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dsoper
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Cisco UCS Platform Emulator, Release 3.1(1ePE1)

CONFIGURATION IMPORT NOTE:  Importing configuration backups (All, System, or Logical) taken from the UCS Platform Emulator (UCSPE) to physical UCS Manager domains is not recommended or supported by Cisco TAC.  UCSPE backups should only be imported to UCSPE domains.


New Features and Significant Changes in Cisco UCS PE, Release 3.1(1ePE1)

  • Unified release supporting all platforms and components (e.g., UCS Classic, UCS Mini, and UCS Modular Servers)
  • UCSM 3.1(1e) with HTML5 (Java version still available)
  • Emulation of full scale configuration (same scaling as UCSM 3.1(1e))
  • Dynamic insertion, removal, and modification of components without restarting the Platform Emulator


New Platform Emulator GUI Features

  • Single "Inventory" Navigation Pane with expandable Equipment menu
  • Icon based control and menus in the Content/Work Pane (see User Guide for icon descriptions and functions)
  • NOTE: Browser focus follows UCSM when HTML5 UCSM is launched.  HTML5 UCSM can be opened in a New Tab/Window if there is a need to continue viewing the PE Navigation Pane.


New Hardware FeaturesSee the User Guide for additional details on supported Hardware.  Here is a summary of M4 and 3rd Generation Fabric Interconnect Hardware:

  • Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect 6332
  • Cisco UCS Mini Fabric Interconnect 6324
  • Cisco UCS I/O Module 2304
  • Cisco UCS Fabric Extender C2348
  • Cisco UCS Blade Server Chassis 5108
  • Cisco UCS M-Series Chassis 4308
  • Cisco UCS B200/B420 M4 Blade Server
  • Cisco UCS Scalable M4 Blade Module (2S/4S)
  • Cisco UCS C220/C240 M4 Rack Server
  • Cisco UCSME M4 Modular Server
  • Cisco Blade Server Adapter VIC 1340/1380
  • Cisco Rack Server Adapter VIC 1387/1385


Known Limitations

  • Imported configurations should be manually checked to ensure there are no missing or unsupported components.  If issues are experienced following an import, any unsupported components can be manually deleted and missing components manually added through the Equipment menu on the Navigation pane.
  • Firmware Management and Firmware Auto Install have not been fully validated in this release.  See below for additional information on Firmware Management using metadata files.

Backup/Import of UCSM Configuration

  • The Platform Emulator does not save UCSM configuration state across Emulator resets (to avoid consistency issues in UCSM configuration and the emulator HW configuration).  To preserve UCSM state, UCSM backup and import operations can be performed.  See an example backup/import flow here: PythonSDK for backup/restore (import) of UCSM config

Firmware Management Note: UCS PE supports uploading B-Series, C-Series, and M-Series server firmware bundles.  Because of the large file sizes of the firmware bundles, UCS PE only supports uploading of stripped-down versions (link below).  Stripped-down versions include only the firmware metadata (not the actual firmware binaries).


Download Note: If you have issues downloading the attached OVA or Zip file, please try the following cisco.box.com links:

MD5 sums for each download:

  • OVA file: 1e7a0575470b9271515da007bac9d129
  • ZIP file: c11c919fd1df58b0e7e53a6b359ddd9d
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raziahme
Level 1
Level 1

I am new to Cisco and UCSD. I haveimported .ova file in Virtualbox 5.18, so does it supported and what is the purpose of .zip file?

Also what is the procedure to launch UCSD GUI?

dsoper
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Virtual Box is not officially supported by the Platform Emulator.

As described in the User Guide, the OVA can be used on a variety of current VMware platforms. Alternatively, the ZIP file can be used if OVA import is not supported and the ZIP can be used on alternate hypervisors such as Windows Hyper-V. The User Guide also contains instructions on connecting to the emulator after creating and launching a VM and contains instructions on launching the UCS Manager (UCSM GUI). UCSD or UCS Director is a separate management utility.

hello, Dave

having download problems it states and doesn't complite.

dsoper
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi,

As an alternative download to communities.cisco.com, I have the latest release of the emulator OVA (3.1(2c)) available on cisco.box.com: https://cisco.box.com/v/UCSPE-3-1-2b-ova

Thanks

thanks, and do u have the same alternative address for the.Zip file too.

dsoper
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Here’s the link to the zip file on cisco.box.com: https://cisco.box.com/v/UCSPE-3-1-2b-zip

By the way, I incorrectly stated the latest version in my last reply – 3.1(2b) is the latest version of the emulator.

Thanks

Thanks, Dave

You are the best and it should have been 3.1(1b).

Hey, Dave

Are all the features on the browsers side configration can be used offline ?

tcerling
Level 4
Level 4

Yes.  I often run the emulator on my laptop while disconnected from any network.  Obviously if you are working this way, you will need to assign static IP addresses that are reachable by your host system.

Thanks, Dave

asharma
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi David,

When will the emulator have support for UCS S-series?

Thanks, Archana 

dsoper
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

The latest PE release (Cisco UCS Platform Emulator 3.1(2ePE1) ) support S-Series storage servers.  Note that current releases of UCS Manager still mention storage servers as C3260, but the emulated HW is identical.

eyados12
Community Member

when i try to download the zipped file i get a 2MB file thats not working.

any idea why?

dsoper
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

If there are issues downloading from communities.cisco.com, please try the links to cisco.box.com in the box_links file. MD5 sums of the zip and ova file are posted so that you can confirm successful downloads.

Let me know of any other questions.

Thanks.

samiahme
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

hi I'm getting java error when try to connectUCSPE-Error.JPG

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