Compatibility Matrix
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data is a single-touch solution within Cisco UCS Director that automates deployment of Big Data infrastructure. Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data provides a single management pane across physical infrastructure and across Hadoop and Splunk Enterprise software. It supports key Hadoop distributions, including Cloudera, MapR, and Hortonworks.
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data delivers end-to-end automation of Hadoop cluster deployment, allowing you to spin up and expand clusters on-demand. The physical infrastructure configuration is handled automatically, with minimal user input. The configuration includes compute, internal storage, network, and installation of operating system, Java packages, and Hadoop, along with the provisioning of Hadoop services. This is achieved through Cisco UCS service profiles wherein both the physical infrastructure and Hadoop configuration are incorporated into a Hadoop cluster deployment profile.
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data also delivers end-to-end automation of Splunk cluster deployment, with minimal user input. This is achieved through Cisco UCS service profiles wherein both the physical infrastructure and Splunk configuration are incorporated into a Splunk cluster deployment profile.
Requirements
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data is a self-contained virtual machine that can be imported into, and run within a VMware vSphere environment. Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data is packaged and delivered to the end-user in the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) for deployment on VMware vSphere. Depending on the hosting virtualization platform (For example, VMware vSphere), download and import the appropriate Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data format.
The following table outlines the minimum system requirements for Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data:
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Minimum Requirements |
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vCPU |
4 |
Memory |
16 GB |
Primary Disk (Hard Disk 1) |
100 GB |
Secondary Disk (Hard Disk 2) |
100 GB |
IOPS |
1200 |
Bare Metal Agent
The Bare Metal Agent (BMA) is a separate virtual machine appliance that works with the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data appliance to provide more supporting services necessary in a PXE boot environment. These functions include services such as Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP).
The following table outlines the minimum system requirements for BMA:
Resources |
Minimum Requirements |
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vCPUs |
2 |
Memory |
3 GB |
Hard Disk |
40 GB |
Cisco Server Support for Big Data Cluster Deployments
The table shows Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data compatibility with Cisco UCS hardware and software. This table does not reflect the compatibility between Cisco UCS hardware and software.
For information regarding Cisco UCS compatibility, see the Cisco UCS Hardware and Software interoperability Matrices for the appropriate releases.
Note |
All Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data functionality may not be available across all supported Cisco UCS software versions. Certain features may not be available in older versions of Cisco UCS software. |
Software Components |
Certified Versions |
Supported Versions |
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Cisco UCS Manager |
Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release 3.2(3a) |
Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Releases:
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Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers (Managed by Cisco UCS Manager) |
Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release3.2(2d) |
Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release 3.1(2b), Release 3.1(2f), and Release 3.2(2d) for M3 Rack servers Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release 3.1(2b), Release 3.1(2f), and Release 3.2(2d) for M4 Rack servers and Storage servers Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, Release 3.2(2d) for M5 Rack servers |
Supported Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers
Following are the list of models supported by the Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers (managed by Cisco UCS Manager).
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C240 M3 Rack Server
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C240 M4 Rack Server
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C240 M5 Rack Server
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C220 M3 Rack Server
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C220 M4 Rack Server
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C220 M5 Rack Server
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S3260 M4 Storage Server
Bare Metal Operating System Support
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data with the Bare Metal Agent supports the following operating systems in bare metal provisioning workflows:
Operating System |
Certified Hadoop Distribution Version |
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RHEL 7.2 |
Cloudera 5.4.1, 5.5.0, 5.6.0, and 5.8.0 Hortonworks 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5 MapR 3.1.1, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1.0, 5.0.0, 5.1.0, and 5.2.0
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RHEL 7.3 |
Cloudera 5.10.0, 5.11.1,5.14.0 Hortonworks 2.5.3, 2.6.4 MapR 5.2.0, 6.0.0 |
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RHEL 7.4 |
Cloudera 5.10.0, 5.11.1,5.14.0 Hortonworks 2.5.3, 2.6.4 MapR 5.2.0, 6.0.0 |
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RHEL 7.5 |
Cloudera 5.15 |
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CentOS 7.3 |
Cloudera 5.10.0, 5.11.1,5.14.0 Hortonworks 2.5.3, 2.6.4 MapR 5.2.0, 6.0.0
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CentOS 7.4 |
Cloudera 5.10.0, 5.11.1,5.14.0 Hortonworks 2.5.3, 2.6.4 MapR 5.2.0, 6.0.0 |
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Oracle Enterprise Linux OS 7.4 |
Cloudera 5.14.0 Hortonworks 2.6.4 |
Note |
You can login to UCS Hardware and Software Compatibility tool to view and download the drivers. For more information, see Downloading Cisco UCS Storage and Network Drivers. |
Downloading Cisco UCS Storage and Network Drivers
From Cisco UCS Director, Release 6.6.1.0, we are not packaging the Cisco UCS storage and network drivers along with Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data. We recommend you to download the relevant drivers using the UCS Hardware and Software Compatibility tool.
Procedure
Step 1 |
Go to UCS Hardware and Software Compatibility tool.
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Step 2 |
Click Search. |
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Step 3 |
Click the required radio button. For example, click the Server radio button to identify the compatible software for the Cisco UCS server. |
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Step 4 |
On the Search Options section, choose the required Server Type, Server Model, Processor Version, Operating System, and Operating System Version from the drop-down menus. |
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Step 5 |
On the Search Results section, refine the search results by checking or unchecking checkboxes next to Product Category (Adapters) and UCS Server Firmware version number |
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Step 6 |
Click Driver ISO under Details section.
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Step 7 |
Download a compatible Driver ISO file from the Software Download window. |
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Step 8 |
Extract the Storage ISO files.
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Step 9 |
Extract the Network ISO file.
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Step 10 |
Login to Bare Metal Agent through VM Console or SSH client to access the CLI. |
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Step 11 |
Create directories for the operating system in the /opt/cnsaroot/bd-sw-rep directory of the Bare Metal Agent VM. mkdir /opt/cnsaroot/bd-sw-rep/ RHEL7.5_MEGASR_DRIVERS mkdir /opt/cnsaroot/bd-sw-rep/ RHEL7.4_KMOD_ENIC_DRIVERS mkdir /opt/cnsaroot/bd-sw-rep/ RHEL7.4_MEGASR_DRIVER
The RHEL7.5_MEGASR_DRIVERS, RHEL7.5_KMOD_ENIC_DRIVERS, and RHEL7.5_MEGASR_DRIVERS directories are used to store the operating system image files. |
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Step 12 |
Execute ln -s <<path of the original iso file>> <<target link name>> to provide links to the ISO images. For example, ln -s /opt/cnsaroot/bd-sw-rep/RHEL7.4_MEGARAID_SAS/megaraid_sas-07.703.06.00_el7.4-1.x86_64.iso megaraid_sas_drivers_softlink_to_original.iso, ln -s /opt/cnsaroot/bd-sw-rep/RHEL7.4_MEGASR_DRIVERS/megasr-18.01.2017.1219-1-rhel74-x86_64.iso megasr_drivers_softlink_to_original.iso, and ln -s /opt/cnsaroot/bd-sw-rep/RHEL7.4_KMOD_ENIC_DRIVERS/kmod-enic-2.3.0.44-rhel7u4.el7.x86_64.rpm kmod_enic_drivers_softlink_to_original.rpm
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Supported Hadoop Distributions
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data supports the following Hadoop distributions:
Hadoop Distribution |
Supported Hadoop Distribution Version |
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Cloudera |
5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.8, 5.10, 5.11, 5.13, 5.14, and 5.15 |
MapR |
3.1, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, and 6.0 |
Hortonworks |
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5.3, 2.6.3, and 2.6.4 |
Note |
For more information on the supported JDK versions and upgrade scenarios, see Cloudera, MapR, and Hortonworks sites. |
Supported Splunk Distribution
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data supports the following Splunk distribution:
Splunk Distribution |
Supported Splunk Distribution Version |
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Splunk |
6.3.2, 6.4.0, 6.5.2, 6.6.1, and 7 |
Note |
For more information on the upgrade scenarios, see Splunk Enterprise site. |
Supported External Database
MySQL, Oracle 12.1c, and Oracle 12.2c are the external databases supported in Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data.
Note |
Oracle 12.1c and Oracle 12.2c are supported in Cloudera and Hortonworks. |
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