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How to Configure the Cisco UCS Management Components

The following diagram provides an overview of the required actions to configure the management components. The diagram includes corresponding troubleshooting strategies in case of connection problems.

A Cisco UCS Manager running on the switch provides management functionality for networking, storage, and blades, and also supports virtualization.

CA Server Automation interacts with Cisco UCS to query UCS device information including hardware resource, and health and device statistics. CA Server Automation supports Cisco UCS using a UCS AIM and PMM.

Follow these steps:

1. Review Requirements and Requirements for Cisco UCS Server.
2. Review Interaction between Cisco UCS Management Components.
3. Add a Cisco UCS to the Manager.
4. Troubleshoot if Server Connection to the Manager Failed.
5. Add the UCS AIM Server.
6. Troubleshoot the AIM Instance Connection.
7. Verify the Cisco UCS in the Resources Tree.