Citrix Systems 4.2 12.7.1. Registering a UCS Manager, 12.7.2. Associating a Profile with a UCS Blade

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orchestrate. CloudPlatform can automatically understand the UCS environment, server profiles, etc. so
CloudPlatform administrators can deploy a bare metal OS on a Cisco UCS.
An overview of the steps involved in using UCS with CloudPlatform:
1. Set up your UCS blades, profiles, and UCS Manager according to Cisco documentation
2. Register the UCS Manager with CloudPlatform
3. Associate a profile with a UCS blade
4. Provision the blade as a bare metal host as described in Provisioning a Bare Metal Host with
Kickstart in the CloudPlatform Installation Guide.
12.7.1. Registering a UCS Manager
Register the UCS Manager with CloudPlatform by following these steps:
1. Install the UCS hardware (blades) and UCS Manager according to the vendor's instructions. Make
a note of the following information:
• UCS manager IP address
• UCS manager username
• UCS manager password
2. Log in to the CloudPlatform UI as administrator.
3. In the left navigation bar, click Infrastructure, then click Zones.
4. Click the name of a zone where Network Type is Basic.
5. Click the Compute and Storage tab.
6. Scroll down in the diagram and click UCS.
7. Click the Add UCS Manager button. In the dialog box, provide a display name, then the IP
address, username, and password that you made a note of in step 1.
8. Click OK.
CloudPlatform will register the UCS Manager, then automatically discover the blades on this UCS
Manager and add them into the resource pool.
12.7.2. Associating a Profile with a UCS Blade
Before associating a profile with a UCS blade, you must first do the steps in Section 12.7.1,
“Registering a UCS Manager”.
1. Log in to the CloudPlatform UI as administrator.
2. In the left navigation bar, click Infrastructure, then click Zones.
3. Click the name of a zone where you have registered a UCS Manager.
4. Click the Compute and Storage tab.
5. Scroll down in the diagram and click UCS.