Working with Cisco Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool
Perform the following steps to start with the IMM transition:
Procedure
Step 1 |
Click Add IMM Transition. |
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Step 2 |
Enter a name for the Transition. |
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Step 3 |
Select a Transition Type. (a) Select Generate Readiness Report if you only want to view the compatibility/readiness summary of the UCS Manager hardware and configuration or the compatibility of the UCS Central configuration. (b) Select Transition Config to Intersight if you want to view the readiness report and push the converted configuration to Intersight. |
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Step 4 |
Click Next. |
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Step 5 |
Enable Proxy Settings, if required. To know about the procedure to enable Proxy Settings, refer Appendix C: Proxy Settings. |
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Step 6 |
Select the Source Device - UCS Manager or UCS Central. |
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Step 7 |
Enter the selected device details. (a) Choose the Select Existing UCS Manager/ Select Existing UCS Central option, in case you want to migrate the configuration of the existing device. (b) Choose the Add New UCS Manager/ Add New UCS Central option if you want to add a new UCS Manager/UCS Central configuration. Enter the Device IP/FQDN, Username, and Password for the device. |
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Step 8 |
Click Refresh to retrieve the latest configuration and inventory details from the UCS Manager/Central device. If the selected source device is UCS Central, then you can choose the UCS Central instance from the Choose UCS Central drop-down list. Configuration JSON file contains the detailed information of the software configuration present in the existing UCS Manager/UCS Central device. Inventory JSON file contains the detailed information of the hardware inventory present in the UCS Manager domain or in all the UCS domains of the UCS Central instance. These files can be shared with the technical support team for troubleshooting purpose. |
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Step 9 |
Click Next. |
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Step 10 |
Configure the conversion options that you want for the transition. For details on each of the Transition Settings field, refer Appendix B: Transition Settings. |
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Step 11 |
Click Next. |
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Step 12 |
Select the Service Profiles/Templates that need to be converted. Next to the profile name, association details with the physical server can be viewed. Hover the mouse pointer over the service profile name to view the description of the Service Profile or Template. You can search for a specific service profile/template using the search bar located on the top. You can apply a filter to only display the Service Profile Templates, or both the Service Profiles and Templates in the Show drop-down list, located beside the search bar. |
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Step 13 |
Click Next. A readiness report gets generated. This process may take several minutes as the selected config attributes are fetched from UCS Manager/UCS Central, converted to IMM, and the resultant report is generated.
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Step 14 |
Click View Report to view the report or download the report in PDF format using the Download option.
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Step 15 |
If you have selected (b) in step 3, Click Next. |
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Step 16 |
Select the radio button for the Intersight Account. Valid options are Intersight SaaS or Intersight Appliance VM. |
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Step 17 |
Perform the following steps to generate an API Key ID from Intersight.
The API Key ID and Secret Key get generated. Use the Copy to Clipboard blue icons to copy these values to the clipboard. Go back to the IMM Transition Tool application. |
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Step 18 |
Complete the following fields: • API Key ID: Enter the API Key Id generated in the previous step. • Secret Key: Enter the Secret Key generated in the Intersight. Also, enter the FQDN if you have selected Intersight Appliance VM. |
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Step 19 |
Click Advanced Options, browse to the edited file, and click Upload.
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Step 20 |
Click Next.
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Transition Management
Click ... located against each transition record to perform the required action.
Procedure
Step 1 |
Click Report to view the readiness report for the transition. This option is not available for cancelled and failed transitions. |
Step 2 |
Click Edit to change the transition name. |
Step 3 |
Click Delete to delete the transition. |
Step 4 |
Click Clone to copy the existing transition config. 4(a) Provide a name for the transition. It appears in the listing page with status as Incomplete. 4(b) Click Transition name to edit the config, generate the readiness report, and push the modified config to Intersight. |
Step 5 |
Click Download Logs to download the conversion logs to a file. |
Device Management
IMM Transition Tool, Release 1.0.2 and above allows you to manage your UCS System and Intersight devices better. You can avoid duplicity of devices by providing unique Target IP or FQDN to each device.
Perform the following steps to add and manage a device.
Procedure
Step 1 |
Navigate to Device Management. |
Step 2 |
Click Add Device. |
Step 3 |
Select the Device Type from the drop-down. |
Step 4 |
Enter the Target IP/FQDN. |
Step 5 |
If the Device Type selected in Step 3 is UCS System, enter the Username for the device else go to Step 7. |
Step 6 |
Enter the Password for the device and go to Step 9. |
Step 7 |
If the Device Type selected in Step 3 is Intersight, enter the API Key. |
Step 8 |
Enter the Secret Key. |
Step 9 |
Click Save. |
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Deletion of an existing device is possible only when there is no transition associated with it. |