New and Changed Information for this Release
The following tables provides an overview of the significant changes to this guide for this current release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to this guide or of all new features in this release.
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At initial login, you are prompted to change your password. |
After upgrading to this release, when you login to the administrator portal for the first time, you are prompted to change your default password. To reset your admin password at initial login, you should have reset the SSH root and shelladmin passwords. |
Initial Login |
Support for synchronizing users configured in Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE). |
Starting with this release, you can sychronize and retrieve user accounts created in Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE) by integrating a Cisco ISE server with Cisco UCS Director. This feature is available only with Cisco UCS Director Base Platform pack release 6.7.3.1. |
Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE) Integration Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE) Server Integration |
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Icon to represent device claim status |
Starting with this release, the header pane of the user interface includes an icon to indicate if the device is claimed or not in Cisco Intersight. This icon is visible only to administrator users.
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Connector Pack Upgrade notification |
When you log in to Cisco UCS Director, a notification message indicating that connector packs are available for upgrade is displayed. |
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Introduction of the Service Request Quick View panel |
The header pane of the user interface has a new icon that launches the Service Request Quick View panel. It displays the 25 most recent service requests that are in the following states:
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Introduction of read-only access for orchestration workflow information. |
As an administrator with read-only privileges in the system, (users such as network administrators or storage administrators), you have read-only privileges to access workflow information in the user interface. The Orchestration page in the user interface includes new options, View and Workflow Designer, that you can use to view workflow task information either in a textual summary format or in a graphical representation. All workflow task information that is displayed is read-only. |
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Enhancements to SSL certificates |
Cisco UCS Director now requires a self-signed SSL certificate. As an administrator, you can generate a self-signed certificate from the user interface. Do not use this self-signed certificate for the Device Connector. |
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Ability to upgrade the Base Platform Pack and the System Update Manager |
This release introduces the capability to update the following components of the Cisco UCS Director software:
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