About Globalizing a Local Service Profile
You can globalize Local Service Profiles (LSP) from Cisco UCS Manager into Cisco UCS Central so you can deploy and use Cisco UCS Central in a legacy (brownfield) software environment. You can globalize a standalone service profile created from updating a template, or an initial template. This feature is supported from Cisco UCS Manager, release 2.2(8) and higher.
To globalize an LSP, select a domain and then a local service profile to globalize, evaluate, remove blockers, and resolve conflicts. There could be policy conflicts, advance policy conflicts, and identifier conflicts. If there are blockers, resolve the blocking issues, and restart globalization. If there are no blockers, resolve other conflicts if any, and then globalize the LSP. These blockers must be fixed outside of the globalization operation and re-evaluated once complete. For more information about how to globalize an LSP, see Globalizing Local Service Profiles.
You can fix policy or advanced policy conflicts by cloning the policy with a new name, by referencing an existing policy from Cisco UCS Central, or by selecting an existing pool from Cisco UCS Central. A global-default is used instead of default policies after globalization, and a default policy is never globalized.
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You have to first create a new pool outside the globalization operation. |
A globalization operation comprises the following stages and potential outcomes:
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Not Evaluated - The globalization request is created and operation is not started.
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Fetching Data from Domain - When the local service profile and other data is retrieved from the domain.
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Evaluating - Evaluating the local service profile and related policies or identifiers against the Cisco UCS Central definition.
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Evaluated with Blocking Issues - One or more blocking issues are found during globalization.
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Evaluated with Conflicts - One or more conflicts are found during evaluation.
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Evaluated with Success - No blocking issues or conflicts found during evaluation.
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Globalizing - When in Evaluated with success status, you can start to globalize the service profile, which may globalize some local policies, and move the local service profile to Cisco UCS Central.
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Globalized With Error - The system experiences an error during the globalization process.
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Globalized with Success- The system succeeds in globalizing the local service profile.
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The Globalization workflow is illustrated below:
Globalize Local Service Profiles View
The status of a globalization request is displayed in the Globalize Local Service Profile view. When a Local Service Profile (LSP) is evaluated prior to being globalized, this view displays the following details:
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Globalization Status—Shows the status of an LSP in the globalization operation. Status includes Evaluating, Evaluated with Success, Evaluated with Conflicts, Globalized with Success.
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Number of Blockers—Displays the number of issues, or blockers, that cannot be resolved through the globalization process. A description of the issue and a recommendation for resolving the issue are also displayed. A description of the blocker Issue and a Recommendation to resolve that issue are also displayed in the Globalize Local Service Profile view.
For more information about blocking issues, see Blocker Issues in Globalization.
When there are no blockers, the Globalize Local Service Profile view displays the following details about a local service profile being evaluated for globalization.
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Pools tab—Displays the server pool or identifier conflicts, and details such as name, pool ID, status of the globalization request. For more information about pool conflicts and how to resolve them, see Resolving Pool Conflicts.
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Policies tab—Displays the number of simple policy conflicts and details such as same policy name, or an empty policy name, or references to a global policy. For more information about policy conflicts and how to resolve them, see Resolving Policy Conflicts.
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Advanced Policies tab—Displays the number of advanced policy conflicts. For more information about Advanced Policy Conflicts, and how to resolve a conflict, see Resolving Policy Conflicts.
Click the Pools tab to view these details about the globalization operation.
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Name—Name of the pool associated with the LSP
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Assigned ID—The assigned pool ID
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Pool Type—The type of pools associated with the LSP (MAC pool, server pools, IPv4 pools)
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Assigned Pool—The new pool of the globalized LSP.
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Status—Result of the evaluation and if it is successful or not, and a recommendation to resolve a conflict if there is one. Cisco UCS Central also displays details of the conflict and an option to Change Resolution or Edit Resolution.
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If the globalization request is inactive, the option to Change or Edit Resolution is not available. You can Edit Resolution if the evaluation is successful or Change Resolution if evaluation results in a conflict.
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A service profile cannot be globalized if there is a conflict. Resolve the conflict first and then globalize the service profile.
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After you resolve a pool or policy conflict, you can choose to Re-evaluate or Start Globalization from the Tools menu.
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After evaluating an LSP, you cannot change any configuration settings in Cisco UCS Manager before the globalization is complete.
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Click the Policies tab to view these details about the globalization operation.
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Name—Name of the policy associated with the LSP.
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Type—Type of the policy referenced by the LSP.
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Assigned Policy—The new policy used for globalizing an LSP. This policy can be cloned, or referenced from another global policy.
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Status—Result of the evaluation and if it is successful or not, and a recommendation to resolve a conflict if there is one. Cisco UCS Central also displays details of the conflict and an option to Change Resolution or Edit Resolution.
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(Available only in the Advanced Policies tab) Referenced Pools and Policies—A table listing the pools and other policies referenced by a policy.
Globalizing Local Service Profiles
You can move or globalize Local Service Profiles (LSP) from Cisco UCS Manager into Cisco UCS Central so you can deploy and use Cisco UCS Central in a legacy (brownfield) software environment. You can globalize a standalone service profile that is bound to a service profile template, or a service profile created from updating a template, or an initial template.
Before you begin
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Your Cisco UCS Manager domain must be registered and exist under a domain group.
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Ensure that the service profiles are associated.
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All VLANs and VSANs referenced by the Service Profile must be global.
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Maintenance Policy must be user acknowledgment enabled.
Procedure
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In the Actions bar, type Globalize Local Service Profile and press Enter. |
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In the Globalize Local Service Profile dialog box, in the Domain drop-down list, select the Cisco UCS Central domain you want to globalize. The following details are displayed:
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Choose a profile. |
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Click Evaluate. If you want to prioritize a globalization request over another, Delete the request from the Globalize Local Service Profile view. The Globalize Local Service Profile view displays. This view shows the status of the globalization and the conflicts if any. For more information, see Globalize Local Service Profiles View. |
Blocker Issues in Globalization
Issues that cannot be resolved through the globalization operation are considered Blocker issues. You have to resolve them either in the Cisco UCS domain (for example, by unbinding an initial Vnic template) or in Cisco UCS Central (for example, by globalizing the Cisco UCS Domain VLANs). After you resolve the blockers, you must restart the globalization operation by re-evaluating the globalization operation. The following is a list of all blockers you can encounter during the globalization process:
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The Cisco UCS domain is in suspended state. To resolve this issue, acknowledge the Cisco UCS domain to move out of the suspended state before you attempt to globalize again.
- A global service profile (GSP) with the same name exists in the same org. To resolve this issue, rename the local service profile (LSP) in Cisco UCS Manager before you attempt to globalize the service profile.
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The Cisco UCS Manager domain is not under any domain group.
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When a local service profile is not in assigned state.
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A local service profile is not in config-applied state.
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A local service profile is not in associated state.
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A local service profile does not have a Maintenance policy or the Maintenance policy is not User-Acknowledged.
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A local service profile has a pending-reboot request.
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A local service profile references storage profile policy.
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A local service profile has vMedia defined inline. Cisco UCS Central does not support this configuration.
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A local service profile has inline storage profile configured. Cisco UCS Central does not support this configuration.
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A local service profile has inline boot policy configured. Cisco UCS Central does not support this configuration.
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A local service profile resolves to an initial vNIC template. To resolve this issue, unbind the LSP from the initial vNIC template from Cisco UCS Manager.
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A local service profile resolves to an initial vHBA template. To resolve this issue, unbind the LSP from the initial vHBA template from Cisco UCS Manager.
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The local service profile has a vNIC template pairing configured.
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Cisco UCS Central does not support the Storage Connection feature for the specified Cisco UCS Manager domain software version.
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Any ID referenced by a local service profile has already been assigned to another object. To resolve this issue, change the service profile ID, or un-assign the ID from the other object.
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The VLAN/VSAN referenced by a local service profile is not global. To resolve this issue, try to globalize the VLAN/VSAN. If globalization fails, define a new VLAN/VSAN with the same definition in Cisco UCS Manager, and change the service profile to reference the newly created VLAN/VSAN. Globalize the new VLAN/VSAN and then globalize the service profile again.
Globalization Tasks View
The Globalization Tasks view displays a list of the globalization tasks in progress. The following details are displayed in this view:
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Name—Name of the service profile in the globalization workflow.
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Globalization Type—The service profile type.
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Status—Evaluation or globalization status of the service profile. Select a service profile from this list to view details about globalization.
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If you want to cancel a globalization request, you can select request from the table and Delete. |
Resolving Pool Conflicts
To resolve a Pool conflict, click Change Resolution from Status in the Globalize Local Service Profile view and follow these steps:
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Click Change Resolution in the Status column. The Resolve Conflict window opens. |
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From the Pool drop down (for a MAC, UUID, IPv4, or server pool), select one of the following options as required:
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Click Resolve Conflict. When a local service profile references a global pool, no pool ID conflict is created. If the service profile uses a global pool already, the same pools are used. You can change the pool in all cases except IQN pools. |
Resolving Policy Conflicts
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If a policy has the same name as a global policy but with different definitions under the same org.
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If a policy has a potential to affect other global service profiles after globalization.
A policy conflict could be for a Simple or an Advanced policy:
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A simple policy does not contain any reference to a policy or ID pool.
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An Advanced policy contains one or more references to another policy, or ID pool. For example, a vNIC template object may contain references to a MAC pool, QoS policy, Network Control policy, Pin Group policy, Stats Threshold policy, etc. To resolve an advanced policy conflict, resolve the underlying pool and policy conflicts and then resolve the top-level policy conflict.
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IPMI, vMedia, and iSCSI Authentication profile policies require that you enter the password after globalizing the service profile or cloning a policy.
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Any change in the iSCSI Authentication profile triggers Pending Reboots.
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usNIC Connection Policy and Adapter Policy appear in different orgs in the hierarchy.
Procedure
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Click Change Resolution in the Status column. |
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On the Resolve Conflict window, select Clone with new name or Reference existing policy. To reference an existing policy, select the appropriate policy from the Policy drop-down list. |
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Click Resolve Conflict. |
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To resolve Advanced Policies conflict, click on the policy Type in the Advanced Policies tab. The Referenced Pools and Policies table displays the list of policies referenced by the Advanced Policy. If there is a conflict in the referenced pool or policies, resolve them before you globalize.
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