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With global policies, global server pools and firmware management in Cisco UCS Central, you can manage general and complex server deployments for the following servers in your registered UCS domains:
The Unified KVM Launcher page allows you to connect to any server in the Cisco UCS domain, whether or not they are associated with a service profile.
You can create users with the KVM privilege, or use the new KVM role that only has the KVM privilege. When users that only have the KVM privilege log into the Cisco UCS Central HTML5 UI, they will only be able to view the unified KVM launcher page.
Equipment policies allow you to tune your servers and other equipment to suit your requirements. Equipment policies can only be set at the domain group level, and apply to all servers in that domain group.
Note | Equipment policies are not included in service profiles. |
You can create a power control policy in Cisco UCS Central and include it in the service profile to enable the system to manage the power allocation control for the blade servers in the registered Cisco UCS domains.
Cisco UCS uses the priority set in the power control policy, along with the blade type and configuration, to calculate the initial power allocation for each blade within a chassis.
During normal operation, the active blades within a chassis can borrow power from idle blades within the same chassis. If all blades are active and reach the power cap, service profiles with higher priority power control policies take precedence over service profiles with lower priority power control policies. Priority is ranked on a scale of 1-10, where 1 indicates the highest priority and 10 indicates lowest priority. The default priority is 5.
For mission-critical application a special priority called no-cap is also available. Setting the priority to no-cap prevents Cisco UCS from leveraging unused power from a particular server. With this setting, the server is allocated the maximum amount of power possible for that type of server.
Cisco UCS Central allows you to view all fabric interconnects, servers, chassis, and FEXes located in your Cisco UCS domains. You can also view individual components for each type of hardware, such as cartridges, fans, CPUs, IOMs, and ports.
You can also view the logical inventory details such as the server pools and ID pools in the registered UCS domains.
The Fabric Interconnect (FI) page displays the following information related to FIs associated with the registered Cisco UCS domain:
FI |
Hardware |
FW |
Status |
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This column displays the following information for a fabric interconnect: |
This column displays the following hardware information for a fabric interconnect: |
This column displays the following firmware details for a fabric interconnect: |
This column displays the following status for a fabric interconnect: |
The Fabric Interconnect Main View page displays the following information related to the selected Fabric Interconnect (FI) and its components within a registered Cisco UCS domain.
Basic—Displays an overview of the FI within the domain, hardware details, firmware version, number of ports (Ethernet or FC) that are in use and available for use, management IP, and fault summary details.
Fixed Mod.—Displays overall status, firmware, hardware, properties, and fault summary details of the fixed modules installed in the FI .
Exp. Mod.—Displays overall status, firmware, hardware, properties, and fault summary details of the expansion modules installed in the FI.
Fans—Displays overall status, and hardware details of the fan.
PSUs—Displays overall status, fault summary, and hardware details of the PSU.
Ports—Displays ports, port role, and port status for all ports in the FI.
Port Channels—Displays all port channels in the FI and detailed information about each port channel.
Traffic Monitoring—Displays traffic monitoring sessions for the Ethernet or FC ports.
You can also perform the following tasks:
Turn on or off the Locator LED.
View configuration status.
Set the switching mode.
Create port channels.
Manage unified port configuration.
Launch Cisco UCS Manager for the specific Cisco UCS domain.
The Server page displays the following information related to the servers associated with the registered Cisco UCS domain:
Servers |
Hardware |
Configuration |
Status |
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This column displays the following information for a server: |
This column displays the following hardware information for a server: |
This column displays the following configuration for a server: |
This column displays the following status for a server: |
You can view the following information on the selected server and its components, and also perform various tasks:
Note | Depending on the server type, the options may vary. |
Basic—Displays associated service profile, fault summary, hardware, and firmware details of the selected server.
Motherboard—Displays the overall status and the hardware details of the motherboard.
CPUs—Displays a list of all the CPUs in the server. Select a processor to view overall status and hardware and other details of the selected processor.
GPUs—Displays a list of all graphics cards in the server. Select a graphics card to view the overall status and additional details.
Security—Displays a list of all hardware security modules in the server, such as the Cisco Mezzanine Crypto Card.
Memory—Displays a list of available memory in the selected server. Select a memory card to view the current overall status and other details.
Adapters—Displays details of the adapter in the selected server. Select an adapter to view overall status, power status, and other product details.
Controllers—Displays the list of storage controllers, such as SAS or FlexFlash. Select a controller to view operability and other product details.
Storage Enclosures—Displays a list of the storage enclosures in the selected server. You can view details on the enclosure or the individual slots.
Storage—Displays list of the storage in the selected server. Select a disk to view the current overall status, hardware, and controller details.
LUNs—Displays a list of the virtual drives created on the server. Select a virtual drive to view the status, configuration status, and other details. You can also perform virtual-drive related tasks.
You can also perform the following server-related tasks:
Launch Cisco UCS Manager for the specific Cisco UCS domain.
Launch the KVM Console.
Reset, recover, reacknowledge, or decommission a server.
Toggle the locator LED.
The Chassis page displays the following information related to the chassis associated with the registered Cisco UCS domain:
Chassis |
Hardware |
Configuration |
Status |
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This column displays the following information for a chassis: |
This column displays the following hardware information for a chassis: |
This column displays the following configuration for a Chassis: |
This column displays the following status for a Chassis: |
The Chassis Main View page allows you to manage and monitor all chassis in a Cisco UCS domain through Cisco UCS Central GUI.
You can view the following information on the selected chassis and its components within a registered Cisco UCS domain:
Basic—Displays the overall status and, overview of all the components within the selected chassis, fault summary, configuration errors and hardware details.
IOM Left—Displays overall status, hardware details and fault summary of the left IOM module.
IOM Right—Displays overall status, hardware details and fault summary details of the right IOM module.
Servers—Displays overall status, hardware, and firmware details of the server associated with this chassis. If you select a server, the page redirects to the server detail view page.
Fans—Displays a list of fans in the chassis. Select a fan to view information related to its module, overall status and hardware details.
PSUs— Displays a list of all the PSUs in the chassis. Select a PSU to view information related to its fault summary, overall status, and other property details.
You can also perform the following tasks:
Acknowledge and decommission a chassis.
Turn on or turn off the Locator LED for a chassis.
Launch Cisco UCS Manager for the specific Cisco UCS domain.
The Storage Chassis page allows you to manage and monitor all Cisco UCS C3260 Storage Servers in a Cisco UCS domain.
You can view the following information on the selected chassis and its components:
Basic—Displays the overall status and an overview of all the components within the selected chassis, fault summary, configuration errors and hardware details.
System IO Controllers—Displays overall status and detailed information about the shared adapter.
Servers—Displays overall status, hardware, and firmware details of the server associated with this chassis. If you select a server, the page redirects to the server detail view page.
SAS Expanders—Displays the overall status, configuration, and hardware for each SAS expander associated with this chassis.
Storage Enclosures—Displays the overall status and configuration of the storage enclosures associated with this chassis by enclosure or by slot.
Storage—Displays list of the storage in the selected server. Select a disk to view the current overall status, hardware, and controller details.
Fans—Displays a list of fans in the chassis. Select a fan to view information related to its module, overall status and hardware details.
PSUs—Displays a list of all the PSUs in the chassis. Select a PSU to view information related to its fault summary, overall status, and other property details.
You can also perform the following tasks:
Acknowledge and decommission a chassis.
Turn on or turn off the Locator LED for a chassis.
Modify the discovery policy for the selected chassis.
Launch Cisco UCS Manager for the specific Cisco UCS domain.
The All FEX page displays the following information for each FEX associated with a registered Cisco UCS domains:
FEX |
Hardware |
Configuration |
Status |
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This column displays the following information for a FEX: |
This column displays the following hardware information for a FEX: |
This column displays the following configuration for a FEX: |
This column displays the following status for a FEX: |
You can view the following information related to the FEX and its components within a registered Cisco UCS domain:
Basic—Displays fault summary, overall status and hardware details of the FEX within UCS domain.
IOM—Displays fault summary, overall status, and properties of the IOM.
Servers—Displays number of rack servers connected to the FEX. Select a server to view more information on overall status, firmware and hardware details of the server.
Fans—Displays a list of fans in the FEX. Select a fan to view more information related to the module number, overall status and hardware details.
PSUs— Displays a list of all the PSUs in the FEX. Select a PSU to view details on fault summary, status, properties, and status of power supply units.
You can also perform the following tasks:
Acknowledge, decommission, and recommission a FEX.
Turn on or turn off Locator LED for FEXes.
Launch Cisco UCS Manager for the specific Cisco UCS domain.
The Domains Table View page displays the following information related to the domains registered with Cisco UCS Central:
Domain |
Hardware |
Configuration |
Status |
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This column displays the following information for a registered domain: |
This column displays the following hardware information for a registered domain: |
This column displays the following configuration for a registered domain: |
This column displays the following status for a registered domain: |
From the Domain Group page, you can view information about the entities associated with a domain group. This includes the following:
If you click the Settings icon, you can perform the following tasks:
The Cisco UCS Domain page displays the following information related to a selected Cisco UCS domain:
Basic—Displays information related to the overall status, firmware, resources available, fault summary and management details of the selected Cisco UCS domain.
Also, you can suspend and acknowledge a UCS Central subscription, and re-evaluate the membership of the domain.
FI—Displays the number of Fabric Interconnects (FI) associated with a domain, overall status, hardware, and firmware details of the FI.
If you want to view more information on the status of the components in the FI, click on an FI from the list.
Chassis—Displays the number of chassis associated with a domain, overall status, hardware, and configuration details of the chassis. For more information on the status of the components in the chassis, click on a chassis from the list.
FEX—Displays the number of FEX associated with a domain, overall status, hardware, and configuration details of the FEX. For more information on the status of the components in the FEX, click on an FEX from the list.
Servers—Displays the number of servers in a domain and the number of available servers. For more information on overall status, hardware, and configuration details of the server, click Go to Servers Table.
Pin Groups—Displays the list of all pin groups in a domain and the details of each pin group.
On the Cisco UCS Domain page, you can do the following:
The ID Universe displays the collections of identities, or physical or logical resources, that are available in the system. All pools increase the flexibility of service profiles and allow you to centrally manage your system resources. Pools that are defined in Cisco UCS Central are called Global Pools and can be shared between Cisco UCS domains. Global Pools allow centralized ID management across Cisco UCS domains that are registered with Cisco UCS Central. By allocating ID pools from Cisco UCS Central to Cisco UCS Manager, you can track how and where the IDs are used, prevent conflicts, and be notified if a conflict occurs. Pools that are defined locally in Cisco UCS Manager are called Domain Pools.
Note | The same ID can exist in different pools, but can be assigned only once. Two blocks in the same pool cannot have the same ID. |
You can pool identifying information, such as MAC addresses, to preassign ranges for servers that host specific applications. For example, you can configure all database servers across Cisco UCS domains within the same range of MAC addresses, UUIDs, and WWNs.
From the ID Universe page, you can view the total number IDs for each type of pool, and how many of the total are Available, In Use, or have a Conflict. If you click on a Resource, you can view detailed information about that ID and where it is used.
Display a complete list of ID pools in the system. You can use filter to sort by Utilization Status, Org or ID Type to view availability and usage.
You can export data to CSV, XLS, and PDF formats from table views in Cisco UCS Central.
Step 1 | Click the Browse Tables icon and choose a hardware option such as: Servers, Chassis, Fabric Interconnects, or FEX. |
Step 2 | Click on an object to select it. |
Step 3 | On the detail
view page, click the
Tools icon and select
Configuration Status.
The Configuration Status page displays. |
Step 4 | Click Close to close the window. |
You can view faults from each individual inventory page. Click the Browse Tables icon and choose a physical inventory type. Click your selection to open the inventory page, and then click the Faults icon to view the following information:
Filters—Filter the data in the table by severity, fault type, and timestamp.
Code—Unique identifier associated with the fault.
Timestamp—Day and time at which the fault occurred.
Cause—Brief description of what caused the fault.
Affected Object—The name and location of the component that this issue affects, and the domain name where it is found.
Fault Details—More information about the log message.
Severity—Displays an icon denoting the fault severity. The icon key displays below the table.
Action—Whether user acknowledgment is required.
You can toggle the locator LEDs on and off for servers, chassis, fabric interconnects, and FEXes.
Step 1 | Click the Browse Tables icon and choose a hardware option such as: Servers, Chassis, Fabric Interconnects, or FEX. |
Step 2 | Click on an object to select it. |
Step 3 | On the detail
view page, click the
Tools icon and select
Toggle
Locator LED.
The Locator LED status is located at the top of the Basic tab. |
Cisco UCS Central enables you to save a dynamic search query that includes filters such as name, label, tag, ID, and PID. Unless you delete a query, it is retained when background processes are restarted or when the system is rebooted. Your search results are dynamically updated with current data when you select and execute a saved query.
Step 1 | Click the Browse Tables icon and choose a view such as Domains, Policies, Schedules from the navigation menu. |
Step 2 | In the Filters panel, select parameters for your search such as Fault level status or Platform name. When you make selections, a save icon appears at the right of Filters. |
Step 3 | Click the save icon and enter a context-sensitive name for the search query you want to create. |
Step 4 | Click Save this filter. The query you created is listed under Saved Searches in the Filters panel. |