orchestration in order to optimize and simplify delivery
of data center resources.
This open private-cloud platform delivers on-premises
infrastructure as a service (IaaS) from the core to the
edge of the data center. Automated workflows configure,
deploy, and manage infrastructure resources across
Cisco and third-party computing, network, and storage
resources and converged and hyperconverged
infrastructure solutions. Cisco UCS Director supports the
industry’s leading converged infrastructure solutions,
including NetApp FlexFod and FlexPod Express, EMC
VSPEX, EMC VPLEX, and VCE Block. It delivers unified
management and orchestration for a variety of
hypervisors across bare-metal and virtualized
environments.
A self-service portal, a modern service catalog, and more
than 2500 multivendor tasks enable on-demand access
to integrated services across data center resources. Cisco
UCS Director allows IT professionals and development
teams to order and manage infrastructure services on
demand.
Cisco UCS Director is supported by a broad ecosystem.
Third-party hardware and solution vendors can use the
southbound APIs and the SDKs provided with them to
develop integrations into the Cisco UCS Director
management model. Northbound APIs can be used by
DevOps and IT operations management tools to interact
with Cisco UCS Director and perform all the functions
provided by the solution in a programmable and
automated fashion.
Cisco UCS Director provides comprehensive visibility
and management of data center infrastructure