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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.
11.4.2. Associating a Profile with a UCS Blade
Before associating a profile with a UCS blade, you must first do the steps in Section 11.4.1,
“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.
6. Click the name of the UCS Manager.
A list is displayed that shows the names of the blades that are installed under the selected
manager.
7. In the Actions column, click the Associate Profile icon.
8. In the dialog, select the name of the profile you want to associate with this blade, then click OK.
The dropdown list in the dialog box lists the profiles that are currently defined in the UCS Manager
where this blade resides. The list is refreshed any time you add or remove profiles on the UCS
Manager.
You might need to wait a few minutes for this operation to finish. The operation might take a long
time, depending on the complexity of the setup. The timeout is 60 minutes.