add a vlan to multiple service-profile remplates vNIC via CLI

[robad]

Hi,

From time to time, we have a need to :

1. Create a new VLAN on FIs

2. Add this VLAN to all of our Service-Profile Templates [around 8]

And we want to make it automated.

I tried few CLI commands to get info about our Templates, and then try to use "set" command for it, but with no success

Can you please give me a clue ? and if it's possible at all via CLI, or we must use API ?....

Thanks in advance

[balaji.bandi]

why not use UCS manager?

[robad]

Maybe I wasn't clear

Of course WE ARE USING UCSM

But instead of do it manually via UCS-M, We are looking for a we are looking for a way to do it automatically via UCS-M CLI 

Thanks 

[marce1000]

1. Connect to the UCS Manager CLI using SSH or a local terminal emulator.
2. Enter the command connect local-mgmt.
3. Enter the command scope org to enter the default organization.
4. Enter the command scope service-profile-template.
5. Enter the command show-templates to view a list of all available service-profile templates.
6. Enter the command show-template followed by the name of the template that you want to modify. This will show the current configuration of the template.
7. Enter the command modify-template followed by the name of the template that you want to modify.
8. Enter the command add vnic followed by the name of the vNIC that you want to modify.
9. Enter the command switch-id followed by the VLAN ID that you want to add to the vNIC.
10. Enter the command commit-buffer.
11. Enter the command exit to exit the template modification mode.

Repeat these steps for each service-profile template that you want to modify.

Note: The VLAN ID that you specify in the switch-id command must already exist on the switches in your UCS domain.

 M.

[robad]

Hi !

Thanks for the answer ! sounds exactly what we need.

But, after enter the command connect local-mgmt, I have no command "scope" .....

and if I not entering the 'local-mgmt', I have 'scope' but not scope service-profile-template

my version is : System version: 4.2(2a)

thanks !

[marce1000]

 - Not sure on that . check if this document can help : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-central/GUI-User-Guides/Server-Mgmt/1-5/b_CiscoUCSCentral_Server_Management_Guide_1-5/b_CiscoUCSCentral_Server_Management_Guide_1-5_chapter_0100.pdf

 M.

[robad]

@marce1000  - thanks, but it's g guide for the GUI

[RedNectar]

Hi @robad ,

Little mistake by @marce1000 there - you DON'T use the connect local-mgmt command before issuing the scope commands, and I think you need to specify and object too - like

FI-A# scope org MyOrg
FI-A /org #

But not too sure about the object bit,

[robad]

Hi,

Yep, I've tried it

But after enter into the scope "org", I have only :

scope service-profile, and not service-profile-template

[balaji.bandi]

you can try API and SDK if that is supported.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/api/UCSM_API_Guide.html

https://github.com/CiscoUcs/ucsmsdk

[robad]

Hi, Thanks for the advise

I didn't saw this kind of option there...

[Wes Austin · Accepted solution]

UCS# scope org

UCS /org # scope vnic-templ test-vnic-a

UCS /org/vnic-templ # create eth-if VLAN10

UCS /org/vnic-templ/eth-if* # commit-buffer
UCS /org/vnic-templ/eth-if #

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-manager/CLI-User-Guides/Network-Mgmt/4-2/b_cli_ucsm_network_management_guide_4_2/b_CLI_UCSM_Network_Management_Guide_chapter_01011.html 

[robad]

Wes, thanks !

It's not exactly what I asked, because we are not using vNIC templates, but, it's a good idea to move to use vNIC templates !

Then, we can update our whole service-profile templates to get the new vlan just once ! to add it in the vNIC policy, and it'll change it all

So it's better than what I've asked