Cisco Cisco UCS Manager Integrations Leaflet
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With the Cisco UCS Unified API
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management to the Cisco UCS unified
API. Your IT staff can manage multiple
Cisco UCS domains using the same
concepts that Cisco UCS Manager uses
to support a single domain. No changes
in the object model or protocols are
needed, enabling you to easily scale
your management strategy to match the
growth of your managed domain.
API. Your IT staff can manage multiple
Cisco UCS domains using the same
concepts that Cisco UCS Manager uses
to support a single domain. No changes
in the object model or protocols are
needed, enabling you to easily scale
your management strategy to match the
growth of your managed domain.
Orchestrate and Automate
Cisco UCS Director supports
your business acceleration efforts
by simplifying the consumption,
management, and lifecycle of your
IT infrastructure resources. Adding
another layer of capabilities, Cisco
UCS Director delivers self-service
access to infrastructure and hybrid
cloud services to multiple types of
users. It also provides orchestration
and management across Cisco and
third-party storage systems, servers,
networks, and converged and
hyperconverged infrastructure. Your
IT staff can automate the delivery and
management of physical and virtual
infrastructure, perform lifecycle tasks,
and maintain security policies across
shared IT infrastructure resources.
your business acceleration efforts
by simplifying the consumption,
management, and lifecycle of your
IT infrastructure resources. Adding
another layer of capabilities, Cisco
UCS Director delivers self-service
access to infrastructure and hybrid
cloud services to multiple types of
users. It also provides orchestration
and management across Cisco and
third-party storage systems, servers,
networks, and converged and
hyperconverged infrastructure. Your
IT staff can automate the delivery and
management of physical and virtual
infrastructure, perform lifecycle tasks,
and maintain security policies across
shared IT infrastructure resources.
Integration with Familiar
Development Environments
Your administrators and developers
don’t have a lot of time to waste on
learning new interfaces, protocols, and
tools. Cisco’s approach includes easy-
don’t have a lot of time to waste on
learning new interfaces, protocols, and
tools. Cisco’s approach includes easy-
to-use programming environments
that abstract the underlying unified API.
These abstractions provide a robust
set of functions for the Cisco UCS
product line and are integrated with
familiar programming tools, giving your
staff access to the same development
environment regardless of the scale or
scope of your management domain.
that abstract the underlying unified API.
These abstractions provide a robust
set of functions for the Cisco UCS
product line and are integrated with
familiar programming tools, giving your
staff access to the same development
environment regardless of the scale or
scope of your management domain.
• Third-party tool integration: The
Cisco UCS unified API is also
used by Cisco’s large group of
management solution partners,
including BMC, CA, Compuware,
ExtraHop Networks, Hewlett Packard
Enterprise (HPE), IBM, InfoVista,
Microsoft, OpenStack, Puppet,
ScienceLogic, SevOne, SolarWinds,
Splunk, Symantec, Turbonomic,
VMware, and Zenoss.
used by Cisco’s large group of
management solution partners,
including BMC, CA, Compuware,
ExtraHop Networks, Hewlett Packard
Enterprise (HPE), IBM, InfoVista,
Microsoft, OpenStack, Puppet,
ScienceLogic, SevOne, SolarWinds,
Splunk, Symantec, Turbonomic,
VMware, and Zenoss.
• Microsoft Windows PowerShell:
The Cisco UCS PowerTool 2.0
suite supports Microsoft Windows
PowerShell Desired State
Configuration (DSC). With a unified
installer and support for all levels
of Cisco UCS management, the
software provides consolidation
of PowerShell cmdlets across all
platforms. For example, Cisco UCS
Central Software and Cisco UCS
Manager configuration capabilities
are combined with PowerTool’s Set-
UcsPowerToolConfiguration cmdlet.
In addition, the innovative and
suite supports Microsoft Windows
PowerShell Desired State
Configuration (DSC). With a unified
installer and support for all levels
of Cisco UCS management, the
software provides consolidation
of PowerShell cmdlets across all
platforms. For example, Cisco UCS
Central Software and Cisco UCS
Manager configuration capabilities
are combined with PowerTool’s Set-
UcsPowerToolConfiguration cmdlet.
In addition, the innovative and
remarkable ConvertTo-Ucs cmdlet
creates code based on GUI actions.
creates code based on GUI actions.
• Python: Cisco supports Python
software development kits (SDKs)
for Cisco IMC, Cisco UCS Manager,
and Cisco UCS Central Software.
These SDKs are hosted under
the CiscoUcs account on GitHub.
Built to support Python 2 and 3,
the SDKs are PEP8 compliant and
can be installed and updated using
the PIP package management
system. Similar to PowerTool, the
built-in convert_to_ucs_python
function lets you generate code
from actions in the GUI. Although
the Python SDK is developed and
supported by Cisco, it also has an
active development community,
and a growing library of Cisco UCS
Python SDK samples is available.
for Cisco IMC, Cisco UCS Manager,
and Cisco UCS Central Software.
These SDKs are hosted under
the CiscoUcs account on GitHub.
Built to support Python 2 and 3,
the SDKs are PEP8 compliant and
can be installed and updated using
the PIP package management
system. Similar to PowerTool, the
built-in convert_to_ucs_python
function lets you generate code
from actions in the GUI. Although
the Python SDK is developed and
supported by Cisco, it also has an
active development community,
and a growing library of Cisco UCS
Python SDK samples is available.
• Cisco UCS Platform Emulator: The
Cisco UCS Platform Emulator lets
you use Cisco UCS Manager and
the Cisco UCS unified API without
requiring physical hardware. This
innovative tool can help you shorten
development cycles and create and
test programs using the software
installed on a laptop.
you use Cisco UCS Manager and
the Cisco UCS unified API without
requiring physical hardware. This
innovative tool can help you shorten
development cycles and create and
test programs using the software
installed on a laptop.
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