Guidelines for adding a Cisco UCS Domain to Operations Manager
You can only add Cisco UCS domains on servers (trusted domain) where either management pack is imported or the Cisco UCS Management Service is installed. We recommend that you follow the guidelines below when you configure Operations Manager to monitor Cisco UCS domains through the Add Monitoring wizard.
Complete the following steps to add a Cisco UCS domain to Operations Manager.
Step 1 In the Operations Manager application, click the Go tab in the menu bar.
Step 2 From the drop-down menu, choose
Authoring
.
Step 3 In the
Authoring
column, choose
Cisco Unified Computing Systems
.
Step 4 In the Tasks panel, click the Add Monitoring wizard.
Step 5 On the
Select Monitoring Type
page of the Add Monitoring wizard, choose Cisco Unified Computing Systems from the
Select the Monitoring Type
list and click
Next
.
Step 6 On the
General Information
page of the Add Monitoring wizard, do the following:
a. In the
IP Address/Hostname
field, enter the IP address or hostname of the Cisco UCS domain.
This is the virtual IP address that you use to access the Cisco UCS Manager in that domain.
b. In the Port Number field, enter the port number that is used to connect to the Cisco UCS domain.
This is the port number specified in the HTTP or HTTPS configuration for the Cisco UCS domain.
c. In the
Connection Mode
check box, do one of the following:
– Check the check box for secure (HTTPS) connections.
– Uncheck the check box for non-secure (HTTP) connections using default port 80.
d. In the
Proxy Server
pane, check the
Enable Proxy Configuration
checkbox to enter the proxy details.
– In the
Host
field, enter the IP address of the proxy server.
– In the
Port
field, enter the post number used to connect to the proxy server.
– Check the
Enable Proxy Authentication
checkbox if a proxy requires authentication.
– In the
Username
field, enter the user name configured on the proxy server.
– In the
Password
field, enter the password of the proxy server.
e. Choose the Machine Type (Management Server, Gateway Server, or an Agent Managed Computer) and Service Machine where the Management Service is running.
f. Click
Test Connection
to verify that Operations Manager can connect to the Cisco UCS domain.
If you receive an error after you click
Test Connection
, contact your Network Administrator.
For secure connections, if there is an issue with the server certificate and a security alert dialog box is displayed, review the warnings and follow the instructions in the dialog box.
g. In the
Authentication
dialog box, enter the Username and Password and click OK.
If the Cisco UCS Manager is configured for domain authentication, you must enter the user name in the following format: <
username
@
domainname
>. The
domainname
is the UCS authentication domain name (not the LDAP domain name) configured under
Administration > User Management > Authentication
in Cisco UCS Manager.
h. If the connection is successful and a message box is displayed, click
OK
.
Note The dialog box validates the state of Management Service if the Management Server or Agent Managed Computer (trusted boundary) within the same active directory as the operations console machine is chosen. You can additionally start the Management Service if it stops. If you are a console user trying to add the UCS Domain, you should have Local Administration rights on the Management Server or Agent Managed Computer. This is required to find out the state of the Management Service and remotely start the Management Service.
Note When you choose a Gateway Server or Agent Managed Computer (un-trusted boundary) you have the option to proceed even when the test connection to UCS Domain fails due to connectivity problem. You need to make sure that the Cisco UCS management service is running on the Gateway Server or Agent Managed Computer (untrusted boundary).
i. Click
Next
.
Step 7 On the
Instance Name
page of the Add Monitoring wizard, do the following:
a. In the Name field, accept the default Cisco UCS domain name that was added to the field.
We recommend that you do not change the default Cisco UCS domain name.
b. In the
Description
field, enter a description of the Cisco UCS domain.
c. In the
Management Pack
section, continue with the default settings. Or check the
Use Existing Management Pack or Create new
check box to save the current Cisco UCS domain in a different Management Pack and then do one of the following:
– From the drop-down list, choose the existing management pack.
We recommend that you use the existing management pack with its predefined timers and configuration. The Default Management Pack is the first management pack that is displayed in the list when creating an override. Do not save anything new to the default management pack.
– Click
New
to create and define a new management pack for this Cisco UCS domain.
d. Click Next.
Step 8 On the
Run As Account Summary
page, click Add.
Step 9 If you want to associate a new run-as account to the UCS Domain, click
New
to add a new run-as account for this UCS Domain.
Note From Release 3.1(2), the new run as account created from this dialog box has the distribution policy set to more secure. In earlier release, the new run as account created has the distribution policy set to less secure.
Note For inventory collection and fault monitoring of UCS domain, the account should have read-only privileges in the Cisco UCS Manager. For actions such as Acknowledge Fault and Launch KVM Console, you need higher privileges. See: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html
Step 10 Click
Next
.
Step 11 On the
Configuration Summary
page, review the summary and click
Create
.
The template for monitoring the Cisco UCS domain is created.
Note To enable monitoring of Cisco UCS, you must associate Run As Profile, which is created by this management pack, with the Run As account.
If a
Run-As
account is not associated in
Step 9
, you can manually create the account and associate it to a profile from the Operations Manager Console application.
Note The Add Monitoring Wizard is available on systems where either the Management Pack or Management Service is installed using the installer.