Multi-Domain Managers
A multi-domain manager is an application that can manage more than one domain. For example, Cisco UCS Central is a multi-domain manager that manages one or more registered Cisco UCS domains.
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A multi-domain manager is an application that can manage more than one domain. For example, Cisco UCS Central is a multi-domain manager that manages one or more registered Cisco UCS domains.
Server Management
When you add a Cisco UCS Central account, you can choose how you want Cisco UCS Director to manage the servers for that account. You can choose one of the following:
All servers are managed by Cisco UCS Director. This option is the default.
If you choose this option, all servers are added in the Managed state.
Only selected servers are managed by Cisco UCS Director. You can add and remove servers from the managed server list as needed. If you choose this option, all servers are added in the Unmanaged state.
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In order to be able to use the servers, it would be required to manually move them to Managed state. When you move the servers from Managed to Unmanaged state, initially, the servers are moved to a Transition state. After keeping them in that state for around 6 hours, Cisco UCS Director moves them to Unmanaged state. During this time, the servers are removed from the Servers report. Server license usage includes servers in Managed, Transition, and Decommissioned states. It does not include unmanaged servers. |
You can monitor the servers and view the details in the Monitoring and Reporting chapter.
You can choose which servers you want Cisco UCS Director to manage in a Cisco UCS Central Account. For this task, make sure that you choose the Selected Servers option under server management, while adding a Cisco UCS Central account.
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Choose . |
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On the Compute page, expand Multi-Domain Managers. |
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Expand the UCS Central Accounts, and click the Cisco UCS Central account that you want to work on. |
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On the UCS Central Accounts screen, click All UCS Domains. |
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Click a Cisco UCS domain that you want to work on and from the More Actions drop-down list, choose View Details. |
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Click Discovered Servers. You can see all servers in the Cisco UCS domain discovered by Cisco UCS Manager. |
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Click Manage Servers. |
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On the Manage Servers screen, check the boxes for those servers that you want to have managed. Cisco UCS Director moves the selected servers to the Managed state. |
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Click Submit. |
If you have configured the server management option as Selected Servers while adding a Cisco UCS Central account, you can edit server state through Cisco UCS Director.
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Choose . |
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On the Compute page, expand Multi-Domain Managers. |
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Expand the UCS Central Accounts, and click the Cisco UCS Central account that you want to work on. |
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On the UCS Central Accounts screen, click All UCS Domains. |
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Click a Cisco UCS domain that you want to work on and from the More Actions drop-down list, choose View Details. |
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Click Discovered Servers. You can see all servers in the Cisco UCS domain discovered by Cisco UCS Manager. |
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Click Unmanage Servers. |
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On the Unmanage Servers screen, uncheck the boxes for those servers that you no longer want to have managed. Cisco UCS Director moves the selected servers to the Transition state and removes them from the servers report. The servers remain in that Transition state for 6 hours before Cisco UCS Director completes the move to the Unmanaged state. While a server is in Transition state, it is counted in your license usage. |
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Click Submit. |
Each Cisco UCS Central account represents a single Cisco UCS Central, plus all the Cisco UCS domains registered with that Cisco UCS Central.
When you create a Cisco UCS Central account all Cisco UCS domains that are registered with that Cisco UCS Central, and their related Cisco UCS Manager accounts, are imported into Cisco UCS Director. You can assign one or more of those Cisco UCS Manager accounts from the Cisco UCS Central account to a pod if needed. You can also register a Cisco UCS Manager account with a Cisco UCS Central account.
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Cisco UCS Central is a multi-domain manager; you do not create the Cisco UCS Central account in a pod. |
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Choose . |
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On the Physical Accounts page, click Multi-Domain Managers. |
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On the Multi-Domain Managers page, click Add Account. |
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On the Add Account screen, from the Account Type drop-down list, choose UCS Central. |
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Click Submit. |
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On the Multi-Domain Manager Account screen, enter the information for the following fields:
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Click Submit. |
Cisco UCS Director tests the connection to Cisco UCS Central. If that test is successful, it adds the Cisco UCS Central account and discovers all infrastructure elements and registered Cisco UCS domains in that account, including chassis, servers, fabric interconnects, service profiles, and pools. This discovery process and inventory collection cycle takes approximately five minutes to complete.
The polling interval configured on the Infrastructure System Parameters tab specifies the frequency of inventory collection.
You can test the connection at any time after you add an account to a pod.
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Choose . |
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On the Physical Accounts page, click Multi-Domain Managers. |
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On the Multi-Domain Managers screen, click the row of the account for which you want to test the connection. |
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Click Test Connection. |
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When the connection test has completed, click Close. |
If the connection fails, verify the configuration of the account, including the username and password. If the username and password are correct, determine whether there is a network connectivity problem.
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Choose . |
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On the Compute page, expand Multi-Domain Managers. |
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On the Compute page, choose the UCS Central Account under Multi-Domain Managers. |
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On the UCS Central Accounts page, choose the account and click View Details. |
After you assign a Cisco UCS domain to a pod, Cisco UCS Director displays it as a Cisco UCS Manager account, and you can configure, monitor, and obtain reports on that account.
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Choose . |
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On the Compute page, expand Multi-Domain Managers. |
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On the Compute page, choose the UCS Central Account under Multi-Domain Managers. |
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Choose an Account, and click the All UCS Domains tab. Then click the row for the domain that you want to assign to a pod. |
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From the More Actions drop-down list, choose Assign to Pod. |
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On the Assign to Pod screen, complete the following fields:
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Click Submit. |
When you unassign a Cisco UCS domain from a pod, Cisco UCS Director does not delete the related Cisco UCS Manager account. If you want to delete the account, use .
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Choose . |
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On the Compute page, expand Multi-Domain Managers. |
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On the Compute page, choose the UCS Central Account under Multi-Domain Managers. |
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On the UCS Central Account page, choose an Account, and click the All UCS Domains tab. Then click the row for the domain that you want to unassign from a pod. |
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From the More Actions drop-down list, choose Unassign from Pod. |
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On the UCSM Account screen, click Submit. |
Organizations
Multi-tenancy allows you to divide the large physical infrastructure of an Cisco UCS domain into logical entities known as organizations. As a result, you can achieve a logical isolation between organizations without providing a dedicated physical infrastructure for each organization.
You can assign unique resources to each tenant through the related organization in the multi-tenant environment. These resources can include different policies, pools, and quality of service definitions. You can also implement locales to assign or restrict user privileges and roles by organization, if you do not want all users to have access to all organizations.
If you set up a multi-tenant environment, all organizations are hierarchical. The top-level organization is always root. The policies and pools that you create in root are system-wide and are available to all organizations in the system. However, any policies and pools created in other organizations are only available to organizations that are above it in the same hierarchy. For example, if a system has organizations named Finance and HR that are not in the same hierarchy, Finance cannot use any policies in the HR organization, and HR cannot access any policies in the Finance organization. However, both Finance and HR can use policies and pools in the root organization.
If you create organizations in a mult-itenant environment, you can also set up one or more of the following for each organization or for a sub-organization in the same hierarchy:
Resource pools
Policies
Service profiles
Service profile templates
The root organization is always the top level organization.
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Choose . |
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On the Compute page, expand Multi-Domain Managers. |
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On the Compute page, choose the UCS Central Account under Multi-Domain Managers. |
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On the UCS Central Accounts page, choose the account and click View Details. |
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Click Organization. |
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Click Add. |
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On the Add Organization screen, complete the following fields:
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Cisco UCS requires a domain-specific time zone setting and an NTP server to ensure the correct time displays in Cisco UCS Central. If you do not configure time zones, the time might not display correctly.
In addition, if your environment includes Cisco UCS Central, you must configure an NTP server and the correct time zone in Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco UCS Central to ensure that they are in sync. If the time and date in the Cisco UCS domain and Cisco UCS Central are out of sync, the registration might fail.
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Choose . |
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On the Compute page, expand Multi-Domain Managers. |
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On the Compute page, choose the UCS Central Account under Multi-Domain Managers. |
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On the UCS Central Accounts page, choose the account and click View Details. |
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Click Time Zones. |
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Click Add. |
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On the Add Time Zone screen, do the following:
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