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Chapter 7 Configuring Cisco IAC With the Wizard
Discovering Cloud Infrastructure (Optional)
Connecting Cloud Infrastructure
You can connect to any infrastructure of your choosing, including VMware, UCS Director, Amazon
EC2, OpenStack, Chef, Puppet, the Management Appliance, and PNSC, among others.
Note You have to add at least one Cloud Platform Element before you can proceed to Step 4 of the Wizard.
Note Below are the specific instructions for vCenter, but these will be similar for any Platform Element. For
more information, see the Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud Administration Guide.
Step 1 From the Wizard, choose Connect Cloud Infrastructure.
Step 2 On the Connect Cloud Infrastructure form, under Connect VMware vCenter Server, do the following:
• Choose VMware vCenter as the Platform Element Type.
• Enter a Connection Name (Friendly Name).
• Enter a Host Name, a Port number and a Description.
• Set the following to either True or False, as needed:
– Secure Connection
– Ignore Certificate Error
– Managed by UCS Director
• Enter username and Password, the reenter the password to confirm.
Tip You may need to enter the domain name before the username followed by a backslash.
Step 3 Click Submit Order.
Step 4 Click on the number in the Requisition Number field to display the details.
Step 5 Click Close when the status says Completed.
Note Repeat the steps above to add a Prime Network Services Controller (if using ANS), Prime Performance
Manager (if you are tracking VM performance), AMQP Server, Chef, or Puppet.
Discovering Cloud Infrastructure (Optional)
Discovering Network Devices (Optional)
The purpose of STEP 4 is to discover your physical and virtual network appliances.