Installing Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent

This chapter contains the following sections:

Installing Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent on VMware vSphere

Before you begin

  • You must have system administrator privileges for VMware vSphere or vCenter.

  • If you want to use a static IP address rather than DHCP, you must know the following information:

    • IP address

    • Subnet mask

    • Default gateway

Procedure

Step 1

On the Cisco.com download site for Cisco UCS Director, download Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent and unzip the OVF file.

Step 2

Log in to VMware vSphere Client.

Step 3

In the Navigation pane, click the vSphere host on which you want to deploy Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent.

Step 4

Choose File > Deploy OVF Template.

Step 5

On the Source screen of the Deploy OVF Template window, do one of the following to choose your OVF source location and then click Next:

  • If the OVF file is stored on your local computer, browse to the location, choose the file, and click Open.
  • If the OVF file is stored on a server on your local area network, enter the location of the file including the IP address or fully qualified domain name of the server.
Step 6

On the OVF Template Details screen, verify the details and click Next.

Step 7

On the End User License Agreement screen, review the license agreement and click Accept.

Step 8

On the Name and Location screen, do the following:

  1. In the Name field, enter a unique name for the VM.

  2. In the Inventory Location area, choose the location where you want the VM to reside.

  3. Click Next.

Step 9

On the Storage screen, choose the storage location for the VM and click Next.

Step 10

On the Disk Format screen, click Next to accept the default radio button for Thick Provision (Lazy Zeroed) format.

Step 11

On the Network Mapping screen, choose the network for the VM and click Next.

Step 12

On the Properties screen, do the following:

  1. Configure the IP addresses for both the NICs (eth0 and eth1) that you want to assign, as follows:

    • To use DHCP to assign the IP addresses, leave the default of 0.0.0.0 in the IP address fields.

    • To use static IP addresses, enter the desired IP addresses in the IP address fields. If you only want to configure one NIC, only complete one set of IP addresses and leave the second set at the default.

  2. Check the Enable BMA Migration check box to enable the BMA migration process.

    By default, Enable BMA Migration check box is enabled. For new OVF deployment, you can uncheck the Enable BMA Migration check box to disable the BMA migration process.

    Note 

    You can also log on to the Bare Metal Agent VM using SSH client as 'shelladmin' user and choose the BMA Migration option and press Enter.

  3. Specify the existing BareMetal Agent (6.7.4.x) IP address, if you have checked the Enable BMA Migration check box. Otherwise, enter the IP address as 0.0.0.0.

  4. In the Existing BareMetal Agent (6.7.4.x) Root Password section, enter the password in the Enter password and Confirm password fields.

  5. Click Next.

Step 13

On the Ready to Complete screen, verify the settings and click Finish.

A message appears to indicate that Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent is being deployed.

Step 14

On the Navigation pane, right-click the VM host and choose Edit Settings.

Step 15

Make sure that the VM host has sufficient resources to power on.

For more information about the required resources, see Minimum System Requirements.

Step 16

Power on the VM.

Note 

Make sure that Cisco UCS Director is successfully migrated to version 6.8.0.0.
Important 

During the migration process, dhcpd.conf file of Bare Metal Agent (6.7.4.X) appliance is copied into the new Bare Metal Agent (6.8.0.0) appliance in the /etc/dhcp path. You can check the migration status using the Migration Status option. For more information, see Viewing the Bare Metal Agent Migration Status. When the migration status is displayed as completed, you can login to the Bare Metal Agent (6.8.0.0) appliance and navigate to the path /etc/dhcp and perform the following:

  • Execute cp legacy_bma_dhcpd.conf_bak /etc/dhcpd.conf.

  • Restart the DHCPD services using service dhcpd restart command.

Installing Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent on Microsoft Hyper-V


Note

We recommend that you deploy Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent on the Hyper-V Manager host, rather than the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) console.

Before you begin

  • You must have system administrator privileges for Microsoft Hyper-V.

  • If you want to use a static IP address rather than DHCP, you must know the following information:

    • IP address

    • Subnet mask

    • Default gateway

Procedure

Step 1

On the Cisco.com download site for Cisco UCS Director, download Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent and unzip the *.vhd file into a folder.

Step 2

Log into the Hyper-V host.

Step 3

Choose Start > Administrative Tools to open Hyper-V Manager.

Step 4

On the Hyper-V Manager screen, choose Action > New Virtual Machine.

Step 5

In the Before You Begin pane, click Next to accept the custom configuration option.

Step 6

In the Specify Name and Location pane, enter a unique name for the virtual machine (VM) name in the Name field.

Step 7

In the Name and Location pane, do the following:

  1. Check the Store the virtual machine in a different location checkbox.

  2. Enter the alternate location.

  3. Click Next.

Step 8

In the Assign Memory pane, enter the amount of memory to allocate to this VM (3 GB minimum) and click Next.

Step 9

In the Configure Networking pane, in the Connection field, click Next to accept the Not Connected default option.

Step 10

In the Connect Virtual Hard Disk pane, click Next to accept the Attach a virtual disk later default option.

Step 11

In the Completing the New Virtual Machine Wizard pane, verify the settings and click Finish.

Step 12

In the left pane, right-click the VM and choose Edit Settings.

Step 13

Delete the existing network adapter and click Apply.

Step 14

In the Navigation pane, click Processor.

Step 15

In the Number of virtual processors field, enter 2 vCPU.

Step 16

In the Navigation pane, click Add Hardware.

Step 17

In the Add Hardware pane, choose the Legacy Network Adapter and click OK.

Step 18

In the Legacy Network Adapter pane, in the Virtual Switch drop-down list, choose the virtual network device.

Step 19

In the Navigation pane, click IDE Controller.

Step 20

In the IDE Controller pane, choose Hard Drive and click Add.

Step 21

Browse to the .vhd file and choose it.

Step 22

Click Apply, and then click OK.

Step 23

Power on the VM to configure network properties.

Optionally, you can configure network properties from the Shell Admin.

Note 

Make sure that Cisco UCS Director is successfully migrated to version 6.8.0.0.
Note 

Only when a BMA appliance is associated with a Cisco UCS Director, the dbkeys and dbcreds files are copied to a specific location in the BMA appliance to establish successful connectivity to the Cisco UCS Director. After installing the BMA, you need to add the BMA appliance to Cisco UCS Director.

Step 24

After successful deployment, log on to the Bare Metal Agent VM using SSH client as 'shelladmin' user to migrate the Bare Metal Agent. For more information, see Bare Metal Agent Migration Using Shelladmin Script.

What to do next

After Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent has started, configure DHCP or a static IP address.