Introduction

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The following sections provide an overview of Cisco UCS standalone rack servers and the Cisco: UCS Standalone Rack Server PowerPack:

What Are Cisco UCS Standalone Rack Servers?

Cisco UCS standalone rack servers are rack-mounted Cisco UCS servers that are managed by the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) rather than the Cisco UCS Manager. This currently includes Cisco UCS C-Series and E-Series servers.

What Does the Cisco: UCS Standalone Rack Server PowerPack Monitor?

To monitor Cisco UCS standalone rack servers using SL1, you must install the Cisco: UCS Standalone Rack Server PowerPack. This PowerPack includes:

  • An example Credential that you can use as a template to create SOAP/XML credentials to connect to the Cisco UCS standalone rack servers that you want to monitor

  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for Cisco UCS standalone rack servers
  • Device Classes for each type of Cisco UCS rack server that SL1 monitors
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when Cisco UCS standalone rack servers meet certain status criteria
  • A Device Template that you can apply during discovery
  • A Device Dashboard that displays information about Cisco UCS standalone rack servers
  • A Run Book Action/Policy that assigns Cisco UCS rack servers to the correct Device Classes when they are discovered

The CIMC XML API provides inconsistent data to the Cisco: UCS Standalone Rack Server PowerPack for servers with firmware versions prior to 2.0(8d). Similarly, the PowerPack cannot collect server utilization metrics for servers with M3 architecture, but it can collect this information for M4 models.

Installing the Cisco: UCS Standalone Rack Server PowerPack

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

The minimum required MySQL version is 5.6.0.

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.