Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.1 Installation Guide
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Created: December 13, 2014, OL-29970-02
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Preface
The primary audience for this guide are system administrators, systems integrators, Cisco Advanced Services, and Cisco partner
delivery teams who are responsible for installing and configuring Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.1.1.
delivery teams who are responsible for installing and configuring Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.1.1.
Note
These administrators must be familiar with Open Virtualization Format (OVF) templates, virtualization concepts, and
virtualized environments.
virtualized environments.
Related Documentation
The following additional documentation is available:
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Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.1.1 Installation Guide
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Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.1.1 Release Notes
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Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.1.1 Compatibility & Requirements Matrix
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Open Source Used In Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.1.1 Virtual Appliance
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In addition, there is also the Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.1 Administrator’s Guide available from the
previous release.
previous release.
Obtaining Documentation
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the
monthly “What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation,” which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
monthly “What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation,” which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
Tip
Subscribe to the “What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation” as a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed and set
content to be delivered directly to your desktop using a reader application. The RSS feeds are a free service and Cisco
currently supports RSS Version 2.0.
content to be delivered directly to your desktop using a reader application. The RSS feeds are a free service and Cisco
currently supports RSS Version 2.0.
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Product Overview
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (Cisco IAC) is a management and automation solution for private, public, and hybrid
compute clouds. It provides a self-service experience for cloud end users through a web-based portal, taking service orders, and
provisioning them through automation and integration with the infrastructure and supporting data center systems. Cisco IAC
is deployed as a solution that contains a set of preconfigured catalog services, service forms, portal pages and portlets,
integration adapters, and automation processes.
compute clouds. It provides a self-service experience for cloud end users through a web-based portal, taking service orders, and
provisioning them through automation and integration with the infrastructure and supporting data center systems. Cisco IAC
is deployed as a solution that contains a set of preconfigured catalog services, service forms, portal pages and portlets,
integration adapters, and automation processes.
The solution includes these two primary platform products:
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Cisco Prime Service Catalog—the end user facing service catalog and self-service portal
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Cisco Process Orchestrator—the provisioning automation and integration platform
Note
There are additional products that are optional. Please see the
for more information.