In this chapter, we'll cover some of the most common and advanced management tasks you'll perform with UCS Manager. These tasks include licensing extra ports, starting up, shutting down, blade power controls, locator LED, logging, the Call Home feature, organizational structure, role-based access, and configuring permissions in a multitenant environment. These routine management and operational tasks are crucial to understand in order to effectively design and administer Cisco UCS.
The tasks covered in this chapter do not fall into a single category and hence, are not located under a single tab in the UCS GUI Navigation pane. Most of the tasks are found in miscellaneous categories under the Admin tab in the Navigation pane, but other tasks are found on other tabs. For example, licensing configuration is under the Admin tab in the Navigation pane, but the option to get the host ID of the Fabric Interconnect is under the Equipment...