Release notes for cisco ucs manager powertool, release 1. This suite of tools can also be downloaded via the powershell gallery. If your scripting skills isnt up to scratch, you need to weigh up the time to script vs manually performing the task. Newucshardwareprofile cmdlet added two new mandatory parameter osvendorname and osversionname, parameter osvendorcode and osversioncode are deprecated. A few years ago, i created the first version of the cisco ucs inventory script uis, a powershell script to read all the configuration and environment data from a ucs manager. This free program was originally designed by cisco. Cisco ucs director powershell api getting started guide. Cisco ucs powertool core suite is a set of powershell core modules for cisco ucs manager, cisco imc and cisco ucs central that helps in configuration. Originally the id used to register the ucs domains only had read only access which does not.
Powershell module for cisco core core module in cisco powertool suite installation options. Cisco ucs director powershell console integration guide. Powershell module for cisco ucs manager ucs manager module in cisco powertool suite installation options. Open windows powershell and navigate to the folder where the unzipped management pack suite file is saved.
Powershell, python, the emulator, and all cisco ucs and cisco hyperflex products allow you take advantage of the all. Ive recently deployed the cisco ucs manager plugin for vcenter. Cisco ucs powertool core suite is developed using powershell core and. We will look at the cli option first as its also useful if you dont have powershell access. Cisco has really gone all out to offer a complete automation interface in their ucs platform. A great way to learn using the cisco ucs powershell toolkit is downloading the cisco ucs emulator. For ucs, the prework that was performed was racking, stacking, and cabling the physical ucs gear and performing an initial configuration of ucs manager. This details all of the commands required to readwrite. This download was scanned by our antivirus and was rated as safe. On the download site for cisco ucs management partner. The ucs inventory script uis is a powertool script that retrieves the full configuration of an ucs manager and displays it in a very readable and portable html file for offline use. We are pleased to announce the release of cisco ucs powertool suite vers ion 2.
But i dont want to talk about the possibility to use a powershell toolkit as most of the enterprise vendors deliver some kind of powershell integration. Ucs management over multiple ucs domains through ucs central is as programmable and automated as the other ucs management options via ucs central powertool for ucs central, and you can also go straight to the ucs central xml api. On the download site for cisco ucs management partner ecosystem software, download the cisco ucs powertool suite. Step 7 in windows firewall, open the port that has been configured for the powershell agent the default port is 43891.
Cisco ucs powertools and powershell as i mentioned in a previous post, we are upgrading our infrastructure and we are using dell emc vxblock. Another way is via ciscos ucs powertool, a microsoft powershell addon. Cisco ucs director offers jsonbased rest apis that enable you to submit workflow requests, examine workflow inputs and output schemas, and fetch reports. Together they afford ucs system administrators the ability to quickly automate and customize a multitude of management tasks resulting increased efficiency and quality utilization of it resources and staff. Powershell module for cisco ucs manager ucs manager module in cisco powertool suite.
The machine to run the script from must have network access to your ucs systems. Ucs wwpn collector powershell script cisco community. Cisco ucs powertool core suite is a set of powershell core modules for cisco ucs manager, cisco imc and cisco ucs central that helps in configuration and management of cisco ucs domains and solutions. Many it organizations use microsoft powershell to automate and accelerate data center management tasks. The following items are included as part of the vcheck ucs download, they are included as vcheck plugins and can be removed or altered very easily by editing the specific plugin file which contains the data. With cisco ucs powertool, it operations teams can tie together the management of storage, compute, and software applications into custom, endtoend management solutions. Dont forget, this as with all the other vcheck editions is a community project so you can add your own checks very easily in. Simplifying cisco ucs management with microsoft powershell. The powershell administration tool is available as a module part of the cisco ucs powershell toolkit. Cisco ucs powertool suite is a set of powershell modules for cisco ucs manager, cisco imc and cisco ucs central that helps in configuration and management of cisco ucs domains and solutions.
Once you have that setup you will need to enable powershell on your workstationserver where you are executing the script from and have installed powertool. Step 6 click download installer and install the powershell agent. Cisco ucs director powershell console provides cmdlet wrappers for the jsonbased apis. Cisco ucs powertool suite is a powershell module that helps automate all aspects of cisco ucs manager, cisco ucs central, and cisco imc. Cisco ucs powertool core suite for powershell core modules.
Cisco ucs powertools and powershell notes of a scripter. When the task is time consuming you should find a way to automate it. With my experience i would say youre able to execute about 90% of the administration tasks on the toolkit. You can integrate cisco ucs director apis with cisco ucs director powershell console for improved automation of datacenter management. For cisco ucs there is a cisco ucs powertool available which is extremely powerful. It also helps automate server, network, storage, and hypervisor management. A truly better together story is the pairing of two strong management utilities cisco ucs managers powertool offering with microsofts powershell solution. Firstly you should download and take a look at the cisco ucs manager cli configuration guide from cisco website. And now you can add cisco ucs to the list, joshua barton has done a great job of using the framework to create a new vcheck edition that will enable ucs admins to run a check on their systems and bring back any known issues that may be a problem. Cisco ucs powertool suite installation and configuration guide. This is a virtual machine image which can be imported into vmware player or virtualbox. Cisco ucs powertools download click here requires cisco logon. Check your cisco ucs environment for issues with vcheck.
I paused the first time i heard that to do some mental math, and then i told myself, i have to script that. Cisco ucs director powershell agent installation and configuration guide, release 6. Cisco ucs powertool scripts using powershell site fixed. Scripting ucs storage configs for cisco mds with powershell. On the storage side, a 200 gb lun was created and zoned to a range of 18 wwpns as well, of course this could also have been done with powershell snapins from some of the storage vendors if. The powershell agent uses port 43891 default and it also uses a predefined authenticationaccess key to communicate with cisco ucs director. Cisco ucs powertool suite enables easy integration with existing it management processes and tools. If like me youre in the business of adding cisco ucs blades in bulk you will know that copying and pasting large amounts of wwpns and zoning can be prone to errors let alone time consuming. Cisco ucs custom resource for the windows powershell. On june 1, 2011, cisco released the beta version of the unified computing system manager powershell toolkit with dozens of cmdlets to help automate.
Script for polling multiple ucs domains and creating an html report. Cisco ucs director offers rest apis that enable applications to consume or manipulate the data stored in cisco ucs director. In this post im going to share a script i wrote that speeds up the creation of cisco mds 9000 series san switch configurations. So far this upgrade is going fairly smooth, but we are still at the very beginning of the process. On the powershell agent tab in cisco ucs director, click execute command option. Cisco releases dozens of free powershell scripts to manage. Cisco provides the windows powershell functionality for managing their ucs platform as a module. The cisco ucs powertool module for powershell provides users a comprehensive list of. You can change these values, if needed, by modifying a properties file. Cisco ucs powertool suite is a powershell module that helps automate all aspects of cisco ucs manager, cisco ucs central, and cisco.
Note that the file wont be unpacked, and wont include any dependencies. Cisco ucs powertool suite installation and configuration guide, release 2. Cisco ucs servers both managed by ucs manager and standalone rackmount servers can be managed with powershell scripts. Cisco ucs platform emulator with powershell pluralsight. These recommendations are not official recommendations from cisco, but taken. Ucs vnic vs global mtu comparison powershell script. The cisco ucs powertool suite is a set of powershell modules for cisco ucs manager, cisco imc cseries standalone servers and cisco ucs central that helps in configuration and management of cisco ucs domains and solutions. The ucs inventory script uis is a powertool script that retrieves the full configuration of an ucs manager or multiple and displays it in a very readable and portable html file for offline use. On the virtual accounts page, click powershell agents. Cisco ucs powertool suite powershell modules for cisco.
Ansible module for cisco ucs standalone servers duration. Vmware and cisco ucs integration vmware powercli blog. Cisco ucs powertool suite installation and configuration. Contribute to ciscoucsintersightpowershell development by creating an account on github. However, it does not have cmdlets for the following managed objects introduced for cisco ucs fabric interconnect 6324 in cisco ucs manager, release 3. See downloading cisco ucs director powershell agent. Getting starting with cisco ucs powershell toolkit blog. On the download site for cisco ucs management partner ecosystem software, download the cisco ucsm management pack suite file and unzip the file into a folder. Powertool brings powershell and all its goodness to cisco ucs and. It can help you to get an easy overview of ucs installations after. It also includes some configuration recommendations that come from experience implementing flexpods. In the execute powershell command dialog box, in addition to providing the ip address, user credentials of the vm, and the server domain, enter the following command in the commandsscripts field.
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