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11.4. Using Cisco UCS as Bare Metal Host CloudPlatform
(Supported only for use in CloudPlatform zones with basic networking.)
You can provision Cisco UCS server blades into CloudPlatform for use as bare metal hosts.
The goal is to enable easy expansion of the cloud by leveraging the programmability of the UCS
converged infrastructure and CloudPlatform’s knowledge of the cloud architecture and ability to
orchestrate. CloudPlatform can automatically understand the UCS environment, server profiles, etc. so
CloudPlatform administrators can deploy a bare metal OS on a Cisco UCS.
An overview of the steps involved in using UCS with CloudPlatform:
1. Set up your UCS blades, profiles, and UCS Manager according to Cisco documentation
2. Register the UCS Manager with CloudPlatform
3. Associate a profile with a UCS blade
4. Provision the blade as a bare metal host as described in Section 11.3, “Provisioning a Bare Metal
Host with Kickstart”.
11.4.1. Registering a UCS Manager
Register the UCS Manager with CloudPlatform by following these steps:
1. Install the UCS hardware (blades) and UCS Manager according to the vendor's instructions. Make
a note of the following information: