Cisco Cisco IMC Integrations Leaflet
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Solution Brief
September 2016
For many reasons—IT efficiency, consistency, productivity, and compliance—your IT
staff uses automation capabilities to deliver infrastructure and services in less time
and with increased oversight. Obtaining the most from automation means managing
your IT infrastructure as code, giving you control over underlying infrastructure and
access to APIs and scripting mechanisms. Unlike vendors that deliver a fraction of
the tools and interfaces you need, forcing you to use multiple APIs, Cisco provides
an object-based model and unified API that lets you easily and consistently manage
your Cisco UCS infrastructure at any level.
staff uses automation capabilities to deliver infrastructure and services in less time
and with increased oversight. Obtaining the most from automation means managing
your IT infrastructure as code, giving you control over underlying infrastructure and
access to APIs and scripting mechanisms. Unlike vendors that deliver a fraction of
the tools and interfaces you need, forcing you to use multiple APIs, Cisco provides
an object-based model and unified API that lets you easily and consistently manage
your Cisco UCS infrastructure at any level.
Why a Well-Structured API Matters
Your developers want to treat physical infrastructure the way they treat other
application services, using processes that automatically provision or change IT
resources. Similarly, your IT staff needs to provision, configure, and monitor physical
and virtual resources; automate routine activities;; and rapidly isolate and resolve
problems. The right API provides complete control, integrates with management
tools and processes, and enables you to easily adopt DevOps methodologies.
application services, using processes that automatically provision or change IT
resources. Similarly, your IT staff needs to provision, configure, and monitor physical
and virtual resources; automate routine activities;; and rapidly isolate and resolve
problems. The right API provides complete control, integrates with management
tools and processes, and enables you to easily adopt DevOps methodologies.
So Many Standards
IT standards are offered for every layer of infrastructure—from servers, storage
systems and power supplies to networking interfaces and software—each with
multiple revisions and varying levels of market adoption. Recently, the Distributed
Management Task Force (DMTF) released
systems and power supplies to networking interfaces and software—each with
multiple revisions and varying levels of market adoption. Recently, the Distributed
Management Task Force (DMTF) released
, a new standard that specifies
many aspects of infrastructure management, including the following:
Highlights
Program Your Infrastructure
• Manage your IT infrastructure
resources as code at every level to
achieve consistency, visibility, and
control.
Learn It Once, Use It Everywhere
• Use a consistent object model that
lets you learn the API once and
apply it as the scope of what you are
managing changes.
Use the Tools You Want to Use
• Write your own scripts or use Cisco
Unified Computing System™ (Cisco
UCS®) management or third-party
tools, or a combination, to help you
implement DevOps methodologies.
Manage Everything the Same Way
• Manage standalone servers, fabric
interconnects, logical servers,
chassis, and entire data centers
with an API that expands to include
more capabilities to match your
management domain.