Cisco: Intersight PowerPack Release Notes Version 102

Version 102 of the "Cisco: Intersight" PowerPack updates several Dynamic Applications and adds support for the OpenAPI schema version 3 (ECDSA) in the credential.

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 12.1.2 or later of SL1 before installing the "Cisco: Intersight" PowerPack.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

Installation and Upgrade Process

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in this PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.

To install this 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 menu and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal 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 PowerPack Manager page.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that discover and collect data from Cisco Intersight
  • Device Classes for each type of monitored Cisco Intersight device:
    • Account
    • Blade Servers
    • Chassis
    • Fabric Interconnect
    • Organization
    • RackUnit
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when Cisco Intersight devices meet certain status criteria
  • A universal credential type and a guided discovery workflow to discover Cisco Intersight devices

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in this release:

  • Updated the PowerPack to support the OpenAPI schema version 3 (ECDSA) in the credential.
  • Removed the "Cisco: Intersight Alarms Configuration" Dynamic Application and replaced it with the "Cisco: Intersight Alarms Performance" Dynamic Application for enhanced functionality.
  • The snippet code and collection objects of the following Dynamic Applications were updated to support Intersight pagination, to filter the default organization, and to prevent components from switching between organizations. For more information, see Monitoring Cisco: Intersight:
    •  Cisco: Intersight Blade Server Discovery
    •  Cisco: Intersight Chassis Discovery
    •  Cisco: Intersight Fabric Interconnect Discovery
    •  Cisco: Intersight Organization Discovery
    • Cisco: Intersight Rack Units Discovery
    • Cisco: Intersight Alarms Performance
  • Updated collection object requests to retrieve only the required information in the "Cisco: Intersight Blade Server Configuration" Dynamic Application.

Known Issues

There are no known issues affecting version 102 of the "Cisco: Intersight" PowerPack.