UCS Additional Management

Cisco IMC Supervisor Managing Standalone C-Series and E-Series Servers at Scale

Available Cisco IMC Supervisor Centralized Management for Cisco C-Series & E-Series Servers Reduce costs and increase efficiency in managing Cisco Standalone Servers Platforms Supported: C-Series M3 & M4 Servers E-Series M1 & M2 Servers IMC Supervisor Core Features: Platform Hardware Inventory Hardware Health Status vKVM Launcher (Incl. vMedia) Firmware Inventory + Mgmt Call Home (E-mail Alerting) Scale: FCS Target: 1,000 Servers

IMC Supervisor Product Use Cases Provide customers a tool that will enable centralized management for Standalone (Non-UCS Manager) C-Series and E-Series Servers located across one or more sites. • Remote/Branch-Office (ROBO) • Agency Customers • Retail Customers • SMB Customers Paris Chicago Moscow San Jose Seoul Amsterdam Lima Beijing IMC Supervisor

IMC Supervisor Features & Capabilities IMC Supervisor enables: Hardware Health Status (Monitoring) Platform Hardware Inventory Platform Management with vKVM Launcher Firmware Inventory + Management Call Home (E-mail Alerting – Critical Faults) Platform Grouping & Tagging Group Discovery

Monitoring Data Presented in List & Graphical views Fault Data is available: Globally Filtered by Group Dashboard View Available

Platform Inventory Platform Information (Summary) Processors Memory Power Supplies PCI Adaptors (Including VIC) Network Adapters Storage Adapters Trusted Platform Module Logs Fault Log Cisco IMC Log System Event Log

Manage & Control System Perform Platform Management Tasks including: Launch vKVM Power On Power Off Shut Down Power Cycle Launch WebUI Enable LED Set Label

Call Home E-Mail Alerting E-Mails can be configured to send when there is a critical fault on managed system Call Home E-Mail Alerting Critical Fault Recorded E-Mail Notification Sent

Firmware Updates Manage firmware across systems Download Firmware with Cisco ID (C220 M3/C240 M3) Use existing (CIFS/NFS) repositories Update 1+ systems concurrently (Using HUU) Step 1: Identify Image Step 2: Select Image Step 3: Select System(s)

Grouping & Tagging Systems can be grouped & tagged for easy sorting and identification Groups: Sorted using left navigation menu Tags are metadata labels that can be applied across groups Groups: Primary sorting mechanism Tags: User defined Metadata that can be assigned by system

Managed System Discovery Systems can be discovered: By Individual System By Discovery Profile IP Range Subnet Comma separated list CSV file Discovery profiles can be re- run at any time

Qualified Platforms: Minimum supported firmware: C-Series Servers* Cisco UCS C220 M3*** Cisco UCS C240 M3*** Cisco UCS C220 M4*** Cisco UCS C240 M4*** Cisco UCS C460 M4 Cisco UCS C22 M3 Cisco UCS C24 M3 Cisco UCS C420 M3 E-Series Servers** UCS-EN120E M2 UCS-EN120S M2 UCS–E140S M2*** UCS-E160D M2*** UCS-E 180D M2 UCS-E140S M1 UCS-E 140D M1 UCS-E160D M1 UCS-E 140DP M1 UCS-E 160DP M1 Minimum supported firmware: * C-Series: 1.5(4) and later ** E-Series: 2.3.1 and later *** Server Verification Complete

Any combination Up to 1,000 Servers Licensing Guide to Licensing IMC Supervisor Base License PID Terms and Conditions Acceptance PID Server enablement Licenses (Combinations up to 1,000 servers) Optional: Support licenses (Combinations up to 1,000 servers) Description License PID Min Max Support PID IMC Supervisor Base License CIMC-SUP-BASE-K9= 1 N/A Terms & Conditions Acceptance (Req’d) CIMC-SUP-TERM 100 Server Enablement CIMC-SUP-B01= Any combination Up to 1,000 Servers CON-SAU-SUPB01 250 Server Enablement CIMC-SUP-B02= CON-SAU-SUPB02 1,000 Server Enablement CIMC-SUP-B010= CON-SAU-SUPB10

IMC Supervisor Evaluation Mid-Dec IMC Supervisor Evaluation An evaluation license can be requested through CCW which provides customers the following for the purpose of product evaluation: 60 days Up to 50 servers All features & capabilities included Continue use with license key PIDs: EVAL-CIMC-SUP-BAS & EVAL-CIMC-SUP (Both Required) Monitoring Inventory Management & KVM Firmware Management E-Mail Alerts (Critical)

UCS Central

Unified KVM Launcher KVM launch from any screen will allow a connection to any valid KVM IP address on that system (IPv4 Inband, IPv6 Inband, IPv4 Out of Band)

Precision Boot Order Control Boot policy now supports additional options including Local Drives, SD Card, Remote Virtual Device, etc. Requires UCS Manager 2.2(2c), UCS Manager 3.0(1) or later.

Fault Summary Display Enhancements Top panel has been improved to show critical information in a rotating pane. UCS Domain Fault Summary : Similar to previous functionality UCS Central Fault Summary : New in UCS Central Release 1.2 Shows UCS Central faults Pending Changes Summary : New in UCS Central Release 1.2 Shows Pending UCS Central acknowledgements

Improved Remote Site Network Connections UCS Central to UCS Manager communication is tested and supported with the equivalent of a basic consumer grade DSL connection 1.5 Mbps minimum bandwidth to remote site 500 ms maximum latency Improved handling of temporary disconnects to remote sites Improved file transfer using http instead of NFS – applicable to UCS Manager 3.0(1) and later

Why Should Customers Use UCS Central? Feature Functions Benefit Information Dashboard Centralized hardware inventory, centralized faults/logs, and up to one year of statistics across UCS Mini and Classic UCS domains Improved visibility across local and remote domains reduces the administrative time to monitor, troubleshoot, inventory, and do capacity planning Centralized Backup Scheduled backup of UCS Manager and UCS Central instances. Automated backups to a central location improves resiliency with minimal administrative impact Administrative Configuration Cross-domain administrative settings and cross-domain ID pools that new UCS Manager instances have access to upon registration Set up new domains in minutes with limited administrative effort while maintaining cross-domain consistency saving hours of set up time per domain. Operational Control Global policies and settings that can deployed and enforced across domains Policy and settings standardization and enforcement across domains helps ensure compliance, reduces configuration issues, and reduces troubleshooting time. Workload Mobility Global Service Profiles with optional site specific settings for localization Consistent deployments across UCS domains with the flexibility to quickly provision, de-provision, or move workloads between servers or domains.

UCS Director

Cisco UCS Director Dramatically streamlines delivery of data center infrastructure Reduces steps to provision new infrastructure by 88.4%1 IT silos migrate to unified provisioning & management Delivers consistency & speed to business Principled Technologies, “Simplify server provisioning with Cisco UCS Director, December, 2014”

UCS Director Value UCS Director Acts as orchestra conductor across: compute, network, storage & virtualization Replaces manual management of each layer with automated workflows Helps to remove silos from IT teams and IT resources IT manages data center resources as single “team” with unified management Across physical and virtual resources Unfettered IT admins can now focus on new services for business

Seamless Infrastructure Management on UCS Director Remote Office Core Enterprise Applications and Data Analytics Scale-Out Workloads COMPUTE NETWORK STORAGE UCS Director Express Bare-metal Manage across facilities Unify compute, network, storage – physical and virtualized Rapid, low-cost infrastructure deployment based on application requirements Consistent, robust deployment every time Application optimized infrastructure New! Hyper-V support for Citrix networking New! VACS Integrated application containers New! UCS Mini and E-Series support

UCS Director: Multi-vendor Support Agility and Simplicity for Virtualized and Bare-Metal IT Services Open API for Integration End Users IT Admins IT Operations Self Service Portal Admin / End User Console Service Request Approvals Metering / Utilization OS, VM, App Deployment Policy Manager Resource Pools Consumption Cost Model Physical Infrastructure UCS Nexus Virtual Infrastructure Cisco ASAv ISE Cisco VACS Centralized Lifecycle Management of Physical and Virtualization Infrastructure

How Does it Work? Abstraction of applications, hardware and software into programmable tasks Tasks used to create automated workflows API attached to task eliminating scripting Pre-validated, run immediately after creation Workflows published into service catalog Dynamic orchestration that keeps business moving No other vendor that offers this capability Workflow to provision VMWare Virtual Machine using ISO Image

UCS Director Centralized Data Center Automation Network Service Containers Heterogeneous & UCS-based Integrated Infrastructures UCS MANAGER/ CENTRAL / IMC Supervisor APIC VACS ACI & Nexus Fabric Pre-defined virtual network services in 6 steps Manage single, multiple UCS domains Branch/remote offices

What’s New

Cisco UCS Director Version 5.2 UCS Director Platform Network Enhancements Compute Enhancements Virtualization Installation Wizards for FlexPod, VSPEX, vBlock and Bare Metal Agent Metering: Support for daily and weekly costing Integration with Prime Service Catalog Citrix networking within Microsoft Private Cloud Hyper-V support for Nexus 1000V Network Level Topology Reports Nexus 1000K support in Hyper-V UCS Mini UCS-Auburn 1.2 UCS E-Series HP Onboard Administrator 4.3 Robust Hyper-V task library All network models Linux guest customization Management enhancements VMware: Support for NetApp VSC Linked Clone in VDC

Part of CiscoONE Software Compute UCS

Virtual Services Portfolio UCS Director & Nexus 1000V Virtual Application Container Services (VACS) Virtual Application Container Services Provision virtual & physical containers in < six logical steps through UCS Director Containers are regulatory compliant Single license for all components N1000V, CSR 1000V, VSG Licensed per server (50 VMs) Simplicity Automatically defines & deploys secure containers for server admins Deploys on multiple hypervisors Cisco UCS Director Container A Container B Virtual Services Portfolio vPath VMware vSphere Microsoft HyperV

Summary Unified provisioning and management reduces complexity Superior management across physical & virtual resources for consistent service delivery Faster IT = faster business velocity

Summary UCS Director allows IT to deliver “faster” Superior IaaS management across physical & virtual resources ensures consistent service delivery to your business Automated application containers speed infrastructure automation and deployment of applications Enhancements across multiple vendors and public SDK broadens UCS Director’s ability to reduce your data center complexity

Cisco UCS Director Positioning INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION FOR CLOUD Cloud management – private, public, hybrid cloud UCS DIRECTOR Unified infrastructure Automation for compute, storage, network – physical & virtual Heterogeneous & Integrated Infrastructure APIC Manages Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and Nexus fabric Multiple UCS domains UCS CENTRAL Single UCS domain UCS MANAGER

UCS Director with UCS Manager and UCS Central UCS Director with multiple UCS Manager instances UCS Director with UCS Central Hardware Inventory Inventory collected on a domain by domain basis Centralized inventory including domain groups and sub-groups collected from a single UCS Central source Creation of ID pools One or more domain specific ID pools One global ID pool that spans domains Policy Creation Create server, network, and storage polices in each domain Create server, network and storage policies that span multiple domains for consistency Service Profiles & Templates One or more domain specific Service Profiles or Templates One Service Profile or template that is available across domains Service Profile Mobility Migrate Service Profile to another server in the same domain Migrate Service Profile to another server in a different domain

UCS Director and UCS Central Usage Examples Use UCS Director to automate the registration of new UCS Manager instances with UCS Central Use UCS Director to create Global ID pools, global policies, and Global Service Profile Templates in UCS Central. UCS Director calls UCS Central to provision a Global Service Profile using Global ID pools, global policies, and a Global Service Profile template. UCS Director also executes other workflows in sequence to provision storage, network, hypervisor, and OS in addition to setting up the UCS environment. UCS Director calls UCS Central to re-assign a Global Service Profile to another server in a different UCS domain in the same data center. UCS Director calls UCS Central to re-assign a Global Service Profile to a different server in a different data center. UCS Director runs other workflows in proper sequence to ensure that storage, network, hypervisor, OS and other settings are set correctly.