Release Notes for Cisco IMC Integration Pack, Release 1.x For Microsoft System Center 2012, Configuration Manager

System Requirements

Before installing Cisco IMC Integration Pack, ensure the system meets or exceeds the following minimum requirements:

• Software Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems and Versions
• Supported Hardware Platforms
• Supported Cisco IMC Version
• Cisco Drivers Package Support Matrix

Software Requirements

Before installing Cisco IMC Integration Pack, ensure the system meets or exceeds the following minimum software requirements:

• .NET Framework 4 or above
• System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager and System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager
• Primary site or Admin Console
• Java Version 1.6 Update (14) or higher

Supported Operating Systems and Versions

The Cisco IMC Integration Pack supports the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

Note You must install the latest patch updates for the above operating systems.

Supported Hardware Platforms

The Cisco IMC Integration Pack is supported on the following hardware platforms:

Supported C-Series Servers

• Cisco UCS C220 M4 Server
• Cisco UCS C240 M4 Server
• Cisco UCS C460 M4 Server
• Cisco UCS C22 M3 Server
• Cisco UCS C24 M3 Server
• Cisco UCS C220 M3 Series Server
• Cisco UCS C240 M3 Series Server
• Cisco UCS C260 M2 Server
• Cisco UCS C420 M3 Server
• Cisco UCS C460 M2 Server

Supported E-Series Servers

• Cisco UCS E160D-M1/K9
• Cisco UCS E160DP-M1/K9
• Cisco UCS E140D-M1/K9
• Cisco UCS E140S-M1/K9

Supported Cisco IMC Version

The Cisco IMC Integration Pack is compatible with Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Version 1.5(2) or higher for C-Series servers and Version 2.3(x) and higher for E-Series servers.

Cisco IMC 1.5(1) supports the following features:

• Import Cisco Servers
• Import Driver Packages
• RAID Configuration
• OS Deployment

Note Configuring BIOS on Cisco UCS C-series servers requires Cisco IMC version of 1.5(4) or higher.

Cisco Drivers Package Support Matrix

Following table provides details of the zip support matrix based on the server model and Operating System version:

Note Driver Zip version 2.0(2) is not supported in this release of the Cisco IMC IP 1.0.2

Note For Cisco UCS C-Series M4 servers, minimum version of driver zip supported is 2.0(3) and higher for all the supported operating systems.

Release 1.0(2)

• Support for Cisco UCS C-Series M4 servers
• Support to specify hostname for Syslog client in Cisco IMC admin configuration profile
• Support for Cisco UCS C-Series driver zip version 2.0(3)

Release 1.0(1)

This section briefly describes the new features introduced in Cisco IMC Integration Pack, Release 1.x. For detailed information about the features listed, see the documents listed in the Related Documentation section.

The Cisco IMC Integration Pack installs as a plug-in to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager to help simplify server management task like hardware configuration, firmware update, OS installation and driver management process of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) for Cisco UCS C-Series and E-Series servers. With Cisco IMC Integration Pack installed, you can:

• Import Cisco IMC servers based on Cisco IMC IPs in to Configuration Manager.
• Download drivers and create driver packages for specific Cisco IMC servers which are required for OS deployment from the Configuration Manager Console.
• See an overview of hardware inventory, including CPUs, memory, power supplies and storage.
• Configure RAID using the Array Builder wizard.
• BIOS Configuration—Ability to configure BIOS attributes and boot order settings of the server.
• Cisco IMC Configuration—Ability to configure Cisco IMC admin settings like network, SNMP, local users, LDAP and communication settings.
• VIC Adapter Configuration—Ability to configure VIC adapter settings like vNICs, vHBAs, VMFEX.

Note VIC Adapter Configuration is supported only on C-series servers.

• Configuration Pools—Ability to create, edit and delete configuration pools for MAC, IP, WWPN and WWNN addresses.
• Download and perform firmware update using host upgrade utility (HUU).
• Automatic booting to Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) or network boot using ISO mapping.
• Launch KVM Console—The KVM Console of the server.
• Launch the Cisco Integrated Management Controller Web user interface (UI).

Release 1.0(2)

Release 1.0(2)

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