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This document describes how to configure Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor for C-Series and E-Series Servers.
Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of these topics:
The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions:
Servers
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Minimum Firmware Version
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UCS C-series Servers |
1.5(4) and later |
UCS E-series Servers |
2.3.1 and later |
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
Cisco IMC Supervisor is a management system that allows you to manage rack mount servers on a large scale.
You can use Cisco IMC Supervisor in order to perform these tasks for a rack mount server:
1. Complete these steps in order to deploy Cisco IMC Supervisor.
Step 1. In order to download the zip file for Cisco IMC Supervisor from Cisco.com, navigate to Products > Servers-Unified Computing > Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor as shown in the image.
Step 2. Select IMC Supervisor 1.0 as shown in the image.
Step 3. Click Download as shown in the image.
Step 4. In order to deploy the Open Virtual Appliance (OVA), navigate to File >Deploy OVF Template as shown in the image.
Step 5. Continue through the step-by-step process in order to deploy the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) Template as shown in the images.
In the Disk Format pane, choose one of the radio buttons and click Next as shown in the image.
Step 6. Select the appropriate port-group for the Virtual Machine (VM) Network as shown in the image.
Step 7. Click Finish as shown in the image.
Step 8. Open the console of the VM and Accept the License agreement as shown in the image.
Step 9. Once done, enter y in order to configure a static IP as shown in the image.
Step 10. If you want to use DHCP, enter n in order to ensure that IP addresses are assigned automatically.
Step 11. If you want to use static IP address, enter y and then you are prompted to select IPv4 or IPv6. Enter V4 in order to configure IPV4 and then enter the information as shown in the images:
Note: Currently, only IPv4 is supported in order to configure static IP addresses.
Step 12. After the appliance has booted up, transfer the Cisco IMC Supervisor IP address into a supported web browser in order to access the login page.
On the Login page, enter admin as the Username and admin as Password.
Note: You can change your admin password after this initial login.
The User Interface (UI) of Cisco IMC Supervisor is as shown in the image.
2. Complete these steps in order to change the default password.
Step 1. Navigate to Administration > Users.
Step 2. Click the Login Users tab.
Step 3. From the list of users, select the user role for which you want to change the password as shown in the image.
Step 4. After you specify the new password, click Save and Click OK on the Submit Result as shown in the image.
3. Cisco IMC Supervisor requires you to have this valid licenses:
Note: Unless you have these licenses, tasks like grouping servers into a Rack Account etc., cannot be performed.
4. Perform these actions in order to discover server(s).
Step 1. Navigate to System > Physical Accounts > Discovered Devices as shown in the image.
Step 2. Click Configure.
Step 3. In the Discovery Configuration Criteria dialog box, you can either create a new profile or edit an existing profile.
Step 4. Creation of a New profile is as shown in the image.
Step 5. In the Search Criteria, you could choose the appropriate method in order to discover the servers.
Step 6. Choose IP Address List, for this example.
Step 7. Enter the IP Address of the server that you want to discover.
Step 8. Enter the User Name and the Password that you use to login to the server (CIMC credentials) as shown in the image.
Step 9. Once the profile is created, click Discover and Select Profile from the drop-down list as shown in the image.
Step 10. After you select the appropriate profile, click Submit and click OK on Submit Result as shown in the image.
Step 11. If the device(s) in your profile do not match the minimum supported criteria, the reason for the device not discovered is as listed in the Status section as shown in the image.
5. Perform this procedure when you want to add a new Rack Group in Cisco IMC Supervisor.
Step 1. Navigate to Systems > Physical Accounts > Rack Groups.
Step 2. Click Create.
Step 3. Specify a Group Name and a Description in the Create Rack Group Box.
Step 4. Click Create as shown in the image.
Step 5. Once created, the group name must show up as shown in the image.
6. Perform this procedure when you want to add a new Rack Group in Cisco IMC Supervisor.
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Step 4. | In the Create Account dialog box, complete these fields:
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Step 1. In the drop down list for Rack Group, you can either choose the Default Group or the Group that was defined earlier as shown in the image.
Step 2. Once this action is complete, the specified servers must fall under the Rack Group you select.
7. Perform this procedure in order to configure your setup mail.
Step 1. Navigate to Administration > Mail Setup.
Step 2. Enter the details requested.
Step 3. You could select the Send Test Email check box and check if you have received the test mail on the Email Address you have provided, as shown in the image.
Step 4. You must then receive the test mail as shown in the image.
Step 5. In the same section, navigate to Email Alert Rules Settings and check the Enable Alert check box as shown in the image.
Note: At this point in time (with release 1.0 of Cisco IMC Supervisor), notifications for only critical and higher level faults are supported.
Step 6. If your system encounter a critical fault, you must receive a mail as shown in the image, provided your mail setup works fine.
8. Perform this procedure when you want to upgrade the firmware.
Step 1. Navigate to Systems > Physical Accounts.
Step 2. Click the tab.
Step 3. Click Configure Profile.
Step 4. In the Download Firmware dialog box, you can either create a new profile or edit an existing profile.
Field |
Description |
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Select New from the drop-down list. |
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Field |
A descriptive name for the profile. |
drop-down list |
Choose one of these options:
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field |
Enter your Cisco login user name. |
field |
Enter your Cisco login password. |
checkbox |
(Optional) Check this checkbox in order to enable proxy configuration and complete these fields:
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Enable Proxy Authentication checkbox |
(Optional) Check this checkbox in order to enable proxy authentication and complete these fields:
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Platform drop-down list |
Choose a platform from the drop-down list. |
drop-down list |
Choose the .iso image from the drop-down list. |
Step 5. Configure a New profile as shown in the image.
Step 6. Choose Network Path as the Download Option for this example. (You have CIFS and NFS as options)
Step 7. Click Submit as shown in the image.
Step 8. Click Upgrade Image.
Step 9. Click Select... in order to select the servers that you want to upgrade as shown in the image.
Step 10. A single server is selected for this example.
Step 11. Click Select as shown in the image.
Step 12. The selected server is shown.
Step 13. Click Submit as shown in the image.
Note: If you upgrade Cisco IMC version 2.0(x), you must change the default Cisco IMC password.
Step 14. In order to check the status of the upgrade, navigate to System > Inventory and Fault Status as shown in the image.
Step 15. Expand Rack Groups, choose the appropriate group into which the servers were populated earlier.
Step 16. Click Rack Servers and choose the appropriate server.
Step 17. Once this is done, an additional row with remote options must pop up.
Step 18. Click KVM Console from this row and you can see the upgrade in action as shown in the image.
9. Perform these actions in order to extract Technical Support Data.
Step 1. Navigate to Systems > Inventory and Fault Status for Default Group.
Step 2. Expand Rack Groups and select the Rack Group which contains the server(s).
Step 3. Select Rack Servers tab as shown in the image.
Step 4. Double-click the server from the list in order to view the details or click the server from the list, then from the down arrow on the far right, click View Details as shown in the image.
Step 5. Click Tech Support tab.
Step 6. Choose the appropriate Network Type in order to upload the files as shown in the image.
Step 7. Choose TFTP for this example.
Step 8. Click Submit as shown in the image.
Step 9. The snap shot here shows that the logs were successfully uploaded to the specified location.
There is currently no verification procedure available for this configuration.
There is currently no specific troubleshooting information available for this configuration.