New and Changed Information
New Features and Changed Behavior in Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool, Release 4.1.3
This section provides information on new features and changed behavior in Cisco Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool, Release 4.1.3.
Feature |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Ability to add trusted CA certificate for connecting to devices behind an SSL proxy |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.3 allows you to upload a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) certificate to trust a proxy SSL certificate when connecting to devices behind that proxy. |
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Support for IP Pools configuration at block level |
The IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.3 provides the ability to convert IP pools configuration at the block level from UCS Manager/Central. |
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Support for user labels of server, domain, and chassis profiles |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.3 supports fetching and pushing the user label attributes of server profiles, chassis profiles, and domain profiles to Intersight. This support is also extended to converting the service profile user labels from UCS Manager/Central to Intersight Managed Mode. |
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Support for M.2 RAID configuration with custom virtual drive names within a Storage Policy |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.3 supports M.2 RAID configuration with custom name for M.2 boot virtual drives within a Storage policy for conversion and cloning transitions. |
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Support for FlexMMC boot option in Boot policy |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.3 supports FlexMMC boot option in Boot Policy settings for cloning transitions. |
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Support for Physical NIC Mode option in Adapter Configuration policy |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.3 supports Physical NIC Mode configuration in Adapter Configuration policy for cloning transitions. |
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Support for Hybrid Slot Configuration within a Storage policy |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.3 supports Hybrid Slot configuration in Storage policy for cloning transitions. |
New Features and Changed Behavior in Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool, Release 4.1.2
This section provides information on new features and changed behavior in Cisco Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool, Release 4.1.2.
Feature |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Support for Cisco UCS M7 servers with 5th Gen Xeon scalable CPUs |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.2 provides support for Cisco UCS M7 servers with 5th Gen Xeon scalable CPUs. |
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Ability to add SSL certificate for the web server |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.2 enables you to authenticate your secure connection to the tool. You can now upload secure sockets layer (SSL) certificate for the web server. |
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Ability to reset or renew the SSL certificates |
You can renew or reset the CA-signed certificates through GUI and self-signed SSL certificate through a shell script. |
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Ability to upload the JSON configuration file and push it to Intersight |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.2 introduces a new transition type "Upload Configuration + Push to Intersight". This new type reduces the steps involved in pushing your configuration to Intersight. You can now directly upload a JSON configuration file and push it to Intersight. |
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Ability to add an offline device to the IMM Transition Tool |
You can now add a device to the IMM Transition Tool by choosing to skip the connection check between the tool and the device. |
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Ability to upload custom file for devices |
You can now upload the configuration and inventory files of a source device for working in "offline" mode. Subsequently, the tool will use these files as the source information for performing a transition instead of using live device information. |
Uploading Custom Device File |
Ability to view each profile's state on the Select Service Profile page |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.2 shows each profile's state on the Select Service Profile page, allowing you to view and choose profiles for conversion based on their state. |
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Support for VIC QinQ tunneling conversion and cloning |
Support for VIC QinQ tunneling conversion and cloning. |
Supported Features for Conversion |
Support for VIC SRIOV conversion and cloning |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.2 provides support for VIC SRIOV conversion and cloning. |
Supported Features for Conversion |
Ability to specify the domain name of the virtual machine (VM) |
You can now specify the domain name of the VM during installation of the IMM Transition Tool. |
New Features and Changed Behavior in Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool, Release 4.1.1
This section provides information on new features and changed behavior in Cisco Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool, Release 4.1.1.
Feature |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Support for organization sharing in conversion and cloning transitions |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.1.1 supports organization sharing in both conversion and cloning transition types. When converting a configuration, you can choose whether to leverage organization sharing in the converted configuration. |
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Support for bulk claiming devices to Intersight |
You can now simultaneously claim a list of devices to Intersight. |
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Support for selective cloning for chassis and domain profiles |
You can now select Chassis and Domain Profiles during cloning. |
New Features and Changed Behavior in Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool, Release 4.0.2
This section provides information on new features and changed behavior in Cisco Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool, Release 4.0.2.
Feature |
Description |
Where Documented |
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Support for conversion of Host Ports of Cisco UCS VIC 1300 Series adapters |
You can now choose to use Host Port information for calculating vNIC/vHBA order. |
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Support for conversion of Service Profile Power Settings |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.0.2 supports conversion of Power Control Policy and Power Restore settings to a Power Policy in Intersight Managed Mode Cisco UCS B-Series and Cisco UCS X-Series servers. |
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Ability to Display Disk Utilization in the Software Repository Page |
You can now view the disk utilization in the Software Repository page. |
New Features and Changed Behavior in Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool, Release 4.0.1
This section provides information on new features and changed behavior in Cisco Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool, Release 4.0.1
Feature |
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Where Documented |
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Change in the Operating System |
The underlying operating system of the tool has changed from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 22.04. Therefore, if you are an existing user using IMM Transition Tool, Release 3.1.1, you must backup data from the existing version of the tool, install the new ova file, and restore the data on the latest version of the tool. |
Upgrading Cisco Intersight Manged Mode Tool |
Support for Software Repository |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.0.1 includes a Software Repository feature, which allows you to host your ISO images or firmware packages. You can then leverage this to easily perform Operating System installations or firmware upgrades on your UCS servers. |
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Support for the New Intersight European Region |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.0.1 supports US and EU regions for Intersight SaaS devices. |
Adding an IMM Transition for Conversion |
Ability to Perform Selective Cloning |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.0.1 provides the ability to select the Server Profiles/Templates of the transition that need to be cloned. |
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Ability to Preserve Service Profile Associations During Conversion |
You can now choose to pre-assign each converted Server Profile to the same server serial number as the one it was assigned to in UCS Manager/Central. |
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Ability to Preserve Server Profile Associations During Cloning |
You can now choose to pre-assign each cloned Server Profile to the same server serial number as the one it was assigned to in the source Intersight device. |
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Ability to Preserve Chassis/Rack Server IDs During Conversion |
You can now choose to preserve the chassis/rack server IDs to the same server ports as what was defined in UCS Manager. |
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Ability to Customize the vCon to PCIe slots Mapping |
You can now override the default mapping and manually provide the corresponding PCIe slot number for each source vCon value in a conversion. |
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Support for Additional Policies Such as Drive Security and Firmware Policies |
IMM Transition Tool, Release 4.0.1 supports additional policies for conversion and cloning. |