Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor is a management system that allows you to manage rack mount servers on a large scale.

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1 Contents Introduction Prerequisites Requirements Qualified Serviers Minimum Firmware Versions Supported PCiE Cards Supported Hypervisor versions Supported Browser Versions Configure Deploying Cisco IMC Supervisor Changing the Default Password Licensing Information Discovering a Server Adding A Rack Group Adding a Rack Account Mail Setup Configuration Firmware Upgrade Exporting Technical Support Data to a Remote Server Verify Troubleshoot Related Cisco Support Community Discussions Introduction Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor is a management system that allows you to manage rack mount servers on a large scale. You can use Cisco IMC Supervisor to perform the following tasks for a rack mount server: Support for logical grouping of servers and summary views per group Collect inventory for the servers Provide monitoring capabilities for servers and groups Firmware management including firmware download, upgrade, and activation Manage standalone server actions including power control, LED control, log collection, Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) launch, CIMC User Interface launch and alerts Role Based Access Control (RBAC) to restrict access and capabilities. Prerequisites Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of Cisco C-Series and E-Series servers. Requirements

2 Qualified Serviers UCS C-Series Servers Cisco UCS C-220 M3 Cisco UCS C-240 M3 Cisco UCS C-220 M4 Cisco UCS C-240 M4 Cisco UCS C-22 M3 Cisco UCS C-24 M3 Cisco UCS C-420 M3 Cisco UCS C-460 M4 UCS E-Series Servers Cisco UCS E-140S M2 Cisco UCS E-160D M2 Cisco UCS EN120E M2 Cisco UCS EN120S M2 Cisco UCS E-180D M2 Cisco UCS E-140S M1 Cisco UCS E-140D M1 Cisco UCS E-160D M1 Cisco UCS E-140DP M1 Cisco UCS E-160DP M1 Minimum Firmware Versions Servers Minimum Firmware Version UCS C-series Servers 1.5(4) and later UCS E-series Servers and later Supported PCiE Cards Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1225 Cisco UCS VIC 1225T Supported Hypervisor versions ESXi 5.1 Supported Browser Versions Cisco IMC Supervisor supports the following browsers:

3 Internet Explorer 8 or higher Google Chrome 4.1 or higher Firefox 3.5 or higher Safari 4.0 or higher (for Apple Mac or Microsoft Windows) Browsers require the Adobe Flash Player plug-in version 11 or higher. Configure Deploying Cisco IMC Supervisor 1. Complete these steps to deploy Cisco IMC Supervisor a. In order to download the zip file for Cisco IMC Supervisor from Cisco com, navigate to Products > Servers-Unified Computing > Integrated Management Conroller (IMC) Supervisor b. Select IMC Supervisor 1.0

4 c. Click Download d. In order to deploy the OVA, click File, and select Deploy OVF Template e. Continue through the step-by-step process in order to deploy the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) Template as shown: Note: In the Disk Format pane, choose one of the following radio buttons and click Next

5 Thick Provisioned (Lazy Zeroed) format To allocate storage immediately in thick format. Thick Provisioned (Eager Zeroed) format To allocate storage in thick format. It might take longer to create disks using this option. f. Select the appropriate port-group for the Virtual Machine (VM) networking g. Click Finish

6 h. Open the console of the VM and accept the License agreement i. Once done, enter y to configure a static IP. j. If you want to use DHCP, enter n to ensure that IP addresses are assigned automatically.

7 k. If you want to use static IP address, enter y and then you will be prompted to select IPV4 or IPV6. Enter V4 to configure IPV4 and then enter the following information: IP addressgatewaynetmask Note Currently, only IPv4 is supported for configuring static IP addresses.

8 l. After the appliance has booted up, transfer the Cisco IMC Supervisor IP address into a supported web browser to access the l page. On the Login page, enter admin as the username and admin for the login password. Note You can change your admin password after this initial login. This is how the UI of Cisco IMC Supervisor looks Changing the Default Password 2. Complete the following steps to change the default password. a. Navigate to Administration > Users b. Click the Login Users tab c. From the list of users, select the user role for which you want to change the password. d. C Change Password

9 e. After specifying the new password, click Save and Click OK on the Submit Result. Licensing Information 3. Cisco IMC Supervisor requires you to have the following valid licenses: A Cisco IMC Supervisor base license. A Cisco IMC Supervisor bulk endpoint enablement license that you install after the Cisco IMC Supervisor base license Note: Unless we have these licenses, tasks like grouping servers into a Rack Account etc., cannot be performed. Discovering a Server 4. Perform the following actions to discover server(s) a. Navigate to System > Physical Accounts > Discovered Devices b. Click on Configure

10 c. In the Discovery Configuration Criteria dialog box you can either create a new profile or edit an existing profile. d. Creation of a new profile is as shown e. In the Search Criteria, you could choose the appropriate method for discovering the servers. f. Choosing IP Address List, for this example g. Enter the IP Address of the server you want to discover. h. Enter the User Name and the Password that you use to login to the server. (CIMC credentials) i. Once the profile is created, click on Discover and choose the profile.

11 j. After selecting the appropriate profile, click Submit and cick OK on Submit Result. k. If the device(s) in your profile don't match the minimum supported criteria, the reason for the device not being discovered is listed in the status section. Adding A Rack Group 5. Perform this procedure when you want to add a new Rack Group in Cisco IMC Supervisor a. Navigate to Systems > Physical Accounts > Rack Groups b. Click Create. c. Specify a Group Name and a Description. d. Click Create.

12 d. Once created, the group name should show up Adding a Rack Account 6. Perform this procedure when you want to add a new Rack Group in Cisco IMC Supervisor Step 1 From the menu bar, choose System > Physical Accounts Step 2 Click the Rack Accounts tab. Step 3 Click Add (+) Step 4 In the Create Account dialog box, complete the following fields Field Description Account Name field A descriptive name for the Rack Account. Server IP field The IP address of the rack mount server. Description field (Optional) A description of the Rack Account. Use Credential Policy (Optional) If you have already created credential policies, then check this check box the policy from the drop-down list. If you check Use Credential Policy check box Credential Policy dropdown list Choose a policy from the drop-down list. If you uncheck Use Credential Policy check box User Name field Login ID for the rack mount server. Password field Password for the login ID for the rack mount server. Protocol drop-down list Choose https or http from the list. Port field The port number associated with the selected protocol. Rack Group drop-down Choose a rack group from the list. list Contact field (Optional) The contact address for the account. Location field (Optional) The location of the account. a. In the drop down for Rack Group, we could either choose the Default Group or the Group we defined earlier. b. Once this action is complete, the specified servers should fall under the Rack Group we select.

13 Mail Setup Configuration 7. Perform this procedure to configure your setup mail a. Navigate to Administration > Mail Setup b. Fill the details requested. c. You could select the Send Test check box and check if you got the test mail on the mail address you provided. d. You should then receive the test mail.

14 e. In the same section, navigate to Alert Rules and check the Enable Alert check box. Note: At this point in time (with release 1.0 of Cisco IMC Supervisor), we support notification for only critical and higher level faults. f. If your system were to encounter a critical fault, you should get a mail as such, provided your mail setup is working fine. Firmware Upgrade 8. Perform this procedure when you want to upgrade the firmware. a. Navigate to Systems > Physical Accounts b. Click the Firmware Upgrades tab c. Click Configure Profile. d. In the Download Firmware dialog box you can either create a new profile or edit an existing profile. Field Select Profile drop-down list Profile Name Field Description Select <New> from the drop-down list. A descriptive name for the profile.

15 Download Option drop-down list User Name (cisco.com) field Password (cisco.com) field Enable Proxy Configuration checkbox Enable Proxy Authentication checkbox Platform drop-down list Available Image drop-down list Choose Local Supervisor. Network one HTTP of Path The the Server The following.iso options: image.iso image is stored is stored in the in network. the local Cisco Enter your Cisco login user name. Enter your Cisco login password. (Optional) Check this checkbox to enable proxy configuration and complete Host Port field Name the following: - Enter field - the Enter port a for host the name proxy for configuration. the proxy configuration (Optional) Check this checkbox to enable proxy authentication and complete authentication. Proxy User Password following: Name field - Enter - the a proxy password user for name the for proxy the user proxyn Choose a platform from the drop-down list. Choose the.iso image from the drop-down list. e. Configuring a new profile in this example. f. Choosing Network Path as the Download Option for this example. (You have CIFS and NFS as options) g. Click Submit

16 h. Click Upgrade Image i. Click on Select Servers to selct the server(s) that we want to upgrade j. Selecting a single server for this example. k. Click Select. l. The selected server is shown. m. Click Submit.

17 Note: If you are upgrading to Cisco IMC version 2.0(x), you must change the default Cisco IMC password. n. To check the status of the upgrade, navigate to System > Inventory and Fault Status o. Expand Rack Groups, choose the appropriate group into which the servers were populated earlier. p. Click on Rack Servers and choose the appropriate server. q. Once this is done, an additional row with remote options should pop up. r. Choose KVM Console from this row and you should be able to see the upgrade in action. Exporting Technical Support Data to a Remote Server 9. Perform the following actions to extract Technical Support Data. a. Navigate to Systems > Inventory and Fault Status. b. Expand Rack Groups and select the Rack Group which contains the server(s). c. Select the Rack Servers tab. d. Double-click the sever from the list to view the details or click the sever from the list and click

18 the down arrow on the far right and choose View Details. e. Click the Tech Support tab. f. Choose the appropriate method to upload the files. g. Choosing TFTP for this example.

19 h. Click Submit. i. The snap shot shows that the logs were successfully uploaded to the specified location.