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 PresenceNoneFan Presence. Possible values: equipped - 1. All other states default to 0.
cisco_intersight_fan_OperStateCisco Intersight Fan Oper StateNoneFan Oper State. Possible values: operable - 1, ok - 1, powered on - 1, critical - 0. All other states default to 2.
Cisco Intersight Chassiscisco_intersight_chassis_PresenceCisco Intersight Chassis PresenceNoneChassis Presence. Possible values: equipped - 1. All other states default to 0.
cisco_intersight_chassis_OperStateCisco Intersight Chassis OperStateNoneChassis Oper State. Possible values: operable - 1, ok - 1, powered on - 1, critical - 0. All other states default to 2.
Cisco Intersight Fan Modulescisco_intersight_fanmodule_PresenceCisco Intersight Fan Module PresenceNoneFan Module Presence. Possible values: equipped - 1. All other states default to 0.
cisco_intersight_fanmodule_OperStateCisco Intersight Fan Module Oper StateNoneFan Module Oper State. Possible values: operable - 1, ok - 1, powered on - 1, critical - 0. All other states default to 2.
Cisco Intersight IoCardscisco_intersight_iocard_PresenceCisco Intersight IoCard PresenceNoneIoCard Presence. Possible values: equipped - 1. All other states default to 0.
cisco_intersight_iocard_OperStateCisco Intersight IoCard Oper StateNoneIoCard Oper State. Possible values: operable - 1, ok - 1, powered on - 1, critical - 0. All other states default to 2.
Cisco Intersight Adapter Unitscisco_intersight_adapterunit_PresenceCisco Intersight Adapter Unit PresenceNoneAdapter Unit Presence. Possible values: equipped - 1. All other states default to 0.
cisco_intersight_adapterunit_OperStateCisco Intersight Adapter Unit Oper StateNoneAdapter Unit Oper State. Possible values: operable - 1, ok - 1, powered on - 1, critical - 0. All other states default to 2.
Cisco Intersight Compute Bladescisco_intersight_computeblade_PresenceCisco Intersight Compute Blade PresenceNoneCompute Blade Presence. Possible values: equipped - 1. All other states default to 0.
cisco_intersight_computeblade_OperPowerStateCisco Intersight Compute Blade Oper Power StateNoneCompute Blade Oper Power State. Possible values: on - 1, off - 0. All other states default to 2.
cisco_intersight_computeblade_OperStateCisco Intersight Compute Blade Oper StateNoneCompute Blade Oper State. Possible values: operable - 1, ok - 1, powered on - 1, critical - 0. All other states default to 2.
Cisco Intersight Equipment PSUscisco_intersight_equipmentpsu_VoltageCisco Intersight Equipment PSU VoltageNoneEquipment PSU Voltage. Possible values: ok - 1. All other states default to 0.
cisco_intersight_equipmentpsu_PresenceCisco Intersight Equipment PSU PresenceNoneEquipment PSU Presence. Possible values: equipped - 1. All other states default to 0.
cisco_intersight_equipmentpsu_OperStateCisco Intersight Equipment PSU Oper StateNoneEquipment PSU Oper State. Possible values: operable - 1, ok - 1, powered on - 1, critical - 0. All other states default to 2.
Cisco Intersight Compute RackUnitscisco_intersight_computerackunit_PresenceCisco Intersight Compute Rack Unit PresenceNoneCompute Rack Unit Presence. Possible values: equipped - 1. All other states default to 0.
cisco_intersight_computerackunit_OperStateCisco Intersight Compute Rack Unit Oper StateNoneCompute Rack Unit Oper State. Possible values: operable - 1, ok - 1, powered on - 1, critical - 0. All other states default to 2.
cisco_intersight_computerackunit_OperPowerStateCisco Intersight Compute Rack Unit Oper Power StateNoneCompute Rack Unit Oper Power State. Possible values: on - 1, off - 0. All other states default to 2.
Cisco Intersight Fabric Interconnectscisco_intersight_fabricinterconnect_AlarmsCountCisco Intersight Fabric Interconnect Alarms CountNoneCount of alarms by severity info, warning, critical on Fabric Interconnects.
cisco_intersight_fabricinterconnect_HealthCisco Intersight Fabric Interconnect HealthNoneHealth of the Fabric Interconnect, derived from the highest severity in the alarm summary. Possible values: healthy - 0, warning - 1, critical - 2. All other states default to 3.
cisco_intersight_fabricinterconnect_ThermalStatusCisco Intersight Fabric Interconnect Thermal StatusNoneThermal Status of the Fabric Interconnect. Possible values: unknown - 0, ok - 1, upper-non-recoverable - 2, upper-critical - 3, upper-non-critical - 4, lower-non-critical - 5, lower-critical - 6, lower-non-recoverable - 7. All other states default to 8.
cisco_intersight_fabricinterconnect_OperabilityCisco Intersight Fabric Interconnect OperabilityNoneIndicates the switch current overall operational or health state. Possible values: online - 1. All other states default to 0.