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Before you configure this integration, you must complete the prerequisites in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco HyperFlex System.
The following prerequisites must be completed in your Cisco HyperFlex System before you integrate it with Cisco UCS Director:
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Install the Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series node. |
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Install and configure the Cisco HyperFlex System software. |
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Create the Cisco HX Data Platform clusters in VMware vCenter. |
The following prerequisites must be completed in Cisco UCS Director before you integrate your Cisco HyperFlex System:
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Install Cisco UCS Director. |
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(Optional) Install Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent. |
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Install the Cisco UCS Director licenses. |
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Create the required groups and users. |
When you log in to Cisco UCS Director, the Converged screen is displayed. This screen displays the currently configured pods in your environment. From this screen, you can add a new pod, or you can select a pre-existing pod and view the resource details within the pod.
You can create pods manually or by using a guided setup wizard.
The HyperFlex Pod Configuration wizard guides you through the creation of a pod in Cisco UCS Director for your Cisco HyperFlex System. It automatically adds all servers in a Cisco UCS Manager account. If you use this wizard, there is no option to add only certain servers to the pod. For configuring HyperFlex pod using guided setup wizard, see Creating a HyperFlex Pod in Cisco UCS Director
A manual setup enables you to add either selected servers or all servers in a Cisco UCS Manager account based on the number of physical server licenses purchased. For manual configuration of HyperFlex pod, see Manual Configuration of HyperFlex Pod in Cisco UCS Director
After you complete the pod configuration, your Cisco HyperFlex System is available for datastore management and for VM provisioning.
You must complete all prerequisites in Prerequisites.
Complete all prerequisites in Prerequisites.
Verify that base licenses and server licenses to add Cisco UCS Manager and VMware accounts are available.
Step 1 | Create (or select a pre-existing) a HyperFlex pod. See Adding a Pod.
When selecting pod Type, choose HyperFlex pod from the drop-down list. |
Step 2 | Add (or select a pre-existing) a VMware account. See Creating a Cloud. |
Step 3 | Add (or select a pre-existing) a Cisco UCS Manager account. See Adding a Cisco UCS Manager Account.
When selecting Server Management, choose Selected Servers from the drop-down list to add specific servers to the HyperFlex pod. |
Step 4 | Add (or select a pre-existing) a HyperFlex account. See Adding a HyperFlex Account |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the Pods tab. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click Add. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the Add Pod dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 5 | Click Add. |
Add one or more accounts to the pod.
When creating a cloud, you can specify a datacenter and clusters in one of the following ways:
Within the credential policy
In the VMware Datacenter and VMware Cluster fields
From the Discover Datacenters / Clusters check box
Note | Either a datacenter within the credential policy or the VMware datacenter and VMware cluster can be selected. Specifying the datacenter in the Add Cloud dialog box and in the credential policy form results in an error. |
Add the pod to which this Cisco UCS Manager account belongs.
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Step 2 | Click the Physical Accounts tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click Add. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Step 5 | In the
Add
Account dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 6 | Click Add. |
Cisco UCS Director tests the connection to Cisco UCS Manager. If that test is successful, it adds the Cisco UCS Manager account and discovers all infrastructure elements in Cisco UCS Manager that are associated with that account, including chassis, servers, fabric interconnects, service profiles, and pools. This discovery process and inventory collection cycle takes approximately five minutes to complete.
The polling interval configured on the
tab specifies the frequency of inventory collection.Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Choose the Physical Accounts tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click Add. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the Add Account dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 5 | Click Submit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | In the Add Account dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 7 | Click Add. |
Cisco UCS Director tests the connection to Cisco HyperFlex. If that test is successful, it adds the account and discovers all infrastructure elements that are associated with that account. This discovery process and inventory collection cycle takes approximately five minutes to complete.
The polling interval configured on the
tab specifies the frequency of inventory collection.