- Preface
- New and Changed Information for this Release
- Overview
- Managing Users and Groups
- Setting Up the End User Portal
- Managing System Administration Settings
- Managing Integration Settings
- Managing a Physical Infrastructure
- Managing a Virtual Infrastructure
- Managing Policies
- Managing Virtual Data Centers
- Managing Catalogs
- Using Self-Service Provisioning
- Multiple Disk VM Provisioning
- Using the Chargeback Module
- System Monitoring and Reporting
- Managing Lifecycles
- Managing CloudSense Analytics
Managing
Catalogs
This chapter contains the following sections:
- About Managing Catalogs
- Publishing a Catalog
- About Publishing Advanced Catalogs
- Publishing Advanced Catalogs
- Creating a Bare Metal Server Catalog
- Reordering Catalogs Within a Folder
- Accessing Hosts for Deployment
- Reordering Catalog Folders
About Managing Catalogs
You can self-provision virtual machines (VMs) and bare metal (BM) servers using predefined catalog items. Only a system administrator can create a catalog. A catalog defines parameters, such as the cloud name and the group name to which the VM is bound.
The following folders are available by default. You cannot edit or delete them.
To aid in managing catalogs, Cisco UCS Director allows you to group similar catalogs within a folder. While creating a catalog, you can choose to add it in a previously created folder, or create a new folder. A folder is visible in the system only when it contains a catalog.
The Manage Folder option on the Catalog page allows you to perform the following tasks:
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Edit a folder—Modify the name of a user-created folder or the folder icon for all folders. You cannot modify the name of a default folder.
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Delete a folder—Delete a folder from Cisco UCS Director. If this folder contains catalogs, then these catalogs are automatically moved into the folders that are available by default, based on the catalog type.
Default folders cannot be deleted.
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Re-order the list of folder—Change the order in which the folders are listed in the Catalog page. By default, folders are listed alphabetically.
If you have upgraded Cisco UCS Director to the latest version, then all catalogs created in prior versions are grouped into folders available by default, based on their catalog types.
By default, the catalogs will be displayed in a tile view format.
From the Catalog page, you can create a Service Request. Click Create Service Request, and complete the procedure documented in Creating a Service Request with Catalog Type—Standard.
![]() Note | Place the Catalogs option on the menu bar to easily access all the catalog-related options. Click your user name on the top right corner of the interface, choose the Catalogs tab in the User Information dialog box, and check the Enable Catalogs check box. |
Publishing a Catalog
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Choose the Catalog tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click Add (+). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the
Catalog
Add dialog box, select the type of catalog that you want to add.
It can be one of the following:
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Step 5 | Click Submit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | In the
Create
Catalog dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 7 | Click Next. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 8 | In the
Applications Details pane, complete the following
fields:
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Step 9 | Click Next. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 10 | In the
User
Credentials pane, complete the following fields:
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Step 11 | Click Next. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 12 | In the
Customization pane, complete the following fields:
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Step 13 | Click Next. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 14 | In the
VM
Access pane, complete the following fields:
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Step 15 | Click Next. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 16 | Review the catalog information in the Summary page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 17 | Click Submit. |
About Publishing Advanced Catalogs
When you choose the Advanced catalog type, you can provision workflow catalogs. End users can execute workflows with these catalogs during a Service Request. You create an Advanced Catalog Item by defining parameters such as Group Name and Workflow.
Publishing Advanced Catalogs
Creating a Bare Metal Server Catalog
You should have created a bare metal provisioning policy.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Choose the Catalog tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click Add (+). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the Catalog Add dialog box, choose Bare Metal as the Catalog Type. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Submit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | In the
Add
Catalog dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 7 | Click Next. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 8 | In the
Bare
Metal Workflow pane, click
Select to choose a bare metal server provisioning
workflow.
To create a bare metal workflow, you will need to include the following set of tasks at a minimum: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 9 | Click Next. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 10 | Review the catalog information in the Summary page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 11 | Click Submit. |
What to Do Next
Using this catalog, you can create a service request for bare metal servers.
Reordering Catalogs Within a Folder
By default the catalogs within a folder are listed alphabetically, but you can customize the order.
Accessing Hosts for Deployment
You can choose a catalog item to assess deployable hosts and provide a reason for hosts that are excluded. You can determine if you want to run this assessment on all configured VDCs, or on certain specific VDCs.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | Choose the Catalog tab. | ||||||
Step 3 | Choose the Catalog Entry to assess. | ||||||
Step 4 | Click Deployability Assessment. | ||||||
Step 5 | In the
Select
vDC dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 6 | Click Submit. | ||||||
Step 7 | View the Deployability Assessment report and the click Close. |
Reordering Catalog Folders
By default the catalog folders are listed alphabetically, but you can customize the order.