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Cisco IMC Supervisor is a management system that allows you to manage rack mount servers on a large scale. It allows you to create groups of rack mount servers for monitoring and inventory purposes.
Support for logical grouping of servers and summary views per group
Collect inventory for the servers
Provide monitoring capabilities for servers and groups
Firmware management including firmware download, upgrade, and activation
Manage standalone server actions including power control, LED control, log collection, KVM launch, CIMC UI launch and e-mail alerts
Role Based Access Control (RBAC) to restrict access
If you are using an evaluation license for Cisco IMC Supervisor, note that when this license expires, retrieving inventory and system health information, such as faults, will not work. You will not be able to refresh system data, or even add new accounts. At that point, you must install a perpetual license to use all features of Cisco IMC Supervisor.
The process for obtaining and installing both licenses is the same.
Before you install Cisco IMC Supervisor, generate the Cisco IMC Supervisor license key and claim a certificate (Product Access Key).
Register the Product Access Key (PAK) on the Cisco software license site, as described in Fulfilling the Product Access Key.
After you install Cisco IMC Supervisor, update the license in Cisco IMC Supervisor as described in Updating the License.
After the license has been validated, you can start to use Cisco IMC Supervisor.
You need the PAK number.
Step 1 | Navigate to the Cisco Software License website. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | If you are directed to the Product License Registration page, you can take the training or click Continue to Product License Registration. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Product License Registration page, click Get New Licenses from a PAK or Token. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the Enter a Single PAK or TOKEN to Fulfill field, enter the PAK number. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Fulfill Single PAK/TOKEN. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Complete the
additional fields in License Information to register your PAK:
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Step 7 | Click
Issue
Key.
The features for your license appear, and an email with the Digital License Agreement and a zipped license file is sent to the email address you provided. |
Common Terms in Cisco IMC Supervisor User Interface
Note | There is a Default Group already included in Cisco IMC Supervisor. You cannot delete or modify the Default Group. You may add new Rack Accounts in the Default Group or create a new Rack Group as per your requirement. |
Rack Account is a stand alone rack mount server added to Cisco IMC Supervisor. You can add multiple rack mount servers in Cisco IMC Supervisor. After you add a rack mount server to Cisco IMC Supervisor as an account, Cisco IMC Supervisor provides you with complete visibility into the rack mount server configuration. In addition, you can use Cisco IMC Supervisor to monitor and manage the C-Series and E-Series rack mount servers.