Cisco UCS MP Download & Information Links

Whenever you need the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) MP here are some useful download and information links:

• Plug-in Cisco webpage
• SCOM 2012 – Management Pack v2.5 Downloads
• Quick Start Guide
• Release Notes
• MSI file containing the MP itself
• SCOM 2007R2 – Management Pack v2.4 Downloads
• Quick Start Guide
• Release Notes
• MSI file containing the MP itself
• System Center Orchestrator (SCO) Integration Pack Downloads
• Quick Start Guide
• IP
• Archive: SCOM 2007R2 – Management Pack v2.1.0 Download
• ZIP archive
• Three blog postings from SCOMfac.ch, all about the latest MP with running the Cisco UCS Emulator
• Part 1: Emulator setup
• Part 2: Install UCS MP 2.5
• Part 3: Overview UCS MP 2.5

A real matryoshka doll:
One thing to keep in mind: The MP (CISCO.UCS.R2.mp) is like a matryoshka doll: It doesn’t contain any any Discoveries, nor any Unit Monitor only one Rule and two basic Views. But don’t let that fool you.

The real magic happens when the newly added Management Pack Template Cisco Unified Computing Systems is successfully run: many Discoveries, Rules, (Unit) Monitors, (Diagram/State/Performance/Alert) Views are created afterwards, so be patient.

So make sure to create a dedicated unsealed MP when you run this MP Template because all of those objects will be saved into that MP…