Cisco: UCS Director PowerPack Release Notes, version 103

Version 103 of the Cisco: UCS Director PowerPack is an upgrade from the previous version. This version includes updates to several of the PowerPack's Dynamic Applications and device classes, and addresses several additional issues.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.1.0

Before You Install

Ensure that you are running version 8.1.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Cisco: UCS Director" PowerPack version 103.

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

Installation Process

To install version 103 of the Cisco: UCS Director PowerPack, perform the following steps:

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in 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 the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

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. Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
  2. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 8.1.0 or later release.
  3. Download the "Cisco: UCS Director" version 103PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  4. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "Cisco: UCS Director" version 103.
  5. Click the Install button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.

See the manual Monitoring Cisco UCS Director for instructions on using the new PowerPack.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications (22) that enable the ScienceLogic platform to discover, model, and monitor Cisco UCS Director devices
  • Event Policies (26) that are triggered when Cisco UCS Director component devices meet certain status criteria
  • Device Classes (12) for each type of Cisco UCS Director component device monitored
  • A sample credential (1) for discovering Cisco UCS Director component devices

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included this release of the "Cisco: UCS Director" PowerPack:

  • A new vBlock device class was added to the PowerPack, and the ACI Application device class was removed.
  • Device tiers were added to the PowerPack's device classes.
  • The "Cisco: UCSD Vitals" Dynamic Application was updated to address an issue that was causing MySQL Server and Java memory utilization to appear above 100%.
  • The "Cisco: UCSD Tenant Discovery" Dynamic Application was updated to prevent APIC Account errors from occurring.
  • The "Cisco: UCSD Container Stats" Dynamic Application was updated to ensure that the correct values are collected.
  • An issue was addressed that was causing the relationship between UCS-Director Application Containers and ACI application network profiles to display incorrectly.

This feature requires that you also install version 102 or greater of the Cisco: ACI PowerPack.

Known Issues

This release has no known issues.