- Server Pools
- Creating a Server Pool
- Deleting a Server Pool
- Adding Servers to a Server Pool
- Removing Servers from a Server Pool
- UUID Suffix Pools
- Creating a UUID Suffix Pool
- Deleting a UUID Suffix Pool
- Management IP Pool
- Creating an IP Address Block in the Management IP Pool
- Deleting an IP Address Block from the Management IP Pool
Configuring Server-Related Pools
This chapter includes the following sections:
- Server Pools
- Creating a Server Pool
- Deleting a Server Pool
- Adding Servers to a Server Pool
- Removing Servers from a Server Pool
- UUID Suffix Pools
- Creating a UUID Suffix Pool
- Deleting a UUID Suffix Pool
- Management IP Pool
- Creating an IP Address Block in the Management IP Pool
- Deleting an IP Address Block from the Management IP Pool
Configuring Server Pools
Server Pools
A server pool contains a set of servers. These servers typically share the same characteristics. Those characteristics can be their location in the chassis, or an attribute such as server type, amount of memory, local storage, type of CPU, or local drive configuration. You can manually assign a server to a server pool, or use server pool policies and server pool policy qualifications to automate the assignment.
If your system implements multi-tenancy through organizations, you can designate one or more server pools to be used by a specific organization. For example, a pool that includes all servers with two CPUs could be assigned to the Marketing organization, while all servers with 64 GB memory could be assigned to the Finance organization.
A server pool can include servers from any chassis in the system. A given server can belong to multiple server pools.
Creating a Server Pool
Deleting a Server Pool
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Servers tab. |
Step 2 | On the Servers tab, expand . |
Step 3 | Expand the Server Pools node. |
Step 4 | Right-click the pool you want to delete and select Delete. |
Step 5 | If Cisco UCS Manager GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes. |
Adding Servers to a Server Pool
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Servers tab. |
Step 2 | On the Servers tab, expand . |
Step 3 | Right-click the pool to which you want to add one or more servers and select Add Servers to Server Pool. |
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In the Add Servers to Server Pool dialog box, do the following:
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Removing Servers from a Server Pool
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Servers tab. |
Step 2 | On the Servers tab, expand . |
Step 3 | Right-click the pool from which you want to remove one or more servers and select Add Servers to Server Pool. |
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In the Add Servers to Server Pool dialog box, do the following:
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Configuring UUID Suffix Pools
UUID Suffix Pools
A UUID suffix pool is a collection of SMBIOS UUIDs that are available to be assigned to servers. The first number of digits that constitute the prefix of the UUID are fixed. The remaining digits, the UUID suffix, is variable. A UUID suffix pool ensures that these variable values are unique for each server associated with a service profile which uses that particular pool to avoid conflicts.
If you use UUID suffix pools in service profiles, you do not have to manually configure the UUID of the server associated with the service profile.
Creating a UUID Suffix Pool
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Servers tab. | ||||||||
Step 2 | On the Servers tab, expand . | ||||||||
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Expand the node for the organization where you want to create the pool. If the system does not include multi-tenancy, expand the root node. |
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Step 4 | Right-click UUID Suffix Pools and select Create UUID Suffix Pool. | ||||||||
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In the Define Name and Description page of the Create UUID Suffix Pool wizard, fill in the following fields:
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Step 6 | In the Add UUID Blocks page of the Create UUID Suffix Pool wizard: | ||||||||
Step 7 | Click Finish to complete the wizard. |
What to Do Next
Include the UUID suffix pool in a service profile and/or template.
Deleting a UUID Suffix Pool
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Servers tab. |
Step 2 | On the Servers tab, expand . |
Step 3 | Expand the UUID Suffix Pools node. |
Step 4 | Right-click the pool you want to delete and select Delete. |
Step 5 | If Cisco UCS Manager GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes. |
Configuring the Management IP Pool
Management IP Pool
The management IP pool is a collection of external IP addresses. Cisco UCS Manager reserves each block of IP addresses in the management IP pool for external access that terminates in the baseboard management controller (BMC) on a server.
Cisco UCS Manager uses the IP addresses in a management IP pool for external access to a server through the following:
Creating an IP Address Block in the Management IP Pool
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Admin tab. | ||||||||||
Step 2 | In the Admin tab, expand . | ||||||||||
Step 3 | Right-click Management IP Pool (ext-mgmt) and select Create Block of IP Addresses. | ||||||||||
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In the Create a Block of IP Addresses dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 5 | Click OK. |
Deleting an IP Address Block from the Management IP Pool
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Admin tab. |
Step 2 | In the Admin tab, expand . |
Step 3 | Right-click the IP address block that you want to delete and select Delete. |
Step 4 | If Cisco UCS Manager GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes. |