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Provision Machine: Cisco UCS

The Provision Machine:Cisco UCS action type lets you use the Service Profile wizard to provision a UCS blade server. Select the service profile details; click Next to specify a blade server; click Next to select the Imaging type; review the blade Summary, and click Add Computer.

The Details section of the action definition contains the following fields:

Manager

Select the UCS Manager.

Service Profile

Select the service profile name.

Only show unassociated Service Profiles

Select for unassociated service profiles only.

Template Service Profile

Select the service profile template.

New Profile Name

Specifies the new service profile based on the template. You can use automatically generated text or text extracted from event messages.

Require Approval

Select to specify that the ticket requires approval by a third party.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Auto close ticket on approval/rejection

Select to close the ticket after it is approved or rejected.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Ticket Types

Select a valid ticket type from the drop-down list. Depending on your configuration, valid types include:

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Templates

Specifies the template to use to create a ticket. Select a template from the drop-down list. Depending on the ticket type selected, the form is populated with corresponding values.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.