Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack User Guide, Release 1.0.1 For Microsoft System Center 2012, 2012 SP1 and 2012 R2, Operations Manager

Installing and Configuring the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Service

This chapter contains the following sections:

•Installing the Management Pack

•Installing Cisco UCS C-Series Management Service on Multiple Servers

•Adding the Firewall Exception

•Creating a Group of C-Series Rack Servers

•Creating an Administrator Account

•Associating an Account to a Profile

•Uninstalling the Profiles

•Uninstalling the Management Pack

Installing the Management Pack

Step 1 Launch the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack Installer.

Note If the Operations Manager console is open and you launch the installer a corresponding error message displays asking you to close the console.

Step 2 In the Setup Wizard page, click Next.

Step 3 In the License Agreement page, do the following steps:

a. Review the End User License Agreement.

b. Click the I accept the terms in the License Agreement radio button.

c. Click Next.

Step 4 In the Product Registration page, do the following steps:

a. In the Username field, enter your username.

b. (Optional) In the Organization field, enter the name of the company.

c. Click Next.

Step 5 In the Setup Type page, choose one of the following options and then click Next:

•Custom—This option allows you to chose the components that you want to install. After completing the option go to Step 6.

•Complete—This option allows you to install all the components of the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack. After completing the option go to Step 7.

Step 6 In the Features to Install page, select the required components from the options displayed. The options displayed are:

•Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack—Contains the management pack and its related components.

•Cisco UCS C-Series Management Service—Provides a bridge between SCOM and the rack server. This Proxy Agent connects to the rack server and provides the rack server data to the management pack.

Note You can import Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack on any management server in the management group.

Note You can install Cisco UCS C-Series Management Service only if you have chosen to install the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack option.

Note You must import Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack in the management group in order to install the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Service on other management servers.

Step 7 In the Select Installation Folder page, click Browse and navigate to the folder location where you want to install the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack.

Step 8 Click Next.

Step 9 Click Install to start the installation.

Step 10 In the Installation Complete page, click Finish to exit.

Installing Cisco UCS C-Series Management Service on Multiple Servers

Step 1 Launch the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack Installer.

Step 2 In the Setup Wizard page, click Next.

Step 3 In the License Agreement page, do the following:

a. Review the End User License Agreement.

b. Click the I accept the terms in the License Agreement radio button.

c. Click Next.

Step 4 In the Product Registration page, do the following:

a. In the Username field, enter your username.

b. (Optional) In the Organization field, enter the name of the company.

c. Click Next.

Step 5 In the Features to Install page, choose the Install Cisco UCS C-Series Management Service option and click Next to proceed.

Note The option for importing the management pack appears disabled if the management pack has already been installed.

Step 6 In the Select Installation Folder page, browse to the new folder location to install the management service.

Step 7 Click Install to start the installation.

Step 8 In the Installation Complete page, click Finish to exit.

Adding the Firewall Exception

After you successfully install the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack, you must add the firewall exception for port 8733 on every management server that hosts the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Service.

Step 1 Open Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.

Step 2 Create an inbound rule with the following options:

Rule Type—Port.

Protocol and Ports—Select TCP and provide 8733 in specific local ports.

Action—Allow the connection.

Profile—Select Domain, Private.

Name—Enter the rule name.

Step 3 Create an outbound rule with the following options:

Rule Type—Port.

Protocol and Ports—Select TCP and provide 8733 in specific local ports.

Action—Allow the connection.

Profile—Select Domain, Private.

Name—Enter the rule name.

Creating a Group of C-Series Rack Servers

Step 1 In the SCOM application menu bar, click the Go tab.

Step 2 From the drop-down list, choose Authoring.

Step 3 In the Authoring column, choose Management Pack Templates > Cisco UCS C-Series.

Step 4 In the Tasks pane, click the Add Monitoring Wizard. The Add Monitoring Wizard page opens.

Step 5 In the Select Monitoring Type page, select Cisco UCS C-Series as the monitoring type.

Step 6 Click Next.

Step 7 In the General Information page, define the C-Series Rack Server Discovery rule as follows:

a. Discover by IP Combinations—Specify a range of IP addresses range (add hyphen) and multiple single IP address (separated by comma).

Example: 
10.105.219.15-10.105.219.129,10.104.200.35,10.104.100.133,10.106.233.136-10.106.23
3.200

Note You can enter 254 IP addresses in this page.

b. Discover by IP Range—Specify starting and ending IP address.

c. Discover via Subnet mask—Specify the network address and subnet mask.

d. Click Next.

Step 8 In the Select Objects to Manage page, unselect the individual IP addresses to be excluded.

Step 9 Click Next.

Step 10 In the Select Configuration Mode page, verify (modify if required) the following:

a. Connection parameters—Port number and connection mode

b. Proxy server details

c. Service machine

d. Click Next.

Step 11 In the Group Name page, specify a name for the group of the Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers.

Step 12 (Optional) In the Description field, enter the description for the group.

Step 13 Click Next.

Note In the Management Pack section, check the Use existing management pack or create new checkbox to save the current Cisco UCS C-Series group in a different management pack.

Note The Default Management Pack is the first management pack that appears in the list when you are creating an Override. Do not save anything in the Default Management Pack.

Step 14 Review the properties that are displayed in the summary page, and click Create.

Note To enable monitoring of the Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Server Group, you must associate the Run As Profile (created by this management pack) with a Run As Account. For more information, see Associating an Account to a Profile

Creating an Administrator Account

Step 1 In the SCOM application menu bar, click the Go tab.

Step 2 From the drop-down menu, choose Administration.

Step 3 In the Administration column, click Accounts under Run As Configuration.

Step 4 In the Tasks pane, click Create Run As Account. The Create Run as Account Wizard page opens.

Step 5 In the Introduction page, click Next.

Step 6 In the General Properties page, do the following:

a. From the Run as Account Type drop-down list, choose Simple Authentication.

b. In the Display Name field, enter a name for the Run As account.

c. In the Description field, enter a description of the account.

d. Click Next.

Step 7 In the Credentials page, do the following:

a. In the Account Name field, enter an account that can be used to log into the Cisco UCS C-Series domain.

Note If the Cisco UCS C-Series rack server is configured for domain authentication, enter the user name in the following format: username@domainname.

Note A CIMC account with read-only privilege is sufficient for discovering and monitoring C-Series servers from the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack.

b. In the Password field, enter the password for that account.

c. In the Confirm Password field, re-enter the password.

d. Click Next.

Note Operations Manager uses Run as Accounts to establish a connection to the Cisco UCS C-Series Rack server.

Step 8 In the Distribution Security page, do the following:

a. In the Select a Distribution Security Option field, click the Less Secure radio button.

Caution Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers are not equipped with the Windows Operating System. Hence, it is recommended to use the Less Secure option, as the More Secure option is applicable for computers or devices that are equipped with the Windows Operating System.

b. Click Create.

Step 9 In the Completion page, click Close to exit the Create Run as Account Wizard page.

Associating an Account to a Profile

Step 1 In the SCOM application menu bar, click the Go tab.

Step 2 From the drop-down list, choose Administration.

Step 3 In the Administration column, click Profiles under Run As Configuration.

Step 4 From the list of a profiles, right-click on the profile that you want to associate with the Run As Account and choose Properties. The Run As Profile Wizard page launches.

Step 5 In the Introduction page, click Run As Accounts.

Step 6 In the Run As Accounts page, click Add. The Add a Run As Account page opens.

Step 7 In the Add a Run As Account dialog box, do the following:

a. From the Run As Account drop-down list, choose the Run As Account that you want to associate with the profile.

b. The Run As Account is used to manage the objects fields. Click one of the following radio buttons to define the object fields:

–All Targeted Objects—Choose this option if monitoring the Cisco UCS C-Series domain for the first time.

–A Selected Class, Group, or Object—Choose this option if the Cisco UCS C-Series domain has been monitored before and the objects of interest are well known.

c. Click OK. Add a Run As Account Page closes.

Step 8 In the Run As Accounts page, click Save.

Step 9 In the Completion page, click Close to exit the Run As Profile Wizard page.

Uninstalling the Profiles

Step 1 In the SCOM application menu bar, click the Go tab.

Step 2 From the drop-down list, choose Administration.

Step 3 In the Administration column, click Profiles under Run As Configuration.

Step 4 Choose a profile and right-click Properties. The Run As Profile Wizard page launches.

Step 5 In the Introduction page, click Next.

Step 6 In the General Properties page, click Next.

Step 7 In the Run As Accounts page, choose the account and click Remove.

Step 8 Click Save.

Step 9 In the Completion page, click Close to exit the Run As Profile Wizard page.

Note Repeat the steps to remove all the profiles that are associated with the management pack.

Uninstalling the Management Pack

Step 1 In the SCOM application menu bar, click the Go tab.

Step 2 From the drop-down list, choose Administration.

Step 3 In the Administration column, click Management Packs. A list of management packs appear in the right panel.

Step 4 Choose Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack and right-click Properties.

Step 5 In the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack - General Properties page, click the Dependencies tab, and verify that the Management Packs that depend on this Management Pack field is blank.

Note If there are any dependent management packs seen under the Dependencies tab, they must be individually deleted.

Step 6 Click Cancel.

Step 7 In the SCOM Operations Manager page, choose the management pack and right-click Delete.

Uninstalling the Additional Components

After the management pack is deleted, the other components of the management pack can be uninstalled by following one of the methods described in this section.

Uninstalling the Components Manually by Using the Control Panel

Step 1 Choose Start > Control Panel > Program and Features. The Program and Features window appears.

Step 2 From the list of programs, choose Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack and click the Remove button.

Uninstalling the Components Using Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack Installer

Step 1 Execute the installer again to remove Cisco UCS C-Series Management Service.

Step 2 In the Cisco UCS C-Series Management Pack Setup wizard, click Next.

Step 3 In the Maintenance page, click Remove.

Step 4 In the Ready to Remove page, click Remove to completely remove the service.

Note If the uninstall step fails to remove the Management Pack, the installer continues to remove the remaining components. The user must then manually remove the Management Pack from the SCOM console.