Cisco Cisco IMC Integrations Getting Started Guide
At a Glance
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Simplify Your Transition to DevOps
Cisco and our partners have removed many of the barriers to continuous deployment and operations,
helping you significantly enhance your business agility. The Cisco Unified Computing System™
(Cisco UCS®) management ecosystem integrates many existing management tools, so you can
reliably transition IT operations to a lower-cost, more flexible environment. With these integrated
management solutions, you can dramatically reduce the time needed to deliver new services, and you
can deliver the services simply, consistently, and securely.
helping you significantly enhance your business agility. The Cisco Unified Computing System™
(Cisco UCS®) management ecosystem integrates many existing management tools, so you can
reliably transition IT operations to a lower-cost, more flexible environment. With these integrated
management solutions, you can dramatically reduce the time needed to deliver new services, and you
can deliver the services simply, consistently, and securely.
The broad Cisco UCS management ecosystem includes integration with both independent software
vendor (ISV) tools and Cisco® tools and allows you to integrate customer tools and portals with both
Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco UCS Central Software. This ecosystem helps you more easily use
the automation capabilities and other benefits of Cisco UCS: a policy-based and programmable
infrastructure that can dramatically simplify your day-to-day operations. Cisco UCS management and
the related ecosystem support Cisco UCS servers and Cisco HyperFlex™ Systems as well as the
associated storage (Figure 1).
Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco UCS Central Software. This ecosystem helps you more easily use
the automation capabilities and other benefits of Cisco UCS: a policy-based and programmable
infrastructure that can dramatically simplify your day-to-day operations. Cisco UCS management and
the related ecosystem support Cisco UCS servers and Cisco HyperFlex™ Systems as well as the
associated storage (Figure 1).
The Cisco UCS management ecosystem offers tools that cover the entire service management
lifecycle, from service orchestration, through deployment and configuration, and ongoing monitoring
and analysis. This ecosystem lets you preserve your existing investments in infrastructure and
management tools. It also supports newer tools from Puppet and Chef. You can evolve your
procedures and implement greater automation and efficiency as you transition to hybrid cloud
environments and DevOps methodologies.
and analysis. This ecosystem lets you preserve your existing investments in infrastructure and
management tools. It also supports newer tools from Puppet and Chef. You can evolve your
procedures and implement greater automation and efficiency as you transition to hybrid cloud
environments and DevOps methodologies.
Benefits
•
Simplify and unify management with
a common approach to infrastructure
management across physical, virtual, and
cloud environments.
a common approach to infrastructure
management across physical, virtual, and
cloud environments.
•
Automate routine tasks, simplifying
operations, reducing support costs, and
enabling you to respond faster to business
requirements.
enabling you to respond faster to business
requirements.
•
Build on traditional systems through
integration with a wide range of partner tools.
integration with a wide range of partner tools.
•
Provide an open and scalable environment
with no vendor lock-in and the capability to
support thousands of servers.
with no vendor lock-in and the capability to
support thousands of servers.
Cisco UCS Management
Ecosystem