Installing the
SolutionPack

Core modules must be up-to-date in all servers because not all module dependencies are validated during the
SolutionPack
installation or update process.
  1. Click
    Administration
    .
  2. Click
    Centralized Management
    .
  3. Click
    SolutionPack Center
    .
  4. Select the SolutionPack in the
    Browse and Install SolutionPacks
    window.
  5. Click
    Install
    .
  6. Type the instance name.
  7. Assign a server for each component.
    In a typical four server deployment, the recommended servers are selected automatically.
  8. Click
    Next
    .
    The window displays pre-configured alert details.
  9. From the
    Alerting on data collection
    drop-down menu, select existing settings that have been specified for other components, or select
    Add a new alerting data collection
    .
    If you select
    Add a new alerting on data collection
    , type information about the alerting configuration. In
    Alerting Backend hostname or IP address
    , specify the Primary Backend host.
  10. Click
    Next
    .
    The window displays data collection details.
  11. From the
    Data collection
    drop-down menu, select existing settings that have been specified for other components, or select
    Add a new data collection
    .
    If you select
    Add a new data collection
    , type information about the data collection. In
    Hostname or IP address to send data to
    , use
    localhost
    on port 2020, which is the Collector host where the Load Balancer Connector is installed.
  12. From the
    Frontend Web service
    drop-down menu, select existing settings that have been specified for other components, or select
    Add a new Frontend Web service
    .
    If you select
    Add a new Frontend Web service
    , type information about the Frontend Web service.
  13. Select the
    Enable events collection
    checkbox.
  14. In the
    Event server hostname or IP address
    field, select the Backend host where the events server runs. The default port is 52007.
  15. In the
    Even server port number
    field, enter a port number for events collection.
  16. Select
    Configure advanced settings
    to configure polling settings.
  17. Click
    Next
    .
    The window displays event settings.
  18. Select an
    Event database
    . If you select
    Add a new Events
    database, type information for the new events database. Type the database information for the events database that runs on the Primary Backend host. The default
    Database port
    is 53306. The default
    Event server port number
    is 52007.
  19. Click
    Next
    .
    The window displays reports settings.
  20. In
    Administration Web-Service Instance
    , select an existing instance or create a custom instance.
  21. Click
    Install.
  22. Click
    Ok
    . Monitor the installation logs to ensure that the installation completes successfully.
  23. Click
    Discovery Center
    Devices Management
    .
  24. Click
    Cisco UCS
    .
  25. Click
    Add new device
    .
  26. Specify the details of the Cisco UCS configuration.
    1. In the Device location section, select the server and instance where you want to store the configuration details for this device.
    2. In the
      UCS type
      field, select UCS Manager (Blade Chassis) or UCS C-Series (Server).
    3. In
      Hostname or IP address
      type the UCS management host.
    4. In the
      Username
      and
      Password
      fields, type the credentials for the management server.
    5. Select
      Enable secure connection
      , if desired.
    6. In the
      Communication port
      field, type the port number for the management server.
  27. Click
    Validate and Add
    to validate the credentials.
  28. Click
    OK
    .
  29. Click
    Save
    .
If you want to discover the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects in your environment via SNMP, you must install the Cisco MDS /Nexus SolutionPack in your environment to provide full SNMP masks and capabilities for the SNMP discovery.
Cisco UCS events are commented out by default in frontend configuration files. To enable Cisco UCS events, uncomment Cisco UCS events in the following configuration files: APG.xml, APG-WS.xml, and report-generation-config.xml.