Cisco UCS integration requires the UCS AIM for SystemEDGE to provide SNMP get/set requests for retrieving UCS devices and statistic data and configuring devices. The UCS Platform Management Module (PMM) also queries UCS devices and statistic information and stores the data in the Management DB. Cisco provides an XML API for interaction with the Cisco UCS Manager.
The API allows CA Virtual Assurance to gain access to the hardware, statistics, pools (UUID, MAC, WWPN, WWNN), and the UCS Manager service profiles information.
The diagram shows the integration components for the Cisco UCS. The communication protocol between the UCS Adapter and Cisco UCS manger is HTTP or HTTPS.
The XML API also provides the ability to configure certain device properties and perform pools and service profile management. Pools and Service Profile Management are one of the use cases that CA Virtual Assurance manages across multiple UCS Managers to detect pool range conflicts.
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