Introduction

Cisco Intersight is a cloud operations platform offering modular capabilities for advanced infrastructure management, workload optimization, and Kubernetes services. It provides comprehensive deployment, monitoring, management, and support for both physical and virtual infrastructure, including Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), Cisco HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), and various third-party Intersight-connected resources. Functionality levels may vary depending on the resource type.

OpsRamp enables the discovery of Cisco Intersight resources and enhances visibility into their interconnections.

Cisco Intersight resource types supported by OpsRamp:

  • Cisco Intersight Organization
  • Cisco Intersight IAM Account
  • Cisco Intersight Chassis
  • Cisco Intersight Compute Blades
  • Cisco Intersight Fan Modules
  • Cisco Intersight Fans
  • Cisco Intersight IoCards
  • Cisco Intersight Compute Rack Units
  • Cisco Intersight Adapter Units
  • Cisco Intersight PCI Devices
  • Cisco Intersight Equipment PSUs
  • Cisco Intersight Fabric Interconnects

Configure the Integration

  1. From All Clients, select a client.

  2. Navigate to Setup > Account.

  3. Select the Integrations tab.

  4. The Installed Integrations page, where all the installed applications are displayed.
    Note: If there are no installed applications, it will navigate to the ADD APP page.

  5. Click + ADD on the Installed Integrations page. The Available Integrations page displays all the available applications along with the newly created application with the version.
    Note: You can even search for the application using the search option available. Also you can use the All Categories option to search.

  6. Click ADD under Cisco Intersight:

  7. In the ADD Cisco Intersight page, enter your account information:


    FieldDescription
    Name(required) User-defined, descriptive integration name.
    Account Number(required) Enter any random integer to identify the integration uniquely.
    API Key ID(required) Input the API Key ID obtained from Cisco Intersight.
    Secret Key FileUpload the PEM file saved from Cisco Intersight for secure access.
  8. Click Next.

  9. In the RESOURCE TYPE section, select:

    • ALL: All the existing and future resources will be discovered.
    • SELECT: You can select one or multiple resources to be discovered.
  10. In the DISCOVERY SCHEDULE section, select Recurrence Pattern to add one of the following patterns:

    • Minutes
    • Hourly
    • Daily
    • Weekly
    • Monthly
  11. Click FINISH.
    The application is now installed and displayed on the Installed Integration page. Use the search field to find the installed application.

  1. After configuring the integration, the Cisco Intersight metrics can be viewed from the Infrastructure > Resource page.

Supported metrics

Resource TypeMetric NameMetric Display NameUnitDescription
Cisco Intersight Fanscisco_intersight_fan_PresenceCisco Intersight Fan PresenceNoneIndicates the presence status of the fan. A value of 1 represents that the fan is equipped, while any other value 0 signifies that the fan is not present.
cisco_intersight_fan_OperStateCisco Intersight Fan Oper StateNoneIndicates the operational state of the fan:
  • Operable: 1
  • Ok: 1
  • Powered On: 1
  • Critical: 0
  • Any other value: 0
Cisco Intersight Chassiscisco_intersight_chassis_PresenceCisco Intersight Chassis PresenceNoneIndicates the presence status of the chassis. A value of 1 represents that the chassis is equipped, while any other value 0 signifies that the chassis is not present.
cisco_intersight_chassis_OperStateCisco Intersight Chassis OperStateNoneIndicates the operational state of the chassis:
  • Operable: 1
  • Ok: 1
  • Powered On: 1
  • Critical: 0
  • Any other value: 0
Cisco Intersight Fan Modulescisco_intersight_fanmodule_PresenceCisco Intersight Fan Module PresenceNoneIndicates the presence status of the fan module. A value of 1 represents that the fan module is equipped, while any other value 0 signifies that the fan module is not present.
cisco_intersight_fanmodule_OperStateCisco Intersight Fan Module Oper StateNoneIndicates the operational state of the fan module:
  • Operable: 1
  • Ok: 1
  • Powered On: 1
  • Critical: 0
  • Any other value: 0
Cisco Intersight IoCardscisco_intersight_iocard_PresenceCisco Intersight IoCard PresenceNoneIndicates the presence status of the IoCard. A value of 1 represents that the IoCard is equipped, while any other value 0 signifies that the IoCard is not present.
cisco_intersight_iocard_OperStateCisco Intersight IoCard Oper StateNoneIndicates the operational state of the IoCard:
  • Operable: 1
  • Ok: 1
  • Powered On: 1
  • Critical: 0
  • Any other value: 0
Cisco Intersight Adapter Unitscisco_intersight_adapterunit_PresenceCisco Intersight Adapter Unit PresenceNoneIndicates the presence status of the adapter unit presence. A value of 1 represents that the adapter unit is equipped, while any other value 0 signifies that the adapter unit is not present.
cisco_intersight_adapterunit_OperStateCisco Intersight Adapter Unit Oper StateNoneIndicates the operational state of the adapter unit:
  • Operable: 1
  • Ok: 1
  • Powered On: 1
  • Critical: 0
  • Any other value: 0
Cisco Intersight Compute Bladescisco_intersight_computeblade_PresenceCisco Intersight Compute Blade PresenceNoneIndicates the presence status of the compute blade. A value of 1 represents that the compute blade is equipped, while any other value 0 signifies that the compute blade is not present.
cisco_intersight_computeblade_OperPowerStateCisco Intersight Compute Blade Oper Power StateNoneIndicates the operational power state of the compute blade:
  • On: 1
  • Off: 0
  • Any other value: 0
cisco_intersight_computeblade_OperStateCisco Intersight Compute Blade Oper StateNoneIndicates the operational state of the compute blade:
  • Operable: 1
  • Ok: 1
  • Powered On: 1
  • Critical: 0
  • Any other value: 0
Cisco Intersight Equipment PSUscisco_intersight_equipmentpsu_VoltageCisco Intersight Equipment PSU VoltageNoneIndicates the equipment PSU voltage. OK: 1.
cisco_intersight_equipmentpsu_PresenceCisco Intersight Equipment PSU PresenceNoneIndicates the presence status of the equipment PSU. A value of 1 represents that the equipment PSU is equipped, while any other value 0 signifies that the equipment PSU is not present.
cisco_intersight_equipmentpsu_OperStateCisco Intersight Equipment PSU Oper StateNoneIndicates the operational state of the equipment PSU:
  • Operable: 1
  • Ok: 1
  • Powered On: 1
  • Critical: 0
  • Any other value: 0
Cisco Intersight Compute RackUnitscisco_intersight_computerackunit_PresenceCisco Intersight Compute Rack Unit PresenceNoneIndicates the presence status of the compute rack unit. A value of 1 represents that the compute rack unit is equipped, while any other value 0 signifies that the compute rack unit is not present.
cisco_intersight_computerackunit_OperStateCisco Intersight Compute Rack Unit Oper StateNoneIndicates the operational state of the compute rack unit:
  • Operable: 1
  • Ok: 1
  • Powered On: 1
  • Critical: 0
  • Any other value: 0
cisco_intersight_computerackunit_OperPowerStateCisco Intersight Compute Rack Unit Oper Power StateNoneIndicates the operational state of the compute rack unit:
  • On: 1
  • Off: 0
  • Any other value: 0