How to Setup a Cisco UCS Scan

This lesson will explain how to set up a scan job to scan your Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) environement.  The lesson assumes that you have already installed your PAD, set up your IP Ranges, and set up your Credentials.  See the previous lessons in this chapter if you have not done so.

Asset Vision® uses an agentless method of scanning.  Agentless scanning has the profound benefit of being non-disruptive to the configuration of your target systems.  The method we use to perform discovery is based on the creation of scanning jobs that run according to a particular schedule.  The scan jobs implement the various discovery techniques built into Asset Vision®.

Create a New Cisco UCS Scan Job

Create a New Cisco UCS Scan Job

Navigate to: Setup > Discovery > Scan Jobs > Manage. This data view displays all of the currently existing scan jobs.

  1. Click New at bottom of page to launch the Scan Job Setup Wizard.
  2. In the Selection dialog, select the Network Devices job category.
  3. In the job type: drop-down, select Cisco Unified Computing Systems (UCS).
  4. Click OK.

1. Configure the Cisco UCS Settings

1. Configure the Cisco UCS Settings

In the Create Cisco UCS Job window, in Configuration, enter the following information:

  1. Target Host - This is the host for which the scan will collect it's Cisco UCS Management information. It will typically be an IP address.
  2. Port - Enter the port number that will be used by the Target Host.  If no Port is supplied, the default UCS Management system will use port 3260.
  3. Click Next.

2. Select PAD

Select PAD

Select a PAD from a list of existing PADs from the drop down list. Click Next to continue.

3. Select Credentials

Credentials

Add Credentials to be used for rights to successfully scan using the desired probes:

  1. Mark the Select credentials to be used for current scan: check box to use only the specified credentials for the current Scan Job.
    To use any available, pre-defined credentials, leave this box unchecked. The Scan Job will go through each available credential until the scan is successful.
  2. For any given credential type, click the Add (plus sign) button.
  3. In the Credential User Name dialog, select the credential or credentials required for the Scan Job. These credentials shall have sufficient rights to the endpoints to be successfully scanned.
    At this point, you may also create a new Credential by clicking New. This will begin the Create a New Credential process.
  4. Click the Remove (minus sign) button to remove any unwanted Credentials.

4. Configure the Schedule for the Job

4. Schedule
  1. Select the desired Scan Window, or leave as Default if you would like for the scans to run at any time. For more information see Setting up a Scan Window.
  2. Pick the desired Schedule Type for the scan job.
  3. Check Enabled if you want to enable the scan job to run as scheduled once you save and finish the wizard.
  4. Select the Time Zone and Time. Note that the time zone will be saved in GMT/UTC time.
  5. Configure remaining options (Day of week:, Run on:, Repeat every:, etc.)
  6. Click Next.

5. Review and Implement

5. Review and Implement
  1. Provide a Name for the Scan Job.
  2. Review the Scan Job configuration summary. Click Back to modify any of the specified configurations.
  3. Click Save and Run to save the scan job and initiated it immediately, or Save and Finish to save the scan job and let it run at the scheduled time.