Unified Compute Platform (UCP) Advisor Administration Guide

Version: 4.6.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-92UCP119-15
Published: 2024-09-24

Getting started
Overview of UCP Advisor
System architecture
UCP Advisor features and functionality
UCP Advisor environment
Supported features and hardware
Supported I/O cards
Supported I/O cards: DS120/DS220/DS225/DS240 and DS120/DS220 G2 server models
Supported I/O cards on HA800 G2/G3 series servers
Supported GPU cards
Supported GPU cards: DS120/DS220/DS225/DS240 and DS120/DS220 G2 server models
Supported GPU cards on HA800 G2/G3 series servers
Supported software
UCP Advisor resource requirements
Supported browser
Accessing UCP Advisor
Accessing UCP Advisor in standalone-mode
Accessing the UCP Advisor plugin
Overview
Spare pool
Tasks
Accessing Help
Kubernetes dashboard
Role-based access control
UCP Advisor roles
Role-based features
Users and groups
Managing users
Creating a user
Editing user information
Deleting users
Assigning roles to a user
Removing roles assigned to a user
Adding a user to a group
Removing users from a group
Adding vCenter users to UCP Advisor
Managing user groups
Creating a user group
Editing a user group
Deleting a user group
Assigning roles to a group
Adding an identity source
Supported Active Directory use cases
Editing an Identity Source Password
Deleting an Identity Source
Firewall configuration required by the management node
Supported BIOS settings
Server boot order reference
Multitenancy
Managing subscribers
Registering a subscriber
Viewing subscribers
Updating a subscriber
Unregistering a subscriber
Managing UCP systems
Adding a UCP system
Editing a UCP system
Changing the UCP system type
Refreshing a UCP system
Deleting a UCP system
Adding devices to a UCP system
Device-level permissions
Automatically adding devices using an onboarding worksheet
Onboarding worksheet
Manually adding devices
Adding a compute node
Adding a storage system
Adding an Ethernet switch
Adding a Fibre Channel switch
Managing UCP system devices
Managing compute devices
Editing a compute device
Refreshing a compute device
Removing a compute device
Managing storage systems
Editing a storage system
Refreshing a storage system
Removing a storage system
Managing network switches
Editing an Ethernet switch
Refreshing an Ethernet switch
Removing an Ethernet switch
Editing a Fibre Channel switch
Refreshing a Fibre Channel switch
Removing a Fibre Channel switch
Configuring a datastore
Upgrading firmware
Uploading firmware
Uploading firmware for Brocade Fibre Channel G620 and G720 switches
Upgrading firmware on multiple devices
Updating firmware bundles
Deleting firmware bundles
Backing up switch configurations
Manually backing up switch configurations
Scheduling switch configuration backups
Deploying a host
Synchronizing a VLAN trunk range to an Ethernet switch
Replacing a server
Viewing the power consumption details for HA800 series server models
Managing compute nodes
Compute inventory
Filtering an inventory
Tagging a compute device to a subscriber
Replacing a compute server
Setting a boot option
Powering on/off or resetting compute nodes
Editing a compute node label
Compute node locator ID (LID) lamp
Upgrading compute firmware
Supported firmware upgrade paths for compute devices
Supported compute BMC and BIOS firmware versions per UCP Advisor release
Supported compute BMC and iLO firmware upgrade paths
Supported compute BIOS firmware upgrade paths
Enabling compute firmware upgrade paths on UCP Advisor version 4.6
Modifying the sampling time parameter for server firmware upgrade
Upgrading compute firmware in an ESXi cluster using vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Upgrading standalone ESXi host compute firmware using vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Editing the BMC password on a server
Editing the ESXi password on a server
Discovering I/O cards
Discovering I/O cards on DS120/DS220/DS225/DS240 and DS120 G2/DS220 G2 servers
Discovering I/O cards on HA800 G2/G3 series servers
Editing the BMC settings for Active Directory, NTP, SNMP, and SNMPv3
Editing Active Directory settings
Active Directory group privileges
Editing NTP settings
Editing SNMP settings
Editing SNMPv3 settings
Exporting BMC settings to a template
Importing BMC settings from a template
Deleting a BMC settings template
Resetting the BMC of a single compute node
Resetting the BMC of multiple compute nodes
Adding and editing a server tag
Accessing a server from a remote console
vSAN datastores
Attaching a volume to a server
Managing BIOS templates
Creating a BIOS template
Applying BIOS settings
Applying BIOS settings to multiple compute nodes
Editing a BIOS template
Cloning a BIOS template
Deleting a BIOS template
Enabling Microsoft Active Directory on a Hitachi Advanced Server
Untagging a compute device from a subscriber
Local drive slot numbering
Modifying the maintenance mode timeout parameters
Managing storage resources
Storage system inventory
Managing ADR and encryption
Managing datastores
Creating a datastore
Deleting a datastore
Attaching a datastore
Detaching a datastore
Expanding a datastore
Mounting a datastore
Unmounting a datastore
Managing parity groups
Creating a parity group
Setting accelerated compression on an existing parity group
Adding a parity group to a resource group
Deleting a parity group
Removing a parity group from a resource group
Managing volumes
Creating a volume
Expanding a volume
Modifying capacity saving
Presenting a volume to multiple hosts
Creating and presenting multiple volumes
Tagging a volume to a subscriber
Unpresenting a volume from multiple hosts
Adding a volume to a resource group
Deleting a volume
Deleting multiple volumes
Removing a volume from a resource group
Untagging a volume from a subscriber
Managing storage pools
Creating a storage pool
Expanding a storage pool
Setting deduplication on a storage pool
Adding a storage pool to a resource group
Tagging a storage pool to a subscriber
Deleting a storage pool
Removing a storage pool from a resource group
Untagging storage pool from a subscriber
Viewing ports
Adding a port to a resource group
Tagging a storage port to a subscriber
Removing a port from a resource group
Untagging storage port from a subscriber
Managing host groups
Creating a host group
Adding a WWN to a host group
Presenting a volume to a host group
Adding a host group to a resource group
Tagging a host group to a subscriber
Tagging a volume to a host group
Removing a WWN from a host group
Unpresenting a volume from a host group
Removing a host group from a resource group
Untagging a host group from a subscriber
Untagging a volume from a host group
Deleting a host group
Managing iSCSI targets
Creating an iSCSI target
Adding an IQN to an iSCSI target
Adding a CHAP user to an iSCSI target
Adding an iSCSI target to a resource group
Presenting a volume to an iSCSI target
Tagging an iSCSI target to a subscriber
Tagging a volume to an iSCSI target
Removing an IQN from an iSCSI target
Unpresenting a volume from an iSCSI target
Untagging an iSCSI target from a subscriber
Untagging a volume from an iSCSI target
Removing an iSCSI target from a resource group
Deleting a CHAP user from an iSCSI target
Deleting an iSCSI target
Displaying the ESXi host IQN in the compute server summary
Managing NVM subsystems
Creating NVM subsystems
Viewing NVM subsystem details
Adding a namespace path to an NVM subsystem
Removing NQN from an NVM subsystem
Removing a namespace from an NVM subsystem
Removing port from an NVM Subsystem
Removing a namespace path from an NVM Subsystem
Deleting an NVM subsystem
Managing replication pairs
Creating global-active device (GAD) pairs
Supported Global-active device pair types
Creating a single-server storage configuration
Creating a server cluster configuration
Creating a cross-path configuration
Splitting a global-active device replication pair
Resyncing a global-active device replication pair
Deleting a global-active device replication pair
Creating TrueCopy pairs
Creating a server cluster system configuration
Splitting a TrueCopy replication pair
Resyncing a TrueCopy replication pair
Deleting a TrueCopy replication pair
Viewing resource groups
Viewing quorum disks
Managing Ethernet switches
Ethernet switch inventory
Editing an Ethernet switch label
Editing Ethernet switch tags
Backing up an Ethernet switch configuration
Backing up all Ethernet switches
Restoring an Ethernet switch configuration
Set port type
Viewing and managing Ethernet ports
Editing Ethernet switch port tags
Managing VLANs on an Ethernet switch
Adding a VLAN to an Ethernet switch
Editing a VLAN on an Ethernet switch
Setting a native VLAN
Tagging a VLAN to a subscriber
Removing a native VLAN
Untagging a VLAN from a subscriber
Deleting a VLAN from an Ethernet switch
Managing VLAN policies
Creating a VLAN Policy
Applying a VLAN policy
Editing a VLAN policy
Deleting VLAN policy
Upgrading Ethernet switch firmware
Supported firmware upgrade paths for Ethernet switches
Enabling Arista switch management SSH and API http commands
Enabling HTTPS protocol on Cisco switches
Managing Fibre Channel switches
Fibre Channel switch inventory
Viewing Fibre Channel ports
Tagging a Fibre Channel port to a subscriber
Untagging a Fibre Channel port from a subscriber
Editing a Fibre Channel switch label
Editing Fibre Channel switch tags
Backing up a Fibre Channel switch configuration
Enabling a Fibre Channel switch
Disabling a Fibre Channel switch
Restoring a Fibre Channel switch configuration
Managing zone aliases
Managing zones
Managing zone configurations
Managing zone policies
Creating a zone policy
Applying a zone policy
Editing a zone policy
Deleting a zone policy
Upgrading Fibre Channel switch firmware
Supported firmware upgrade paths for Fibre Channel switches
Administering UCP Advisor
Viewing license information
Importing a license
Upgrading a license
Integrating VMware
Registering vCenter
Editing vCenter information
Attaching a vCenter to a UCP system
Detaching a vCenter from UCP system
Deleting a vCenter Instance
Refreshing a vCenter Instance
Registering the UCP Advisor plugin
Unregistering a UCP Advisor plugin
Using the UCP Advisor REST API
Accessing the UCP Advisor REST APIs
Initiating a UCP Advisor API session
Supported REST API operations
Generating and downloading log files
Modifying the log bundle retention value
Log bundle folder structure
Generating a UCP system inventory report
Managing UCP systems attached to linked vCenters
Managing UCP systems attached to linked vCenters in UCP Advisor standalone mode
Registering linked vCenters in UCP Advisor standalone mode
Editing linked vCenters in UCP Advisor standalone mode
Attaching a linked vCenter to UCP systems in UCP Advisor standalone mode
Detaching a linked vCenter from UCP systems in UCP Advisor standalone mode
Registering the UCP Advisor plugin with a linked vCenter in UCP Advisor standalone mode
Unregistering the UCP Advisor plugin from a linked vCenter in UCP Advisor standalone mode
Deleting a linked vCenter instance in UCP Advisor standalone mode
Managing UCP systems attached to linked vCenters using the UCP Advisor plugin mode
Registering linked vCenters in UCP Advisor plugin mode
Editing linked vCenters in UCP Advisor plugin mode
Adding a UCP system in UCP Advisor plugin mode
Detaching a linked vCenter from UCP systems in UCP Advisor plugin mode
Registering the UCP Advisor plugin with a linked vCenter in UCP Advisor plugin mode
Unregistering the UCP Advisor plugin from a linked vCenter in UCP Advisor plugin mode
Deleting a linked vCenter instance in UCP Advisor plugin mode
Configuring the UCP Advisor Gateway
Initiating a High Availability failover
Using VMware Aria Operations for Logs with UCP Advisor
Registering VMware Aria Operations for Logs
Editing VMware Aria Operations for Logs credentials
Attaching VMware Aria Operations for Logs to a UCP system
Detaching VMware Aria Operations for Logs from a UCP system
Deleting a registered VMware Aria Operations for Logs instance
UCP Expansion
Using UCP Expansion for UCP Converged Infrastructure VMware virtualization on a new cluster
Using UCP Expansion for UCP Converged Infrastructure VMware virtualization on an existing cluster
Using UCP Expansion for UCP hyperconverged (HC) virtualized solution on a new cluster
Using UCP Expansion for UCP hyperconverged (HC) virtualized solution on an existing cluster
Using UCP Expansion for UCP non-virtualization solutions
Rebooting the UCP Advisor VMs
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting issues with AD, SNMP, and NTP settings
Troubleshooting add server issues
Troubleshooting attach datastore issues
Troubleshooting create datastore issues
Troubleshooting LUN path issues when attaching a datastore
Troubleshooting BMC service issues
Troubleshooting BMC firmware upgrade failure issues
Troubleshooting boot order issues
Troubleshooting compute server status for servers onboarded at a non-compliant firmware level
Troubleshooting device-related operations on a remote gateway VM
Troubleshooting Ethernet firmware upgrade issues
Troubleshooting Ethernet switch onboarding issues
Troubleshooting Cisco Ethernet switch backup configuration issues
Troubleshooting security vulnerability in Brocade Fibre Channel switches
Troubleshooting Fibre Channel firmware upgrade issues
Troubleshooting Fibre Channel switch onboarding issues
Troubleshooting Fibre Channel restore issues
Troubleshooting Fibre Channel switch backup configuration issues
Troubleshooting firmware upgrade issues with the DS120 G2 and DS220 G2 servers
Troubleshooting firmware upgrade issues on DS120/DS220/DS225/DS240 and DS120 G2/DS220 G2 servers
Troubleshooting power on/power off issues on DS120/ DS220, DS120/DS220 G2, DS225, and DS240 server models.
Troubleshooting firmware upgrade issues on HA800 G2/G3 series server models
Troubleshooting firmware upgrade timeout issues on HA800 G2/G3 series server models
Troubleshooting firmware upgrade issues on HA800 G2/G3 series server models because of incomplete SPV upload
Troubleshooting I/O card discovery and firmware upgrade issues on DS120/DS220/DS225/DS240 and DS120 G2/DS220 G2 servers
Troubleshooting Kubernetes dashboard issues
Troubleshooting Kubernetes container restart issues caused by deployment resource limitations
Troubleshooting UCP Advisor log bundle extraction issues on Windows systems
Troubleshooting resource group issues
Troubleshooting removal of decommissioned devices from UCP Advisor
Troubleshooting switch backup and upgrade issues
Troubleshooting UCP Advisor user management issues
Troubleshooting UCP Advisor VM reboot issues
Troubleshooting UCP Advisor login issues for the token invalid error
Troubleshooting removal of the UCP Advisor plugin from the vCenter UI
Troubleshooting UI launch issues
Troubleshooting accidental plugin removal from the vCenter MOB
Troubleshooting vCenter registration issue
Troubleshooting vCenter cluster configuration failure during UCP Expansion
Troubleshooting vLCM UI firmware bundle display issues: SSL certificate cannot be verified
Troubleshooting vLCM UI firmware bundle display issues: expired authentication token
Troubleshooting volume verification issues when creating an NVMe datastore
Troubleshooting Chrome web browser issues
Extras
Rotating the SSL certificate
Importing or removing a CA-signed certificate
Importing a CA-signed certificate
Removing a CA-signed certificate
Retaining network switch backup configuration files
Manually unregistering the UCP Advisor plugin
Adding an LDAPS certificate
Changing the time zone of Task events
Creating a zip file for the firmware bundle
Provisioning a command device for the UCP Advisor VM after installing UCP Advisor
Configuring a storage device with UCP Advisor
Generating a log bundle using the CLI
Removing a command device from the UCP Advisor VM or the remote gateway VM
Enabling storage management with out-of-band command device
Enabling SOL settings on ESXi servers
Enabling SOL settings for BIOS on DS120/DS220/DS225/DS240 and DS120 G2/DS220 G2 servers
Configuring storage devices refresh time
Modifying the monitoring metrics collection schedule for compute and storage devices
Enabling the storage ports and volume metrics monitoring using UCP Advisor REST APIs
Disabling monitoring of HA800 series power metrics using UCP Advisor REST API

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