Tags and Tag Types
Cisco UCS Central uses tags to allow users to group objects outside of the Organization or Domain Group structures. You can use the following types of tags:
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System-defined tags—Tags that are defined by Cisco UCS Central. This includes the Maintenance Group tag, the Operating System for HCR tag, and the Adapter Driver for HCR tag.
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User-defined tags—Tags that are created by users but have specific values.
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Basic tags—Free text tags that can allow any value.
From the Tag Management page in the GUI, you can view all Tag Types that have been created in Cisco UCS Central. However, you can view only the Tags that are associated with an object and are in active use at any given time.
Creating Tag Types
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Only users with the Tag permission can create tag types. |
Procedure
Command or Action | Purpose | |||
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Step 1 |
UCSC # connect policy-mgr |
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Step 2 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) #scope fabric |
Scopes into the fabric interconnect. |
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Step 3 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric # scope tag-mgmt |
Scopes into tag management. |
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Step 4 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt # create tag-type tag-type-name |
Creates the tag type. |
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Step 5 |
(Optional) UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type/tag-item # set {color | descr | restricted {yes|no}} |
(Optional)
Sets the following for the tag type:
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Step 6 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type/tag-item # commit-buffer |
Commits the transaction to the system. |
Example
The following example shows how to create a tag and set options for it:
UCSC# connect policy-mgr
UCSC(policy-mgr)# scope fabric
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric # scope tag-mgmt
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt # create tag-type USA
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type # set color 722607
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type # set descr 'USA updates'
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type # set restricted no
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type/tag-item # commit-buffer
Creating Tag Values
Procedure
Command or Action | Purpose | |
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Step 1 |
UCSC # connect policy-mgr |
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Step 2 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) #scope fabric |
Scopes into the fabric interconnect. |
Step 3 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric # scope tag-mgmt |
Scopes into tag management. |
Step 4 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt # scope tag-type tag-type |
Scopes into a specific tag type. |
Step 5 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type/tag-item # create tag-item tag-name |
Creates a new tag value. |
Step 6 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type/tag-item # commit-buffer |
Commits the transaction to the system. |
Example
The following example shows how to create tag values:
UCSC# connect policy-mgr
UCSC(policy-mgr)# scope fabric
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric # scope tag-mgmt
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt # show tag-type
Tag Type:
Name Color System Defined Multiple Restricted
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Adapter Driver for HCR 049fd9 Yes Yes Yes
Basic 5bc0de Yes Yes No
Geographic 5bc0de No Yes No
Maintenance Group 049fd9 Yes No Yes
Operating System for HCR 049fd9 Yes No Yes
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt # scope tag-type 'Maintenance Group'
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type # create tag-item FW_Update
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type/tag-item # commit-buffer
Viewing Tags
Procedure
Command or Action | Purpose | |
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Step 1 |
UCSC # connect policy-mgr |
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Step 2 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) #scope fabric |
Scopes into the fabric interconnect. |
Step 3 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric # scope tag-mgmt |
Scopes into tag management. |
Step 4 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt # show tag-type |
Displays all tag types. |
Step 5 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt # scope tag-type 'tag-type' |
Scopes into a specific tag type. |
Step 6 |
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type # show tag-item |
Displays the values for the selected tag. |
Example
The following example shows how to view maintenance group tags:
UCSC# connect policy-mgr
UCSC(policy-mgr)# scope fabric
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric # scope tag-mgmt
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt # show tag-type
Tag Type:
Name Color System Defined Multiple Restricted
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Adapter Driver for HCR 049fd9 Yes Yes Yes
Basic 5bc0de Yes Yes No
Geographic 5bc0de No Yes No
Maintenance Group 049fd9 Yes No Yes
Operating System for HCR 049fd9 Yes No Yes
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt # scope tag-type 'Maintenance Group'
UCSC(policy-mgr) /fabric/tag-mgmt/tag-type # show tag-item
Tag Item:
Value
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tag1
tag2
tag3
tag4