Contents
- Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data
- Revision History
- New and Changed Features in Release 3.0
- New and Changed Features in Release 3.0(1.0)
- System Requirements
- Installation Notes
- Patch Installation Notes for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Release 3.0
- Patch Installation Notes for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Release 3.0(1.0)
- Open and Resolved Bugs
- Open and Resolved Bugs in Release 3.0
- Open and Resolved Bugs in Release 3.0(1.0)
- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
First Published: September 16, 2016
Last Updated: December 21, 2016
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data is a single-touch solution within Cisco UCS Director that automates deployment of Big Data infrastructure. Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data provides a single management pane across physical infrastructure and across Hadoop and Splunk Enterprise 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, allowing you to spin up and expand clusters on-demand. The physical infrastructure configuration is handled automatically, with minimal user input. The configuration includes compute, internal storage, network, and installation of operating system, Java packages, and Hadoop, along with the provisioning of Hadoop services. This is achieved through Cisco UCS service profiles wherein both the physical infrastructure and Hadoop configuration are incorporated into a Hadoop cluster deployment profile.
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data also delivers end-to-end automation of Splunk cluster deployment, with minimal user input. This is achieved through Cisco UCS service profiles wherein both the physical infrastructure and Splunk configuration are incorporated into a Splunk cluster deployment profile.
New and Changed Features in Release 3.0
This section provides an overview of the significant new and changed features in this release. This section does not provide an exhaustive list of all enhancements included in this release.
Support for Cloudera 5.6.0 and 5.8.0
Support for MapR 5.1.0 and 5.2.0
Support for Hortonworks 2.4
Support for Splunk 6.4
Supports external NTP server for all new bare metal nodes
Support for NFS and Drillbit service in MapR cluster.
Support for Spark service in new nodes in MapR cluster.
Support for UCSM Version - 3.1(1g).
Documented in the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data management Guide, Release 3.0
New and Changed Features in Release 3.0(1.0)
This section provides an overview of the significant new and changed features in this release. This section does not provide an exhaustive list of all enhancements included in this release.
RHEL 7.2 support for Cloudera, MapR, Hortonworks, and Splunk distributions.
RHEL 7.2 support for Cisco UCS C220 M4 and C240 M4 rack servers, Cisco UCS C220 M3 and C240 M3 rack servers, and Cisco UCS S3260 server
Support for Multiple server pools for Hadoop distributions
Support for Hortonworks 2.5
NFS support for Splunk distribution
Splunk frozen data archival node support
Support for UCSM Version - 3.1(2b).
Documented in the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data management Guide, Release 3.0
System Requirements
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:The installation guides are available on Cisco.com here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13050/prod_installation_guides_list.html.
Patch Installation Notes for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Release 3.0
ProcedureYou can use the cucsde_patch_6_0_0_0.zip patch file to upgrade Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 3.0 to the current patch level.
Patch Installation Notes for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Release 3.0(1.0)
ProcedureYou can use the cucsde_patch_6_0_1_0.zip patch file to upgrade Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 3.0(1.0) to the current patch level.
Step 1 Install Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 3.0(1.0) on Cisco UCS Director, Release 6.0(1.0) 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.
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, Release 6.0.1.0 patch (cucsd_patch_6_0_1_0.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 Express for Big Data, Release 3.0.1.0. Step 7 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 log in screen is displayed, and the administration 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 8 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 9 Log in to the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Bare Metal Agent (BMA) server using the default credentials (root/pxeboot). Copy the cucsd_bma_patch_6_0_1_0.zip (BMA patch) file and extract the BMA patch file. Add execute permissions to applyPatch.sh (chmod+x applyPatch.sh), and execute the applyPatch.sh (. /applyPatch.sh). Step 10 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.
For more information about the Cisco Bug Search Tool, see the Bug Search Tool Help & FAQ.
Open and Resolved Bugs in Release 3.0
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The results of that search include workarounds for the bugs, if any.
Open Bugs in Release 3.0
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Resolved Bugs in Release 3.0
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Open and Resolved Bugs in Release 3.0(1.0)
All open and resolved bugs for this release are available in the Cisco Bug Search Tool through the following searches.
Open Bugs in Release 3.0(1.0)
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Resolved Bugs in Release 3.0(1.0)
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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