Virtual IP and UCS Manager

RE: UCS API response - extIp not specified for one of the switches

2012-09-12T16:56:38Z

Thanks Mariusz, that thread is more about correct setup. Anyway, my problem is, that UCS API itself is not returning what I have set and what I can see in the UCS manager. I have attached XML portion of what UCS returns, and what is configured, shown in both KVM and manager. Please notify mgmtIf elements: switch-A/mgmt/if-1 returns extIp="0.0.0.0" switch-B/mgmt/if-1 returns extIp="xxx.xxx.xxx.252 Why is the API not returning proper extIp for both switches ? It seems to me like a bug in the API. Can I create a case for this issue ? thank you, Martin

UCS API response - extIp not specified for one of the switches

2012-08-02T15:43:53Z

Hi, we have problem when monitoring UCS device through UCS API. The extIP for one of the switches is empty. The configuration screens are attached. Response looks like this: Can somebody explain why the extIP is not filled for the first element? Thanks

eventRecord and filter of DateTime type

2010-07-16T02:28:20Z

Hi, I am trying to filter events by its created property to get events for last 30 minutes. This is my request: but this request returns empty response: Is it possible using filter over datatime property, or am I getting something wrong ?

UCS Fabric sysobjectid

2010-07-09T19:35:45Z

We did a SNMP request for sysobjectid to get unique device id and we get sysObjectID = 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.12.3.1.3.847 in return. We need uniquely identify each UCS device and my question is, are there any other possible sysobjectid OIDs that UCS system could return ? thank you, Martin

RE: extIp and ip attributes

2010-07-09T18:36:14Z

[quote]So what you getting is IP address assigned to Fabric Interconnect switch-A/mgmt/if-1 and switch-B/mgmt.. I don't why you are not getting switch-B, may be it does not exist ? all the other ones are actually blades like slot-x/mgmt/x for which you should see mac , i don't think you would get the external IP for these ones. [/quote] I thought - switch-B was not configured to have external IP and blades were not in ip pool, so they havent public ip either. But, my question was - can I rely on extIp = 0.0.0.0 when external IP is not assigned, or is there a better way ?

extIp and ip attributes

2010-07-08T14:37:34Z

Hi, I was trying to get IP addresses of elements in UCS. I have enumerated all mgmtIf classes and some of them have extIp filled and some have not. Here is what I get: dn: sys/switch-A/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 10.140.107.44 ; ip 127.12.0.1 dn: sys/switch-B/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 0.0.0.0 ; ip 127.12.0.2 dn: sys/chassis-1/slot-1/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 0.0.0.0 ; ip 127.5.1.254 dn: sys/chassis-2/slot-1/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 0.0.0.0 ; ip 127.5.2.254 dn: sys/chassis-1/blade-1/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 0.0.0.0 ; ip 127.5.1.1 dn: sys/chassis-1/blade-2/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 0.0.0.0 ; ip 127.5.1.2 dn: sys/chassis-1/blade-3/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 0.0.0.0 ; ip 127.5.1.3 dn: sys/chassis-1/blade-4/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 0.0.0.0 ; ip 127.5.1.4 dn: sys/chassis-2/blade-1/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 0.0.0.0 ; ip 127.5.2.1 dn: sys/chassis-2/blade-2/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 0.0.0.0 ; ip 127.5.2.2 dn: sys/chassis-2/blade-3/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 0.0.0.0 ; ip 127.5.2.3 dn: sys/chassis-2/blade-4/mgmt/if-1 extIp: 0.0.0.0 ; ip 127.5.2.4 My question is, externally available IP address is extIp, when is different from "0.0.0.0", or is there any other way how to detect externally reachable ip addresses of ucs elements ? thanks, Martin

RE: Automatic discovery of UCS Manager IP

2010-06-29T12:49:49Z

It was not exactly what I wanted. Lets look at that from different end. I have computer that responds to ping and I need to find whether it is an UCS manager and on what port does API respond. Is that possible ? Thanks,

RE: UCS API attributes

2010-06-29T12:42:35Z

That makes sense. Thank for your response.

Automatic discovery of UCS Manager IP

2010-06-28T20:11:39Z

Is there any way how to automatically discover that specific IP address is a Virtual IP of UCS manager and or to find its port where API is listening ? In reference are mentioned standard HTTP/S ports, but our test environment listens on port 8080.

IDs returned from UCS API

2010-06-28T20:07:09Z

Are the IDs that are provided by UCS stable across reboots ? Also what happens if a device in the middle gets removed. For example, you have 3 blades and you have ids 1,2, and 3. If you remove blade 2, does blade 3 keeps its ID or does it get ID 2.

UCS API attributes

2010-06-26T13:06:45Z

Hi, I have two questions to UCS attributes in API, 1. Is the ¿switchId¿ property of type ¿adaptorHostEthlf¿ the ID of the Fabric Interconnect that the chassis is connected to? Should we rely on the fabricLocale in the blade hierarchy to better determine the relationship? 2. Does the ¿operState¿ property reflect the overall status of an item in UCS? What does the operability status indicate? thank you,

Virtual IP and UCS Manager

2010-04-28T21:03:42Z

I am working on test implementation of UCS API polling. During reading documentation I have found expression Virtual IP. What is realation of Virtual IP to UCS manager ? Is there any limitation with using API over specific Virtual IP ?