Introduction to the Cisco UCS Manager PowerPack

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The following sections provide an overview of Cisco UCS Manager and the Cisco: UCS PowerPack:

What is Cisco UCS Manager?

Cisco UCS Manager is a management system for all of the components in Cisco's Unified Computing System. Cisco UCS combines computing, network, and storage technologies, including fabric interconnects, blade servers, server chassis, and other components.

What Does the Cisco: UCS PowerPack Monitor?

To monitor Cisco UCS Manager using SL1, you must install the Cisco: UCS PowerPack. This PowerPack enables you to discover, model, and collect data about a UCS Manager and its component devices.

The Cisco: UCS PowerPack includes:

  • Dynamic Applications that enable SL1 to discover, model, and monitor Cisco UCS Manager devices

  • Event Policies that are triggered when Cisco UCS Manager component devices meet certain status criteria
  • Device Classes for each type of Cisco UCS Manager component device monitored
  • A sample credential for discovering Cisco UCS Manager component devices

Installing the Cisco: UCS PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the Cisco: UCS PowerPack.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. For more information, see the section on Global Settings.

Ensure that you are running version 12.1.2 or later of SL1 before installing this PowerPack. For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.