Table of Contents
Release Notes for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 1.0
Resolved Caveats in Release 1.0
Resolved Caveats in Release 1.0.0.1
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Documentation Roadmap
Cisco UCS Director Documentation Roadmap
Cisco UCS Documentation Roadmaps
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Notes for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 1.0
Published Date: September 05, 2014
Revised Date: November 19, 2014
This document describes the features, caveats, and limitations for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data software. Use this document in combination with documents listed in Related Documentation.
Release notes are sometimes updated with new information about restrictions and caveats. See the following website for the most recent version of the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Release Notes : http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13050/tsd_products_support_general_information.html
Table 1 shows the online change history for this document.
Overview
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data provides a single touch solution that automates deployment of Big Data infrastructure and provides a single management pane across both physical infrastructure and Hadoop software. It supports key Hadoop distributions including Cloudera, MapR, and Hortonworks.
Note Support for Hortonworks is not available in Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 1.0, and it is planned for a future release.
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data delivers end-to-end automation of Hadoop cluster deployment that allows you to spin up and expand clusters on-demand. Configuration of the physical infrastructure, which includes compute, internal storage, network, and installation of operating system, Java packages, Hadoop along with provisioning of Hadoop services are handled automatically with minimal user input. This is achieved through the innovative Cisco UCS service profiles wherein both the physical infrastructure and Hadoop configuration are incorporated into a Hadoop cluster deployment profile.
System Requirements
Table 2 lists the system requirements for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 1.0.
Installation Notes
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data is a 64-bit appliance that uses a standard virtual machine that is delivered in OVF format for VMware, and can be hosted on VMware vSphere or vCenter.
For installation instructions, see the following guide:
The installation guides are available on Cisco.com here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13050/prod_installation_guides_list.html
Patch Installation Notes
To apply the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 1.0.0.1 patch, perform the following:
1. Log into the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data VM console.
2. Stop all services and install the Cisco UCS Director, Release 5.1 patch using the cucsd_patch_5_1_0_1.zip file and start services.
3. Stop all services and install the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release1.0 patch using the cucsde_patch_1_0_0_1.zip file and start services.
4. Log into the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Baremetal Agent (BMA) server. Copy the cucsde_bma_patch_5_0_0_1.zip (BMA patch) file and extract the BMA patch file. Change directory to scripts/bin, add execute permissions to copyfiles.sh (chmod+x copyfiles.sh), and execute the copyfiles.sh (./copyfiles.sh).
5. Log into the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data GUI, and start the BMA services.
Caveats
This section includes the following topics:
Open Caveats
Table 3 lists the caveats that are open in Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 1.0.
Note Release notes information is sometimes updated after the Release Notes for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data document is published. Use the Cisco Bug Search Tool to see the most up-to-date release note information for any caveat listed in this document.
Resolved Caveats in Release 1.0
Table 4 lists the caveats that are resolved in Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 1.0.
Resolved Caveats in Release 1.0.0.1
Table 5 lists the caveats that are resolved in Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, Release 1.0.0.1.
Related Documentation
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Documentation Roadmap
For a complete list of Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data documentation, see the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Documentation Roadmap available at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-director-express/doc-roadmap/b_UCSDExpressBigData-doc-roadmap.html
Cisco UCS Director Documentation Roadmap
For a complete list of Cisco UCS Director documentation, see the Cisco UCS Director Documentation Roadmap available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-director/doc-roadmap/b_UCSDirectorDocRoadmap.html
Cisco UCS Documentation Roadmaps
For a complete list of all Cisco UCS B-Series documentation, see the Cisco UCS B-Series Servers Documentation Roadmap available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/overview/guide/UCS_roadmap.html
For a complete list of all Cisco UCS C-Series documentation, see the Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Documentation Roadmap available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/overview/guide/UCS_rack_roadmap.html
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