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Cisco UCS PowerTool. Joe Martin. Consulting Systems Engineer, CCIE #5917. TechEd 2014. An introduction to PowerShell automation for Cisco UCS. Agenda. Link to slides at end of presentation. UCSM…What is it? What is PowerTool Where to download How to download How to install
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Cisco UCS PowerTool Joe Martin Consulting Systems Engineer, CCIE #5917 TechEd 2014 An introduction to PowerShell automation for Cisco UCS
Agenda Link to slides at end of presentation • UCSM…What is it? • What is PowerTool • Where to download • How to download • How to install • How to learn to use • Sample and example scripts • Q&A – Along the way (Don’t be shy!)
UCSM = Programmatic Infrastructure = SDC(Software Defined Compute) • UCS Manager is an API not a GUI or CLI…but it has those • Comprehensive XML API, standards-based interfaces • Bi-Directional access to physical & logical internals System Center-SCOM/VMM/Orch PowerShell Custom- Self Serve portals Management Tools Auditing Tools XML API System Status Physical Inventory Logical Inventory Direct UCS CLI UCS GUI Customer 3rd Party
What is PowerTool PowerShell modules for Cisco UCS Servers Available for UCS managed systems and stand-alone C-Series PowerTool for UCSM is automatically generated by our XML schema Free to download from http://cisco.com PowerTool for UCSM contains 1866 cmdlets Can do 100% of UCSM with PowerTool Follows Microsoft best practices Easy to learn how to use…I promise!
Depth of PowerTool Capabilities • Hardware • VLANs, LAN Uplink, SAN Uplink, Server, Appliance Ports, Port Channels, etc. • Pools • Servers, UUID, MAC, IP, WWPN, WWNN, iSCSI, etc. • Policies • BIOS, Firmware, Adapters, Boot, Drives, etc. • Templates • vNIC, vHBA, Service Profile Templates, etc. • Reporting • vNIC Statistics, vHBA Statistics, Thermal, Resources, etc.
Downloading • Go to http://www.cisco.com • Log in using your CCO credentials • If you don’t have credentials it’s easy to register • Select ‘Support’ then ‘All Downloads’ • In Find type: PowerTool and select ‘Cisco UCS Management Partner Ecosystem Software’ • Click on ‘Unified Computing System (UCS) PowerTool’ • Select ‘Cisco IMC PowerTool pack for Powershell’ for Stand-Alone C-Series or ‘Cisco PowerTool pack for Powershell’ for UCSM • Select ‘Download’
Installing PowerTool • Launch installer • Next> • Accept license agreement, Next> • Install Location, Next> • Install • Accept UAC • Finish
Using PowerTool • Import-Module CiscoUcsPs • Load module • Get-Command -Module CiscoUcsPs | Out-File .\CiscoUcsPs_Cmdlets.txt • List of cmdlets • Get-Command -Module CiscoUcsPs | Measure-Object • How many cmdlets • Get-Help <verb-UCScmdlet> -full
Easy to Learn Demo • Open UCSM GUI • Import-Module CiscoUcsPs • EnterConvertTo-UcsCmdletin a PowerShell session • This cmdlet will run forever till stopped • Do something in the UCSM GUI and hit ‘Save’ • Watch your PowerShell session now • First time is a bit slow to produce output…be patient • Will see the PowerShell for that UCSM configuration
Logging into UCSM • Log into a UCSM domain$cred = Get-Credential $myucs= read-host “Enter UCSM Hostname or IP” $mycon = Connect-Ucs -Name $myucs -Credential $cred #do your thing Disconnect-UcsLog into multiple UCSM domains $multilogin = Set-UcsPowerToolConfiguration -SupportMultipleDefaultUcs $true $cred = Get-Credential $myucs = @("192.168.2.10","10.20.31.6") $mycon = Connect-Ucs -Name $myucs -Credential $cred #do your thing Disconnect-Ucs
Bringing it Together Demo • From our learning on ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet we got • Get-UcsLanCloud | Add-UcsVlan -CompressionType "included" -DefaultNet "no" -Id 99 -McastPolicyName "" -Name "test" -PubNwName "" -Sharing "none" -XtraProperty @{PolicyOwner="local"; } • Strip down to what we need • Get-UcsLanCloud | Add-UcsVlan -Id 99 -Name "test“ • Script it • $VLANList = Import-Csv “.\VLANList.csv“ • foreach ($item in $VLANList) • {Get-UcsLanCloud| Add-UcsVlan -Id $item.VLAN -Name $item.Name}
Demos Demo • Build a complete UCS in just a few minutes • Answer file based = repeatable, consistent • Configures 100% of UCS • Zone your SAN in minutes • Build 5120 zones with aliases across 2 MDS fabrics in 42 minutes • Writes 5120 zones with aliases to file in under 1 minute • Rename your Windows NICs in seconds • Renames physical vNICs and Hyper-V vSwitches Unlimited Potential!
Resources • PowerTool Documentation • http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/msft_tools/C-Series/powertools/ucs_powertool_book/ucs_pwrtool_bkl1.pdf • Forums • https://communities.cisco.com/community/technology/datacenter/ucs_management/cisco_ucs_developed_integrations • My Script Repository / This slide deck • https://communities.cisco.com/people/joemar/content
Slides and Scripts: https://communities.cisco.com/people/joemar/content Joe Martin Consulting Systems Engineer, CCIE #5917 Cisco Systems Tel: 425-468-1015 Email: joemar@cisco.com
