Monitoring Inventory

This chapter includes the following sections:

Inventory Management

Cisco UCS Central collects the inventory details from all registered Cisco UCS domains. You can view and monitor the components in the registered Cisco UCS domains from the domain management panel.

When a Cisco UCS domain is successfully registered, Cisco UCS Central starts collecting the following details:

  • Physical Inventory
  • Service profiles and service profile templates
  • Fault information

The default data collection interval is 10 minutes. You can customize the interval based on your requirements. If the connection between Cisco UCS domain and Cisco UCS Central fails, whenever the disconnected Cisco UCS domain is detected again, Cisco UCS Central start collecting current data and displays in the domain management panel.

The General tab in Domain Management panel, displays a list of registered Cisco UCS domains. You can click on the tabs to view details on each component. You can also launch the individual Cisco UCS Manager or the KVM console for a server from this panel.

Physical Inventory

The physical inventory details of the components in Cisco UCS domains are organized under domains. The Cisco UCS domains that do not belong to any domain groups are placed under ungrouped domains. You can view detailed equipment status, and the following physical details of components in the domain management panel:

  • Fabric interconnects - switch card modules
  • Servers - blades/rack mount servers
  • Chassis - io modules
  • Fabric extenders

Service Profiles and Templates

You can view a complete list of service profiles and service profile templates available in the registered Cisco UCS domains from the Servers tab. The Service Profile panel displays a aggregated list of the service profiles. Service profiles with the same name are grouped under the organizations they are assigned to. Instance count next to the service profile name will provide the number of times that particular service profile is used in Cisco UCS domains.

From the Service Profile Template panel, you can view the available service profile templates, organization and the number of times each service profile template is used in the Cisco UCS Domain.

Overview to Global Logical Resources

In Cisco UCS Central Web UI, Global Service Profiles are created under Global Service Profile section, once they are associated to any server or server pool, they are deployed on Cisco UCS domains, and are pulled back to Cisco UCS Central. These Global service profiles are reported as part of logical resources/inventory as an instance under local service profile section. You can view the list of local service profiles and local service profile templates available in the registered Cisco UCS domain from the Servers tab. The local service panel displays an aggregated list of local service profiles. Local service profiles with the same name are grouped under the organization they are assigned to. Instance count next to the local service profile name will provide the number of service profiles with this name across all Cisco UCS domain registered with Cisco UCS Central.

From the Local Service Profile Template panel, you can view the available local service profile templates, organizations and the number of times a service profile is used with this name in all registered Cisco UCS domains.

Configuring Inventory Data Collection Schedule

Procedure
    Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
    Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, click Domain Management.
    Step 3   In the Work pane, General tab, Summary > Polling Interval click the drop down option.

    Select the interval from the options.

    Step 4   Click Save.

    Viewing Inventory Details

    The UCS Domains pane displays a comprehensive list of all registered Cisco UCS domains.


    Tip

    To view details of an individual domain, in the UCS Name column, click and choose the name of a Cisco UCS domain and click Properties.

    Procedure
      Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
      Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand UCS Domains.
      Step 3   The work pane displays the details for all registered Cisco UCS domains.

      Viewing Inventory Details of a Server

      Before You Begin
      • Cisco UCS domains should be registered with Cisco UCS Central.
      • Inventory status should be marked OK.
      Procedure
        Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
        Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand UCS Domains > Domain Groups > Domain Group root > UCS Domain > Chassis > Chassis number > Server.

        If you want to view inventory details of a rack servers, expand UCS Domains > Domain Groups > Domain Group root > UCS Domain > Rack-Mounts > Server.

        Step 3   Select the server that you want to view the inventory details.
        Step 4   In the Work pane, click Inventory tab.
        Step 5   Select the component that you want to see the inventory details.

        Viewing Details on an Individual Cisco UCS Domain

        Procedure
          Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
          Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand UCS Domains.
          Step 3   In the work pane, click on the UCS Domains tab.
          Step 4   From the list of Cisco UCS domain names under UCS Name column, choose the domain you want to view the details for.

          When you select the Cisco UCS domain, two menu items appears on the menu bar next to Filter.

          Step 5   On the menu bar, click Properties.

          The Properties dialog box displays the details of selected Cisco UCS domain.

          Viewing Service Profiles

          Procedure
            Step 1   On the menu bar, click Servers.
            Step 2   In the Navigation pane, click the Service Profiles.
            Step 3   The Work pane displays the service profiles.
            1. (Optional) Click the number in the Instances column to view the number of times this service profile is used in the registered Cisco UCS domains.

            Viewing Service Profile Details

            You can also view the service profile details by clicking on the number in instances column. This procedure describes how to access detailed information on each service profile from the navigation pane.

            Procedure
              Step 1   On the menu bar, click Servers.
              Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Servers > Service Profile > Root , and click the service profile name.
              Step 3   The Work pane displays the details of selected service profile.

              Viewing Service Profile Templates

              Procedure
                Step 1   On the menu bar, click Servers.
                Step 2   In the Navigation pane, click the Service Profile Templates.
                Step 3   The Work pane displays the details for selected service profile template.

                Viewing Local service profiles

                Procedure
                  Step 1   On the menu bar, click Servers.
                  Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Local Service Profiles > Root > Local Service Profile_Name.
                  Step 3   Click Instance, of the local service profile that you want to view the information.
                  Step 4   Similarly, to view properties of other listed local service profiles, expand the local service profile you want to view, and click Instance.

                  Creating an Organization Under Sub-Organizations

                  Procedure
                    Step 1   On the menu bar, click Servers.
                    Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Server > Local Service Profiles > Root.
                    Step 3   Click Sub-Organization tab. in the Work pane, click Create Organization tab.
                    Step 4   In the Work pane, click Sub-Organization > Create Organization.
                    Step 5   In the Create Organization dialog box, fill in the required fields.
                    Step 6   Click Ok.