Domain Management

This chapter includes the following sections:

Registering Cisco UCS Domains

To manage Cisco UCS Manager through Cisco UCS Central, you must register the Cisco UCS domains in Cisco UCS Central. You can register a Cisco UCS domain as a part of a domain group or as an ungrouped domain. When you have domain group, all registered domains in the domain group can share common policies and other configurations.


Note

During the initial registration process with Cisco UCS Central, all the active Cisco UCS Manager GUI sessions will be terminated.

Before registering a domain in Cisco UCS Central, do the following:

  • Configure an NTP server and the correct time zone in both Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco UCS Central to ensure that they are in sync. If the time and date in the Cisco UCS domain and Cisco UCS Central are out of sync, the registration might fail.

  • Obtain the hostname or IP address of Cisco UCS Central. For standalone mode, use individual VM IP address. If you plan to setup in cluster mode, use virtual IP address.

  • Obtain the shared secret that you configured when you deployed Cisco UCS Central.


Note

  • After you register a Cisco UCS domain in Cisco UCS Central, you cannot change or swap the IP used by the Cisco UCS Manager. If you need to change or swap the IP address, make sure to unregister the domain from Cisco UCS Central, change the IP address and then re-register in Cisco UCS Central.

  • You can register or un-register a Cisco UCS domain using Cisco UCS Manager GUI or CLI.

  • If the registered Cisco UCS domains have a latency of greater than 300ms for a round trip from Cisco UCS Central, there might be some performance implications for the Cisco UCS domains.


Warning

You should upgrade Cisco UCS Manager to Release 2.1(2) before registering with Cisco UCS Central. If you try to register Cisco UCS Manager, Release 2.1(1) with Cisco UCS Central Release 1.1, Cisco UCS Manager will display the registration as positive, but the Cisco UCS Central inventory will not display the registered Cisco UCS Domain. Cisco UCS Central faults will display a critical fault on the registration failure.

Estimate Impact on Reconnect

Cisco UCS Central, release 1.2 or later with Cisco UCS Manager, releases 2.2(3x) and 3.0(1) or later provides you the option to estimate impact on reconnect. If a registered Cisco UCS domain is disconnected from Cisco UCS Central or when you place a Cisco UCS domain in a suspended state, when you reconnect the domain or bring it out of suspended state, you can run Estimate Impact on Reconnect on the domain. The estimate impact on reconnect evaluates all accumulated changes to the domain when it was disconnected or suspended and provides you the status. This enables you to make informed decision on whether to proceed.

Unregistering Cisco UCS Domains

You can not unregister a Cisco UCS domain directly from Cisco UCS Central. If you want to unregister a Cisco UCS domain, you must use Cisco UCS Manager. See the appropriate Cisco UCS Central Installation and Upgrade Guide for more information.


Note

Unregistering a Cisco UCS domain can impact your global policies. See Consequences of Policy Resolution Changes for more information.

Domain Groups

Cisco UCS Central creates a hierarchy of Cisco UCS domain groups for managing multiple Cisco UCS domains. You will have the following categories of domain groups in Cisco UCS Central:

  • Domain Group— A group that contains multiple Cisco UCS domains. You can group similar Cisco UCS domains under one domain group for simpler management.

  • Ungrouped Domains—When a new Cisco UCS domain is registered in Cisco UCS Central, it is added to the ungrouped domains. You can assign the ungrouped domain to any domain group.

If you have created a domain group policy, and a new registered Cisco UCS domain meets the qualifiers defined in the policy, it will automatically be placed under the domain group specified in the policy. If not, it will be placed in the ungrouped domains category. You can assign this ungrouped domain to a domain group.

Each Cisco UCS domain can only be assigned to one domain group. You can assign or reassign membership of the Cisco UCS domains at any time. When you assign a Cisco UCS domain to a domain group, the Cisco UCS domain will automatically inherit all management policies specified for the domain group.

Before adding a Cisco UCS domain to a domain group, make sure to change the policy resolution controls to local in the Cisco UCS domain. This will avoid accidentally overwriting service profiles and maintenance policies specific to that Cisco UCS domain. Even when you have enabled auto discovery for the Cisco UCS domains, enabling local policy resolution will protect the Cisco UCS domain from accidentally overwriting policies.

Creating a Domain Group

You can create a domain group under the domain group root from the Equipment tab or from the Operations Management tab. You can create up to five hierarchical levels of domain groups under the root. This procedure describes the process to create a domain group from the equipment tab, under the domain group root.

Procedure
    Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
    Step 2   On the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains.
    Step 3   Right click on Domain Group root, and select Create Domain Group.
    Step 4   In the Create Domain Group dialog box, enter Name and Description.
    Step 5   Click OK.

    Deleting a Domain Group

    Procedure
      Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
      Step 2   On the Equipment tab, UCS Domains > Domain Group root.
      Step 3   Right click on domain group name you want to delete, and select Delete.
      Step 4   If Cisco UCS Central GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

      Changing Group Assignment for a Cisco UCS Domain

      You can assign a Cisco UCS domain to a domain group using any one of the following options:

      • Changing the group assignment using the Change Group Assignment dialog box.

      • Using the group assignment link under a specific domain group.

      • Using domain group policy qualifiers.

      This procedure describes the process to change the group assignment for a Cisco UCS domain.

      Procedure
        Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
        Step 2   On the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains.
        Step 3   In the Navigation pane, expand Ungrouped Domains.
        Step 4   Right click on the domain name and click Change Group Assignment.
        Step 5   In the Change Group Assignment dialog box, choose the domain group and click OK.
        Step 6   If Cisco UCS Central GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

        Creating a Domain Group Policy

        Procedure
          Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
          Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
          Step 3   Right-click Domain Group Policies and choose Create Domain Group Policy.
          Step 4   In the Create Domain Group Policy dialog box, enter the Name and optional description.
          Step 5   Choose a Domain Group and Domain Group Policy Qualification from the drop-down lists.
          Step 6   Click OK.

          Deleting a Domain Group Policy

          Procedure
            Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
            Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
            Step 3   Expand Domain Group Policies.
            Step 4   Right-click the policy that you want to delete and choose Delete.
            Step 5   If the Cisco UCS Central GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

            Creating a Registration Policy

            Procedure
              Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
              Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
              Step 3   Right-click Registration Policies and choose Create Registration Policy.
              Step 4   In the Create Registration Policy dialog box, enter the Name and optional description.
              Step 5   Click OK.
              What to Do Next

              Add an address qualifier, owner qualifier, and site qualifier to the policy qualification.

              Creating a Site Qualifier

              Procedure
                Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
                Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
                Step 3   Expand Registration Policies.
                Step 4   Right-click the registration policy that you want to update, and choose Create Site Qualifier.
                Step 5   In the Create Site Qualifier dialog box, enter the Name and Regex.
                Step 6   Click OK.

                Deleting a Site Qualifier

                Procedure
                  Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
                  Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
                  Step 3   Expand Registration Policies.
                  Step 4   In the Work pane, expand Sites.
                  Step 5   Right-click the site that you want to delete, and choose Delete.
                  Step 6   If the Cisco UCS Central GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

                  Creating an Address Qualifier

                  Procedure
                    Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
                    Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
                    Step 3   Expand Registration Policies.
                    Step 4   Right-click the registration policy that you want to update, and choose Create Address Qualifier.
                    Step 5   In the Create Address Qualifier dialog box, enter the minimum and maximum IP addresses.
                    Step 6   Click OK.

                    Deleting an Address Qualifier

                    Procedure
                      Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
                      Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
                      Step 3   Expand Registration Policies.
                      Step 4   In the Work pane, expand Addresses.
                      Step 5   Right-click the address range that you want to delete, and choose Delete.
                      Step 6   If the Cisco UCS Central GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

                      Creating an Owner Qualifier

                      Procedure
                        Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
                        Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
                        Step 3   Expand Registration Policies.
                        Step 4   Right-click the registration policy that you want to update, and choose Create Owner Qualifier.
                        Step 5   In the Create Owner Qualifier dialog box, enter the Name and Regex.
                        Step 6   Click OK.

                        Deleting an Owner Qualifier

                        Procedure
                          Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
                          Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
                          Step 3   Expand Registration Policies.
                          Step 4   In the Work pane, expand Owners.
                          Step 5   Right-click the owner that you want to delete, and choose Delete.
                          Step 6   If the Cisco UCS Central GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

                          Deleting a Registration Policy

                          Procedure
                            Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
                            Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
                            Step 3   Expand Registration Policies.
                            Step 4   Right-click the policy that you want to delete and choose Delete.
                            Step 5   If Cisco UCS Central GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

                            ID Range Qualification Policies

                            ID range qualification policies allow you to create policies and assign them to qualified domain groups and domain IP addresses. The ID range qualification policy is then visible to those domain groups and domain IP addresses. You can also create ID range qualification policies without assigning qualified domain groups or IP addresses. If you do not set qualifiers, the policy is available to all domain groups. ID resolution occurs hierarchically in the organization structure in the same manner as other global policies.

                            After you create an ID range qualification policy, you can apply it to a block in a new pool or an existing pool.

                            ID range qualification policies are not automatically pushed from Cisco UCS Central to the Cisco UCS Manager instances in a qualified domain group. If you change a domain group qualifier, a domain group ID, or the IP address of a Cisco UCS Manager domain group in Cisco UCS Central, the reference must be reset in the Cisco UCS Manager local service profile.


                            Note

                            Global service profiles in Cisco UCS Central do not support ID range qualification policies in this release.

                            Creating an ID Range Qualification Policy

                            Procedure
                              Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
                              Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
                              Step 3   Right-click ID Range Qualification Policies and choose Create ID Range Qualification Policy.
                              Step 4   In the Create ID Range Qualification Policy dialog box, enter the Name and optional description.
                              Step 5   In the Qualified Domain Groups area, choose a Context.

                              The contexts you choose appear next to the Selected field.

                              Step 6   In the Qualified Domain IP Addresses area, enter an IP Address, and click the plus sign.

                              The IP addresses you enter appear next to the Selected field.

                              Step 7   Click OK.
                              What to Do Next

                              Assign the ID range qualification policy to a block.

                              Deleting an ID Range Qualification Policy

                              Procedure
                                Step 1   On the menu bar, click Equipment.
                                Step 2   In the Navigation Pane, on the Equipment tab, expand UCS Domains > Policies.
                                Step 3   Expand ID Range Qualification Policies.
                                Step 4   Right-click the policy that you want to delete and choose Delete.
                                Step 5   If the Cisco UCS Central GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

                                Call Home Policies

                                Cisco UCS Central supports global call home policies for notifying all email recipients defined in call home profiles to specific Cisco UCS Manager events. (There is no call home support for Cisco UCS Central in this release.) Profiles define lists of email recipients that receive alert notifications (to a maximum defined message size in full text, short text, or XML format) and alert criteria for triggering notifications.

                                Alert notifications are sent with predefined content based on alert levels (including major, minor, normal, notification and warning) and selected alert groups identifying events that trigger notification (such as diagnostic, environmental, inventory, license and other predefined events). Individual email recipients may be individually added to existing profiles. Registered Cisco UCS domains choosing to define security policies globally within that client's policy resolution control will defer all call home policies to its registration with Cisco UCS Central.

                                Configuring a Call Home Policy

                                A call home policy is created from a domain group under the domain group root. Call home policies under the Domain Groups root were already created by the system and ready to configure.

                                Procedure
                                  Step 1   On the menu bar, click Operations Management.
                                  Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Domain Groups > Domain Group root.
                                  Step 3   In the Navigation pane, click Operational Policies.
                                  Step 4   In the Work pane, click CallHome.
                                  Step 5   (Optional)In the Actions area, click Create.

                                  Call home policies under the domain groups root were created by the system and ready to configure by default

                                  Step 6   In the Work pane, click the General tab.
                                  Step 7   In the Actions area, complete all applicable fields.
                                  Name Description

                                  Create button

                                  Creates an instance of the policy that will be used by all Cisco UCS domains included in the selected domain group.

                                  Import button

                                  Allows you to import the policy from one of the Cisco UCS domains registered with Cisco UCS Central.

                                  Delete button

                                  Deletes the instance of the policy defined for the selected domain group.

                                  After you delete the policy, it remains greyed-out until you click Save. When you do so, Cisco UCS Central deletes the policy and any configuration data you may have specified. While you can create a new instance of the policy later, you cannot restore the configuration data from a deleted instance.

                                  To cancel the delete request, click Reset.

                                  State field

                                  Whether Call Home is used for the Cisco UCS domains included in the Cisco UCS Central domain group. This can be one of the following:

                                  • Off—Call Home is not used for the Cisco UCS domains.

                                  • On—Cisco UCS generates Call Home alerts based on the Call Home policies and profiles defined in the domain group.

                                  Note   

                                  If this field is set to On, Cisco UCS Central GUI displays the rest of the fields on this tab.

                                  Throttling field

                                  Whether the system limits the number of duplicate messages received for the same event. This can be one of the following:

                                  • On—If the number of duplicate messages sent exceeds 30 messages within a 2-hour time frame, then the system discards further messages for that alert type.

                                  • Off—The system sends all duplicate messages, regardless of how many are encountered.

                                  Phone field

                                  The telephone number for the main contact.

                                  Enter the number in international format, starting with a + (plus sign) and a country code. You can use hyphens but not parentheses.

                                  Email field

                                  The email address for the main contact.

                                  Cisco Smart Call Home sends the registration email to this email address.

                                  Note   

                                  If an email address includes special characters, such as # (hash), spaces, or & (ampersand), the email server may not be able to deliver email messages to that address. Cisco recommends that you use email addresses which comply with RFC2821 and RFC2822 and include only 7bit ASCII characters.

                                  Address field

                                  The mailing address for the main contact.

                                  Enter up to 255 ASCII characters.

                                  From field

                                  The email address that should appear in the From field on Call Home alert messages sent by the system.

                                  Reply To field

                                  The return email address that should appear in the From field on Call Home alert messages sent by the system.

                                  Switch Priority drop-down list

                                  This can be one of the following:

                                  • Alerts

                                  • Critical

                                  • Debugging

                                  • Emergencies

                                  • Errors

                                  • Information

                                  • Notifications

                                  • Warnings

                                  Hostname field

                                  The IP address or hostname of the SMTP server.

                                  Note   

                                  If you use a hostname rather than an IPv4 or IPv6 address, you must configure a DNS server. If the Cisco UCS domain is not registered with Cisco UCS Central or DNS management is set to local, configure a DNS server in Cisco UCS Manager. If the Cisco UCS domain is registered with Cisco UCS Central and DNS management is set to global, configure a DNS server in Cisco UCS Central.

                                  Port field

                                  The port number the system should use to talk to the SMTP server.

                                  Enter an integer between 1 and 65535. The default is 25.

                                  Customer ID field

                                  The CCO ID that includes the contract numbers for the support contract in its entitlements.

                                  Enter up to 510 ASCII characters.

                                  Contract ID field

                                  The Call Home contract number for the customer.

                                  Enter up to 510 ASCII characters.

                                  Site field

                                  The unique Call Home identification number for the customer site.

                                  Enter up to 510 ASCII characters.
                                  Step 8   In the Work pane, click the Profiles tab.
                                  Step 9   In the Actions area, complete all applicable fields.
                                  Name Description

                                  Create button

                                  Creates an instance of the policy that will be used by all Cisco UCS domains included in the selected domain group.

                                  Import button

                                  Allows you to import the policy from one of the Cisco UCS domains registered with Cisco UCS Central.

                                  Delete button

                                  Deletes the instance of the policy defined for the selected domain group.

                                  After you delete the policy, it remains greyed-out until you click Save. When you do so, Cisco UCS Central deletes the policy and any configuration data you may have specified. While you can create a new instance of the policy later, you cannot restore the configuration data from a deleted instance.

                                  To cancel the delete request, click Reset.

                                  Filter button

                                  Allows you to filter the data in the table. When you apply a filter, this button name changes to Filter (on).

                                  Create Profile button

                                  Allows you to create a Call Home profile.

                                  Add Email Recipient button

                                  Allows you to add an email recipient to an existing Call Home profile.

                                  Properties button

                                  Displays detailed properties for the object selected in the table.

                                  Delete button

                                  Deletes the object selected in the table.

                                  Name column

                                  The name of the Call Home profile.

                                  Level column

                                  The lowest fault level that triggers the profile.

                                  Cisco UCS generates a Call Home alert for every fault that is at or above this level.

                                  Alert Groups column

                                  The group or groups that are alerted based on this Call Home profile.

                                  Step 10   In the Work pane, click the Policies tab.
                                  Step 11   In the Actions area, complete all applicable fields.
                                  Name Description

                                  Create button

                                  Creates an instance of the policy that will be used by all Cisco UCS domains included in the selected domain group.

                                  Import button

                                  Allows you to import the policy from one of the Cisco UCS domains registered with Cisco UCS Central.

                                  Delete button

                                  Deletes the instance of the policy defined for the selected domain group.

                                  After you delete the policy, it remains greyed-out until you click Save. When you do so, Cisco UCS Central deletes the policy and any configuration data you may have specified. While you can create a new instance of the policy later, you cannot restore the configuration data from a deleted instance.

                                  To cancel the delete request, click Reset.

                                  Filter button

                                  Allows you to filter the data in the table. When you apply a filter, this button name changes to Filter (on).

                                  Create Policy button

                                  Allows you to create a new Call Home policy.

                                  Properties button

                                  Displays detailed properties for the object selected in the table.

                                  Delete button

                                  Deletes the object selected in the table.

                                  Cause column

                                  The event that triggers the alert. Each policy defines whether an alert is sent for one type of event.

                                  State column

                                  If this is enabled, Cisco UCS uses this policy when an error matching the associated cause is encountered. Otherwise, Cisco UCS ignores this policy even if a matching error occurs.

                                  By default, all policies are enabled.
                                  Step 12   In the Work pane, click the System Inventory tab.
                                  Step 13   In the Actions area, complete all applicable fields.
                                  Name Description

                                  Create button

                                  Creates an instance of the policy that will be used by all Cisco UCS domains included in the selected domain group.

                                  Import button

                                  Allows you to import the policy from one of the Cisco UCS domains registered with Cisco UCS Central.

                                  Delete button

                                  Deletes the instance of the policy defined for the selected domain group.

                                  After you delete the policy, it remains greyed-out until you click Save. When you do so, Cisco UCS Central deletes the policy and any configuration data you may have specified. While you can create a new instance of the policy later, you cannot restore the configuration data from a deleted instance.

                                  To cancel the delete request, click Reset.

                                  Send Periodically field

                                  If this field is set to on, Cisco UCS sends the system inventory to the Call Home database. When the information is sent depends on the other fields in this area.

                                  Send Interval field

                                  The number of days that should pass between automatic system inventory data collection.

                                  Enter an integer between 1 and 30.

                                  Hour of Day to Send field

                                  The hour that the data should be sent using the 24-hour clock format.

                                  Minute of Hour to Send field

                                  The number of minutes after the hour that the data should be sent.

                                  Step 14   Click Save.

                                  Deleting a Call Home Policy

                                  A call home policy is deleted from a domain group under the domain group root. Call home policies under the domain groups root cannot be deleted.

                                  Deleting a call home policy will remove all profiles, policies and system inventory settings within that policy.

                                  Procedure
                                    Step 1   On the menu bar, click Operations Management.
                                    Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Domain Groups > Domain Group root.
                                    Step 3   In the Navigation pane, click Operational Policies.
                                    Step 4   In the Work pane, click CallHome.
                                    Step 5   In the Actions area, click Delete.

                                    A policy that is deleted will inherit its settings from its domain group's parent until it is reconfigured.

                                    Step 6   Click Save.

                                    Configuring a Profile for a Call Home Policy

                                    Before You Begin

                                    Before configuring a profile for a call home policy in a domain group under the Domain Group root, this profile and policy must first be created.

                                    Procedure
                                      Step 1   On the menu bar, click Operations Management.
                                      Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Domain Groups > Domain Group root.
                                      Step 3   Under the Domain Groups root node, click Operational Policies.
                                      Step 4   In the Work pane, click CallHome.
                                      Step 5   In the Work pane, click the Profiles tab.
                                      Step 6   In the Actions area, click Create Profile and complete all applicable fields.
                                      1. In the Create Profile dialog, click and complete the following fields:
                                        Name Description

                                        Name field

                                        The user-defined name for this profile.

                                        Level field

                                        The lowest fault level that triggers the profile. Cisco UCS generates a Call Home alert for each fault that is at or above this level.

                                        This can be one of the following:

                                        • critical

                                        • debug

                                        • disaster

                                        • fatal

                                        • major

                                        • minor

                                        • normal

                                        • notification

                                        • warning

                                      2. In the Alert Groups area, complete the following fields:
                                        Name Description

                                        Alert Groups field

                                        The group or groups that are alerted based on this Call Home profile. This can be one or more of the following:

                                        • ciscoTac

                                        • diagnostic

                                        • environmental

                                        • inventory

                                        • license

                                        • lifeCycle

                                        • linecard

                                        • supervisor

                                        • syslogPort

                                        • system

                                        • test

                                      3. In the Email Configuration area, complete the following fields:
                                        Name Description

                                        Format field

                                        This can be one of the following:

                                        • xml—A machine readable format that uses Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Adaptive Messaging Language (AML) XML schema definition (XSD). This format enables communication with the Cisco Systems Technical Assistance Center.

                                        • fullTxt—A fully formatted message with detailed information that is suitable for human reading.

                                        • shortTxt—A one or two line description of the fault that is suitable for pagers or printed reports.

                                        Max Message Size field

                                        The maximum message size that is sent to the designated Call Home recipients.

                                        Enter an integer between 1 and 5000000. The default is 5000000.

                                        For full text and XML messages, the maximum recommended size is 5000000. For short text messages, the maximum recommended size is 100000. For the Cisco TAC alert group, the maximum message size must be 5000000.
                                      4. In the Email Recipients area, complete the following fields:
                                        Name Description

                                        Filter button

                                        Allows you to filter the data in the table. When you apply a filter, this button name changes to Filter (on).

                                        Add Email Recipients button

                                        Allows you to add an email recipient.

                                        Properties button

                                        Displays detailed properties for the object selected in the table.

                                        Delete button

                                        Deletes the object selected in the table.

                                        Email column

                                        The email address of the recipient.

                                      5. Click OK.
                                      Step 7   Click Save.

                                      Adding Email Recipients to a Call Home Profile

                                      Before You Begin

                                      Before adding email recipients to a profile for a call home policy, this profile must first be created.

                                      Procedure
                                        Step 1   On the menu bar, click Operations Management.
                                        Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Domain Groups > Domain Group root.
                                        Step 3   Under the Domain Groups root node, click Operational Policies.
                                        Step 4   In the Work pane, click CallHome.
                                        Step 5   In the Work pane, click the Profiles tab.
                                        Step 6   In the Work pane, click an existing profile for adding the email recipient.
                                        Step 7   In the Action are, click Add Email Recipients.
                                        Step 8   In the Add Email Recipients dialog box, enter an email address for the recipient.
                                        Step 9   Click OK.
                                        Step 10   Click Save.

                                        Deleting a Profile for a Call Home Policy

                                        Procedure
                                          Step 1   On the menu bar, click Operations Management.
                                          Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Domain Groups > Domain Group root.
                                          Step 3   Under the Domain Groups root node, click Operational Policies.
                                          Step 4   In the Work pane, click CallHome.
                                          Step 5   In the Actions area, click the profile in call home you want to delete.

                                          You can also right-click the profile in call home you want to delete to access that option. A profile that is deleted will inherit its settings from its domain group's parent until it is reconfigured.

                                          Step 6   In the Actions area, click Delete.

                                          Deleting a profile for a call home policy will delete all email recipients and other settings defined for that profile.

                                          Step 7   If Cisco UCS Central GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

                                          Configuring a Policy for a Call Home Policy

                                          Before You Begin

                                          Before configuring a policy for a call home policy under a domain group, this policy must first be created. Policies for call home policies under the Domain Groups root were already created by the system and ready to configure.

                                          Procedure
                                            Step 1   On the menu bar, click Operations Management.
                                            Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Domain Groups > Domain Group root.
                                            Step 3   Under the Domain Groups root node, click Operational Policies.
                                            Step 4   In the Work pane, click CallHome.
                                            Step 5   In the Work pane, click the Policies tab.
                                            Step 6   In the Actions area, click Create Policy and complete all applicable fields.
                                            1. In the Create Policy dialog, click and complete the following fields:
                                              Name Description

                                              State field

                                              If this is enabled, Cisco UCS uses this policy when an error matching the associated cause is encountered. Otherwise, Cisco UCS ignores this policy even if a matching error occurs.

                                              By default, all policies are enabled.

                                              Cause field

                                              The event that triggers the alert. Each policy defines whether an alert is sent for one type of event.

                                              You cannot change the cause after the policy has been saved.
                                            2. Click OK.
                                            Step 7   Click Save.

                                            Deleting a Policy for a Call Home Policy

                                            Procedure
                                              Step 1   On the menu bar, click Operations Management.
                                              Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Domain Groups > Domain Group root.
                                              Step 3   Under the Domain Groups root node, click Operational Policies.
                                              Step 4   In the Navigation pane, click Operational Policies.
                                              Step 5   In the Work pane, click CallHome.
                                              Step 6   In the Actions area, click the policy in call home you want to delete.

                                              You can also right-click the policy in call home you want to delete to access that option. A policy that is deleted will inherit its settings from its domain group's parent until it is reconfigured.

                                              Step 7   If Cisco UCS Central GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

                                              Port Configuration

                                              You can configure the fixed and expansion module ports in a Fabric Interconnect from Cisco UCS Central for both classic and mini Cisco UCS domains.

                                              • Ethernet ports: By default the Ethernet ports are unconfigured. You can configure an Ethernet port as a Server Port or an Uplink Port in any Cisco UCS domain from Cisco UCS Central .

                                                • Server ports handle the data traffic between the fabric interconnect and the adapter cards on the servers.

                                                • Uplink ports handles Ethernet traffic between the fabric interconnect and the next layer of the network. All network-bound Ethernet traffic is pinned to one of these ports.

                                              • Scalability ports: Mini Cisco UCS domain has the scalability port. You can configure this scalability port only as a Server Port.

                                              When you configure a port on a fabric interconnect, the administrative state is automatically set to enabled. You can disable the port after it is configured.


                                              Note

                                              You can perform these two types of port configuration from Cisco UCS Central. All other port configuration options are available for you from Cisco UCS Manager. For more details on port configuration, see Configuring Ports and Port Channels section in Cisco UCS Manager Configuration Guides.

                                              Configuring Ethernet Port

                                              You can configure the Ethernet port either as a Server Port or as an Uplink Port. When you configure the port, the port is automatically enabled. You can also Disable or UnConfigure a port.

                                              Procedure
                                                Step 1   From Domains tab, click Equipment > UCS Domains.
                                                Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Domain Groups or Ungrouped Domains as applicable.
                                                Step 3   In the Navigation pane, expand the UCS Domain name and expand Fabric Interconnects > Fabric Interconnect A or B > Fixed Module 1 or 2 and click Ethernet Ports.

                                                The Work pane displays a list of available Ethernet ports in this module.

                                                Step 4   Right click on one of the ports to display port configuration options.
                                                Step 5   Depending on your requirement, click Configure as Server Port or Configure as Uplink Port.
                                                Step 6   In the confirmation dialog box, click OK.

                                                Cisco UCS Central communicates the configuration to the port through the registered Cisco UCS domain. Make sure to wait for the configuration to take effect before performing any actions on the port.

                                                Configuring Scalability Port

                                                You can configure the Scalability port only as a Server Port. When you configure the port, the port is automatically enabled. You can also Disable or UnConfigure a port.

                                                Procedure
                                                  Step 1   From Domains tab, click Equipment > UCS Domains.
                                                  Step 2   In the Navigation pane, expand Domain Groups or Ungrouped Domains as applicable.
                                                  Step 3   In the Navigation pane, expand the UCS Domain name and expand Fabric Interconnects > Fabric Interconnect A or B > Fixed Module 1 or 2 > Ethernet Port and click Scalability Port.

                                                  The Work pane displays a list of available Scalability ports in this module.

                                                  Step 4   Right click on one of the ports to display port configuration options.
                                                  Step 5   Click Configure as Server Port.

                                                  The option to Configure as Uplink Port is disabled because you cannot configure the scalability port as an uplink port.

                                                  Step 6   In the confirmation dialog box, click OK.

                                                  Cisco UCS Central communicates the configuration to the port through the registered Cisco UCS domain. Make sure to wait for the configuration to take effect before performing any actions on the port.