How to monitor CISCO UCS network devices

What is Cisco UCS?

Cisco Unified Computing System, often called Cisco UCS, is a range of data center server computing products consisting of hardware, virtualization support, switching matrix and a management software.

Cisco UCS monitoring

This package aims at monitoring Cisco UCS Architecture using SNMP.

This package automatically configures the ServicePilot Agent to monitor Cisco UCS servers based on an SNMP collection.

The statistics gathered in this way include:

• Global System Information
• Fabric Interconnect health and performance (Interfaces, Fans, Temperature sensors and Power Supplies)
• Chassis health and performance (Interfaces, Fans, Temperature sensors,Power Supplies)
• Blade Servers health and performance on each chassis

Requirements

• SNMP Service must be configured (Security: read-only SNMP community and allowed host must be set) and started on each target device.

• Network Flows - It is necessary to ensure network connectivity between ServicePilot and the monitored device.

  • UDP/161 (SNMP): Between ServicePilot Agent and Cisco UCS

Installation

Before adding a resource to monitor, make certain that all pre-requisites are in place.

Follow the documentation to add a resource to ServicePilot.

Key field notes

1. General tab:

   1. UCS Virtual IP address: Virtual IP address of the Cisco UCS Unit being added

2. Monitoring Options tab: select the resources to monitor

3. Fabric Interconnect tab:

   1. Fabric Interconnect A: Specify the name of the Fabric Interconnect A
   2. IP address A: Specify the IP address of Fabric Interconnect A, as resolvable by the machine on which ServicePilot Agent is running
   3. Fabric Interconnect B: Specify the name of the Fabric Interconnect B
   4. IP address B: Specify the IP address of Fabric Interconnect B, as resolvable by the machine on which ServicePilot Agent is running

4. In the Policies tab, specify the policy or policies to apply to the resource

Notes

MIBs Used:

• RFC1213-MIB2
• CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-EQUIPMENT-MIB
• CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-COMPUTE-MIB
• CISCO-SYSTEM-EXT-MIB
• CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB

How to install a cisco-ucs resource?

1. Use your ServicePilot OnPremise installation or a SaaS account.
2. Add a new cisco-ucs resource via the web interface (/prmviews or /prmresources) or via API (/prmpackages page), the default ServicePilot agent or another agent will be provisioned automatically.

Details of the cisco-ucs package are located in the /prmpackages page of the software.

Benefits

ServicePilot enables you to deliver IT services faster and more securely with automated discovery and advanced monitoring features.

By correlating the technology CISCO UCS with APM and infrastructure monitoring, ServicePilot is able to provide a more comprehensive view of an organization's IT environment.

This allows IT teams to quickly identify and diagnose issues that may be impacting application performance, and take corrective action before end-users are affected.

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