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Global service profiles centralize the logical configuration deployed across the data center. This centralization enables the maintenance of all service profiles in the registered Cisco UCS domains from one central location, Cisco UCS Central. When you use a global service profile, you can do the following across all Cisco UCS domains that are registered with the same Cisco UCS Central:
Select a compute element for the service profile from any of the Cisco UCS domains.
Migrate the service profile from one domain to another.
Select servers from the available global server pools from any of the Cisco UCS domains.
Associate global resources such as ID pools and policies.
For more information about global service profiles, including guidelines for implementing them, see the Cisco UCS Central configuration guides.
Global service profile templates enable you to quickly create several service profiles with the same basic parameters, such as the number of vNICs and vHBAs, and with identity information drawn from the same pools. Service profile templates in Cisco UCS Central are similar to the service profile templates in Cisco UCS Manager.
At a minimum, the following pools and policies that are required for service profiles must exist in the Cisco UCS Central account:
Note | You cannot create a host firmware package in Cisco UCS Director. If you want to incorporate this policy in a service profile, import it from the Cisco UCS Central account. |
The other policies that you can include in a global service profile are optional. However, we recommend that you review the Add Service Profile dialog box. Ensure that you have created all of the policies that you want to include in the global service profile before you begin.
At a minimum, the following pools and policies that are required for service profile templates must exist in the Cisco UCS Central account:
Note | You cannot create a host firmware package in Cisco UCS Director. If you want to incorporate this policy in a service profile template, import it from the Cisco UCS Central account. |
The other policies that you can include in a service profile template are optional. However, we recommend that you review the Create Service Profile Template dialog box. Ensure that you have created all of the policies that you want to include in the template before you begin.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | In the left pane, expand Multi-Domain Managers. |
Step 3 | In the left pane, expand UCS Central Accounts and then click the Cisco UCS Central account. |
Step 4 | Click the Global Service Profile Templates tab. |
Step 5 | Click Add. |
Step 6 | In the Create Service Profile Template dialog box, enter a name and description for the service profile template. |
Step 7 | From the Organization drop-down list, choose the organization to which the global service profile template belongs. |
Step 8 | From the TemplateType drop-down list, choose one of the following: |
Step 9 | From the
following drop-down lists, choose the pools and policies that you want to
include in this service profile:
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Step 10 | From the Server Power State drop-down list, choose one of the following to set the power state that is applied to the server when it is associated with this service profile: |
Step 11 | Click Submit. |