Cisco UCS Monitoring: 

OpManager Plus monitors Cisco UCS System using XML SOAP protocol. Cisco's Unified Computing System integrates computing, networking, virtualization and other datacenter components for cost effective and efficient datacenter management.

 

UCS Discovery:

UCS discovery in OpManager Plus is similar to the discovery of other devices. 

  1. Go to Settings -> Discovery Module
  2. Select the option Add UCS
  3. Input the Device Name/IP Address
  4. Select the Add UCS Credential to input credential details.
  5. Configure credentials by providing the User Name, Password, Port No., Time Out and Protocol details.

Once the device is discovered, it is listed under OpManager Plus's inventory.

 

Monitoring:

OpManager Plus monitors status and availability of the UCS devices. Detailed information like UCS components, their relationship charts, Chassis information etc., is also monitored by OpManager Plus.

 

UCS Snapshot Page:

The Snapshot page provides details like IP Address, Monitoring Intervals, Passwords, Status and Response Times of the Device

 

 

OpManager Plus also provides the status of service profiles associated with UCS servers and an overview of UCS components that includes Chassis, Chassis servers, rack mount servers, FEX, ethernet ports etc. These can be viewed in the UCS Snapshot page.

 

 

 

Chassis Information:

OpManager Plus provides a graphical representation of Chassis components that includes Servers, Fan Modules, Power Supply Units, IO Modules etc. This can also be viewed under the snapshot page of the UCS device in OpManager Plus.

  

 

Apart from this, OpManager also provides information on the number of chassis, and detailed data on the chassis servers like cores, memory, NICs, operability, Power and association State.

 

 

 

Rack Mounts:

Rack mounts are frames where the servers are enclosed. Several servers can be mounted on the rack as per requirement.

OpManager Plus monitors

  • Cores
  • Adaptors
  • NICs
  • Operability
  • Associated State

 

Fabric Interconnectors:

These are a part of UCS devices that acts as a switch, and helps in connecting servers to networks or storage networks. 

OpManager Plus monitors

  • Fans
  • Power Supply Units
  • IO Modules

 

Other UCS Components:

OpManager also monitors and provides detailed information on the other UCS device components such as,

  1. Fan Modules
  2. Ethernet Ports
  3. IO Modules
  4. FEX
  5. Adaptor Unit
  6. Processor Unit

 

 

 

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