Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide
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Introducing the
UCS Manager Adapter
This chapter provides an overview of the UCS Manager Adapter and its requirements:
Overview
Cisco UCS Manager (UCSM) is a device manager, providing unified and embedded management of all software and
hardware components of the Cisco Unified Computing System. It integrates computing, networking, storage access, and
virtualization resources in a single, cohesive system. UCSM provides management interfaces through a GUI and
command-line interface (CLI). Additionally, a native XML API provides full access to all UCS Manager functions. All
operations, including the Cisco UCS Manager's GUI and CLI, use this XML API.
hardware components of the Cisco Unified Computing System. It integrates computing, networking, storage access, and
virtualization resources in a single, cohesive system. UCSM provides management interfaces through a GUI and
command-line interface (CLI). Additionally, a native XML API provides full access to all UCS Manager functions. All
operations, including the Cisco UCS Manager's GUI and CLI, use this XML API.
The UCS Manager Adapter integrates with UCS Manager using the XML API and provides for the automation of UCS
Manager activities for Blade and Rack-mount Server management, in the form of UCS Manager jobs.
Manager activities for Blade and Rack-mount Server management, in the form of UCS Manager jobs.
UCS-managed objects form the
UCS Management Information Tree
, which is exposed in entirety through the API,
permitting development of external applications that can modify Management Information as needed.
The Cisco UCS Manager Adapter provides for automating the execution of Cisco UCS Manager tasks as part of a
CWA-managed process. In this release, tasks are limited to a subset of server management activities.
CWA-managed process. In this release, tasks are limited to a subset of server management activities.
The Adapter uses the Cisco UCS XML API to submit and monitor UCS management tasks with full scheduling capabilities
and parameter support. As a platform independent solution, the Adapter can run on any platform where the CWA master
runs.
and parameter support. As a platform independent solution, the Adapter can run on any platform where the CWA master
runs.
Prerequisites
You need to configure your firewall to grant the adapter access to ports 6400 to 6405, 8080, 1948, and 4205. If you
override any of these default ports, verify that ports required to communicate with USC Manager are open.
override any of these default ports, verify that ports required to communicate with USC Manager are open.
If the associated host is configured to use SSL for external communication (HTTPS), you must complete the following
steps as described in detail in
steps as described in detail in
.
Obtain security certificates for all target servers.
Export security certificates for all target servers to a local directory.
Import security certificates for all target servers into a Java keystore.
Verify that:
Web Services are configured.