Contents
Introduction
Prerequisites
Requirements
Qualified Serviers
Minimum Firmware Versions
Supported PCiE Cards
Supported Hypervisor versions
Supported Browser Versions
Configure
Deploying Cisco IMC Supervisor
Changing the Default Password
Licensing Information
Discovering a Server
Adding A Rack Group
Adding a Rack Account
Mail Setup Configuration
Firmware Upgrade
Exporting Technical Support Data to a Remote Server
Verify
Troubleshoot
Related Cisco Support Community Discussions
Introduction
Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor is a management system that allows
you to manage rack mount servers on a large scale.
You can use Cisco IMC Supervisor to perform the following tasks for a rack mount server:
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Support for logical grouping of servers and summary views per group
Collect inventory for the servers
Provide monitoring capabilities for servers and groups
Firmware management including firmware download, upgrade, and activation
Manage standalone server actions including power control, LED control, log collection,
Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) launch, CIMC User Interface launch and e-mail alerts
Role Based Access Control (RBAC) to restrict access and capabilities.
Prerequisites
Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of Cisco C-Series and E-Series servers.
Requirements
Qualified Serviers
UCS C-Series Servers
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Cisco UCS C-220 M3
Cisco UCS C-240 M3
Cisco UCS C-220 M4
Cisco UCS C-240 M4
Cisco UCS C-22 M3
Cisco UCS C-24 M3
Cisco UCS C-420 M3
Cisco UCS C-460 M4
UCS E-Series Servers
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Cisco UCS E-140S M2
Cisco UCS E-160D M2
Cisco UCS EN120E M2
Cisco UCS EN120S M2
Cisco UCS E-180D M2
Cisco UCS E-140S M1
Cisco UCS E-140D M1
Cisco UCS E-160D M1
Cisco UCS E-140DP M1
Cisco UCS E-160DP M1
Minimum Firmware Versions
Servers
Minimum
Firmware
Version
UCS C-series Servers 1.5(4) and later
UCS E-series Servers 2.3.1 and later
Supported PCiE Cards
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Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1225
Cisco UCS VIC 1225T
Supported Hypervisor versions
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ESXi 5.1
Supported Browser Versions
Cisco IMC Supervisor supports the following browsers:
Internet Explorer 8 or higher
Google Chrome 4.1 or higher
Firefox 3.5 or higher
Safari 4.0 or higher (for Apple Mac or Microsoft Windows)
Browsers require the Adobe Flash Player plug-in version 11 or higher.
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Configure
Deploying Cisco IMC Supervisor
1. Complete these steps to deploy Cisco IMC Supervisor
a. In order to download the zip file for Cisco IMC Supervisor from Cisco com, navigate to
Products > Servers-Unified
Computing > Integrated Management Conroller (IMC) Supervisor
b. Select IMC Supervisor 1.0
c. Click Download
d. In order to deploy the OVA, click File, and select Deploy OVF Template
e. Continue through the step-by-step process in order to deploy the Open Virtualization Format
(OVF) Template as shown:
Note: In the Disk Format pane, choose one of the following radio buttons and click Next
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Thick Provisioned (Lazy Zeroed) format —To allocate storage immediately in thick format.
Thick Provisioned (Eager Zeroed) format —To allocate storage in thick format. It might take
longer to create disks using this option.
f. Select the appropriate port-group for the Virtual Machine (VM) networking
g. Click Finish
h. Open the console of the VM and accept the License agreement
i. Once done, enter y to configure a static IP.
j. If you want to use DHCP, enter n to ensure that IP addresses are assigned automatically.
k. If you want to use static IP address, enter y and then you will be prompted to select IPV4 or
IPV6. Enter V4 to configure
IPV4 and then enter the following information:
IP addressGatewayNetmask
Note Currently, only IPv4 is supported for configuring static IP addresses.
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l. After the appliance has booted up, transfer the Cisco IMC Supervisor IP address into a
supported web browser to access
the l page.
On the Login page, enter admin as the username and admin for the login password.
Note
You can change your admin password after this initial login.
This is how the UI of Cisco IMC Supervisor looks
Changing the Default Password
2. Complete the following steps to change the default password.
a. Navigate to Administration > Users
b. Click the Login Users tab
c. From the list of users, select the user role for which you want to change the password.
d. C Change Password
e. After specifying the new password, click Save and Click OK on the Submit Result.
Licensing Information
3. Cisco IMC Supervisor requires you to have the following valid licenses:
•A Cisco IMC Supervisor base license.
•A Cisco IMC Supervisor bulk endpoint enablement license that you install after the Cisco IMC
Supervisor base license
Note: Unless we have these licenses, tasks like grouping servers into a Rack Account etc.,
cannot be performed.
Discovering a Server
4. Perform the following actions to discover server(s)
a. Navigate to System > Physical Accounts > Discovered Devices
b. Click on Configure
c. In the Discovery Configuration Criteria dialog box you can either create a new profile or edit
an existing profile.
d. Creation of a new profile is as shown
e. In the Search Criteria, you could choose the appropriate method for discovering the servers.
f. Choosing IP Address List, for this example
g. Enter the IP Address of the server you want to discover.
h. Enter the User Name and the Password that you use to login to the server. (CIMC credentials)
i. Once the profile is created, click on Discover and choose the profile.
j. After selecting the appropriate profile, click Submit and cick OK on Submit Result.
k. If the device(s) in your profile don't match the minimum supported criteria, the reason for the
device not being discovered is
listed in the status section.
Adding A Rack Group
5. Perform this procedure when you want to add a new Rack Group in Cisco IMC Supervisor
a. Navigate to Systems > Physical Accounts > Rack Groups
b. Click Create.
c. Specify a Group Name and a Description.
d. Click Create.
d. Once created, the group name should show up
Adding a Rack Account
6. Perform this procedure when you want to add a new Rack Group in Cisco IMC Supervisor
Step 1
Step 2
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Step 4
From the menu bar, choose System > Physical Accounts
Click the Rack Accounts tab.
Click Add (+)
In the Create Account dialog box, complete the following fields
Field
Description
Account Name field
A descriptive name for the Rack Account.
Server IP field
The IP address of the rack mount server.
Description field
(Optional) A description of the Rack Account.
Use Credential Policy (Optional) If you have already created credential policies, then check this
check box
the policy from the drop-down list.
If you check Use Credential Policy check box
Credential Policy drop- Choose a policy from the drop-down list.
down list
If you uncheck Use Credential Policy check box
User Name field
Login ID for the rack mount server.
Password field
Password for the login ID for the rack mount server.
Protocol drop-down list Choose https or http from the list.
Port field
The port number associated with the selected protocol.
Rack Group drop-down Choose a rack group from the list.
list
Contact field
(Optional) The contact email address for the account.
Location field
(Optional) The location of the account.
a. In the drop down for Rack Group, we could either choose the Default Group or the Group we
defined earlier.
b. Once this action is complete, the specified servers should fall under the Rack Group we select.
Mail Setup Configuration
7. Perform this procedure to configure your setup mail
a. Navigate to Administration > Mail Setup
b. Fill the details requested.
c. You could select the Send Test Email check box and check if you got the test mail on the mail
address you provided.
d. You should then receive the test mail.
e. In the same section, navigate to Email Alert Rules and check the Enable Alert check box.
Note: At this point in time (with release 1.0 of Cisco IMC Supervisor) , we support notification for
only critical and higher level faults.
f. If your system were to encounter a critical fault, you should get a mail as such, provided your
mail setup is working fine.
Firmware Upgrade
8. Perform this procedure when you want to upgrade the firmware.
a. Navigate to Systems > Physical Accounts
b. Click the Firmware Upgrades tab
c. Click Configure Profile.
d. In the Download Firmware dialog box you can either create a new profile or edit an existing
profile.
Field
Select Profile drop-down list
Profile Name Field
Description
Select <New> from the drop-down list.
A descriptive name for the profile.
Download Option drop-down list
User Name (cisco.com) field
Password (cisco.com) field
Enable Proxy Configuration
checkbox
Enable Proxy Authentication
checkbox
Platform drop-down list
Available Image drop-down list
Choose
Local
Supervisor.
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following
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Enter your Cisco login user name.
Enter your Cisco login password.
(Optional) Check this checkbox to enable proxy configuration and
Host field
Name
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Choose a platform from the drop-down list.
Choose the .iso image from the drop-down list.
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e. Configuring a new profile in this example.
f. Choosing Network Path as the Download Option for this example. (You have CIFS and NFS as
options)
g. Click Submit
h. Click Upgrade Image
i . Click on Select Servers to selct the server(s) that we want to upgrade
j. Selecting a single server for this example.
k. Click Select.
l. The selected server is shown.
m. Click Submit.
Note: If you are upgrading to Cisco IMC version 2.0(x), you must change the default Cisco IMC
password.
n. To check the status of the upgrade, navigate to System > Inventory and Fault Status
o. Expand Rack Groups, choose the appropriate group into which the servers were populated
earlier.
p. Click on Rack Servers and choose the appropriate server.
q. Once this is done, an additional row with remote options should pop up.
r. Choose KVM Console from this row and you should be able to see the upgrade in action.
Exporting Technical Support Data to a Remote Server
9. Perform the following actions to extract Technical Support Data.
a. Navigate to Systems > Inventory and Fault Status.
b. Expand Rack Groups and select the Rack Group which contains the server(s).
c. Select the Rack Servers tab.
d. Double-click the sever from the list to view the details or click the sever from the list and click
the down arrow on the far
right and choose View Details.
e. Click the Tech Support tab.
f. Choose the appropriate method to upload the files.
g. Choosing TFTP for this example.
h. Click Submit.
i. The snap shot shows that the logs were successfully uploaded to the specified location.