the Big Data IP pool after performing the Delete
Node to Baremetal action on that node.
CSCur51789
Deleted
node is getting populated in the Add Managed Node dialog after performing the
Delete Node to Baremetal action.
CSCur76365
Server
pools in an Instant /Customized Hadoop cluster creation dialog are filtered
based per UCS Manager.
CSCus85952
Server
with enclosure ID 252 is not configured for RAID during RHEL boot.
CSCus87823
NTP server
synchronization for the Hadoop cluster.
Remove
version dependancy for MapR to support MapR 4.1.0.
CSCuu03997
Displays
incorrect UCS Service Profile Template ID when viewing the details in the
Hadoop Clusters tab.
CSCuu04044
If the
values populated in the fields of the Add BareMetal Nodes dialog box are
untouched, then Add BareMetal Node fails when executing the Create UCS Service
Profile Template task with an error displaying that the UCS Service Profile
Template already exists.
CSCuu19592
Changes
made in rc.local are not getting reflected like vm.swappiness and
redhat_transparent_hugepage.
CSCuu19598
SSH key
exchange should be done also for user account 'mapr' in MapR cluster.
CSCuu28850
MAC
addresses are not assigned to vNICs as per the user selection in the instant or
customized Hadoop cluster creation dialog box.
CSCuu32722
An
instant Hadoop cluster require RAID 0 configuration for all data drives for
MapR.
Enable to use all the disks in a node and configure HDFS and
YARN directories for newly added nodes to assign configurations to the groups
globally by grouping nodes that have the same number of disks.
CSCuv66637
Cloudera cluster creation failed with the UCS CPA Node Baremetal
workflow at Power On UCS Server.
CSCuv79094
Displays the same First MAC Address in the vNIC Template table
irrespective of the MAC Address Pool selected in the Instant Hadoop Cluster or
Customized Hadoop Cluster creation dialog box.
CSCuv92616
When you decide not to use boot drives for M4 servers, then the
"Use HDD drives on M4 Servers with insufficient standalone boot drives" option
is disabled.
CSCuv92656
Allow the user to modify host name prefix while adding
additional nodes to the Hadoop cluster.
CSCuv95615
MAC Address Pool is not set for Add BareMetal Nodes flow.
CSCuw02799
Unable to add baremetal nodes to the Hadoop cluster with a new
UCSM Policy Name prefix other than the default.
CSCuw08610
Custom cluster creation pages auto-populate Hadoop distributions
and Hadoop distribution versions.
Related
Documentation
In addition to these
release notes, you can find documentation for Cisco UCS Director, Release 5.2
in the following locations on Cisco.com:
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