Prerequisites

Core modules must be up-to-date in all servers because not all module dependencies are validated during the SolutionPack installation or update process.

Procedure

  1. Click Administration .
  2. Click Centralized Management.
  3. Click SolutionPack Center.
  4. Select the SolutionPack in the Browse and Install SolutionPacks window.
  5. Click Install.
  6. Type the instance name.
  7. Assign a server for each component.
    In a typical four server deployment, the recommended servers are selected automatically.
  8. Click Next.
    The window displays pre-configured alert details.
  9. From the Alerting on data collection drop-down menu, select existing settings that have been specified for other components, or select Add a new alerting data collection.
    If you select Add a new alerting on data collection, type information about the alerting configuration. In Alerting Backend hostname or IP address, specify the Primary Backend host.
  10. Click Next.
    The window displays data collection details.
  11. From the Data collection drop-down menu, select existing settings that have been specified for other components, or select Add a new data collection.
    If you select Add a new data collection, type information about the data collection. In Hostname or IP address to send data to, use localhost on port 2020, which is the Collector host where the Load Balancer Connector is installed.
  12. From the Frontend Web service drop-down menu, select existing settings that have been specified for other components, or select Add a new Frontend Web service.
    If you select Add a new Frontend Web service, type information about the Frontend Web service.
  13. Select the Enable events collection checkbox.
  14. In the Event server hostname or IP address field, select the Backend host where the events server runs. The default port is 52007.
  15. In the Even server port number field, enter a port number for events collection.
  16. Select Configure advanced settings to configure polling settings.
  17. Click Next.
    The window displays event settings.
  18. Select an Event database. If you select Add a new Events database, type information for the new events database. Type the database information for the events database that runs on the Primary Backend host. The default Database port is 53306. The default Event server port number is 52007.
  19. Click Next.
    The window displays reports settings.
  20. In Administration Web-Service Instance, select an existing instance or create a custom instance.
  21. Click Install.
  22. Click Ok. Monitor the installation logs to ensure that the installation completes successfully.
  23. Click Discovery Center > Devices Management.
  24. Click Cisco UCS.
  25. Click Add new device.
  26. Specify the details of the Cisco UCS configuration.
    1. In the Device location section, select the server and instance where you want to store the configuration details for this device.
    2. In the UCS type field, select UCS Manager (Blade Chassis) or UCS C-Series (Server).
    3. In Hostname or IP address type the UCS management host.
    4. In the Username and Password fields, type the credentials for the management server.
    5. Select Enable secure connection, if desired.
    6. In the Communication port field, type the port number for the management server.
  27. Click Validate and Add to validate the credentials.
  28. Click OK.
  29. Click Save.

What to do next

If you want to discover the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects in your environment via SNMP, you must install the Cisco MDS /Nexus SolutionPack in your environment to provide full SNMP masks and capabilities for the SNMP discovery.

Cisco UCS events are commented out by default in frontend configuration files. To enable Cisco UCS events, uncomment Cisco UCS events in the following configuration files: APG.xml, APG-WS.xml, and report-generation-config.xml.