Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor - Overview

1. Overview

The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) is a baseboard management controller that provides embedded server management for Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers. The Cisco IMC enables system management in the datacenter and across distributed branch-office locations. The Cisco IMC supports multiple management interfaces, including a web user interface (Web UI), a command-line interface (CLI), and an XML API that is consistent with the one used by Cisco UCS Manager. The Cisco IMC also supports industry-standard management protocols, including Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) and Intelligent Platform Management Interface Version 2.0 (IPMIv2.0)

•    Platform hardware inventory

•   Hardware health status

•   Server management including virtual keyboard, video, and mouse (vKVM) launch

•   Firmware inventory and management

•  Call Home (email alerting)

•   Power control management

2. Cisco IMC Supervisor Dashboard Overview

3. Features

Platform hardware inventory

• Enables customers to view inventory for multiple systems from a single interface (potentially across different sites), without the need to log into each system individually

• Provides data about the system, processors, memory, power supplies, PCI devices, virtual interface cards (VICs), RAID controllers, fault table, and log files 

Hardware health status

• Delivers a single pane showing fault status for multiple systems in a single interface to help customers identify faults using easy-to-read embedded charts and tables 

Server management including vKVM launch

• Provides the capability to perform platform tasks including power on, power off, and vKVM launch

Firmware inventory and management

• Enables the download, management, and updating of firmware across multiple servers using the Cisco IMC Non-interactive Host Update Utility

Call Home

• Delivers a single consolidated email alert for critical faults reported on the management systems being monitored to proactively notify users of these faults

Multi-server discovery

• Enables users to add one or more systems to the Cisco IMC Supervisor using multiple discovery methods including IP range, subnet mask range, comma-separated value (CSV) file, and IP address list 

System tagging

• Assigns metadata tags to each system to enable users to filter and sort systems based on user-assigned attributes 

Role-based access control (RBAC)

• Gives users multiple levels of access and control over managed systems