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Managing Bare Metal and Blade Pools
Registering a UCS Bare Metal Image
3.
Beneath this icon you will find an icon for UCS Rack Server.
4.
Click this icon to proceed.
5.
In the UCS Racks section, click the gear icon
⚙
next to the line item you wish to register in the grid, then click the
Register Cisco UCS Server button.
6.
Select the Pool Type:
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Physical
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Virtual
7.
Click Submit Order.
Understanding the Blade Registration Process
When a blade is first registered, it is placed into the Maintenance pool in the Available state. After registration, the CPTA
manages blades using pool type Virtual or Physical. There are three pool types:
manages blades using pool type Virtual or Physical. There are three pool types:
Maintenance—A holding area for blades that are registered but have not been identified for some reason. Blades in
the maintenance pool are owned and managed by Cloud Provider Technical Administrators and are not available to
Server Owners.
the maintenance pool are owned and managed by Cloud Provider Technical Administrators and are not available to
Server Owners.
Virtual—Blades in this pool have been identified for hosting virtual machines. They have been provisioned with
VMware ESXi. Blades in this pool never carry a status of Available, only In Use or Pending.
VMware ESXi. Blades in this pool never carry a status of Available, only In Use or Pending.
Physical—Blades in this pool have been assigned for use by Server Owners. They can carry a status of Available, In
Use, or Pending.
Use, or Pending.
Each registered UCS blade is in one of the following statuses:
Available—The blade is unassigned and not in use; it is available for physical server provisioning or VMware ESXi
provisioning.
provisioning.
In Use—The blade is assigned and in use by either a Server Owner (running Windows or Linux) or a Cloud Provider
Technical Administrator as a VMware ESXi host.
Technical Administrator as a VMware ESXi host.
Pending—A physical or VMware ESXi server on the blade is provisioning.
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For a provisioning physical server, the blade is in the physical pool and is not in transition, but its status is
changing from Available to Pending, or from Pending to In Use.
changing from Available to Pending, or from Pending to In Use.
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For a provisioning ESXi server, the blade is in transition from the Maintenance pool to the Virtual pool.
Installing Service Profile Templates
You also need to assign a service profile template to each bare metal server that you register.
1.
Go to Setup > System Settings > Manage Cloud Infrastructure tab.
2.
Click the Service Profile Templates icon.
3.
In the Service Profile Templates section, click
⚙
next to the line item you wish to register in the grid, then click the
CloudSync Edit Infrastructure button.
4.
On the CloudSync Edit Infrastructure form, complete the following:
1.
Service Profile Template Name