Let us start looking at the configuration steps for UCS integration in vCenter Server.

1. Log in to the UCS Manager.
2. From the main page, click on the VM tab:

3. Click on Export vCenter Extension.
4. Choose a location to save and click on OK:

5. After exporting the XML file, copy this to VMware vCenter Server.
6. Log in to the vCenter Server.
7. From the Plug-Ins menu, choose Plug-In Manager.
8. Right-click on the Plug-In Manager window and select New Plug-In.
9. In the Register Plug-In window, click on the Browse button and select the XML file you copied to the server.
10. After installing the extension XML file, click on the Register Plug-In button in the Register Plug-In window.
11. Once the plugin registration process is done, return to the UCS Manager window.
12. Click on Configure VMware Integration.

13. Click on Next.

14. In the vCenter Server area, complete the fields to define the connection to VMware vCenter.
15. In the Datacenter area, complete the fields to create the data center in VMware vCenter.
16. In the DVS Folder area, complete the fields to create a folder to contain the distributed virtual switch in VMware vCenter.
17. In the DVS area, complete the fields to create the distributed virtual switch in VMware vCenter.
18. Click on Next.
19. In the Port Profile area, complete the fields to define the port profile.

20. In the VLANs area, do the following to assign one or more VLANs to the port profile:
    1. In the Select column, check the checkbox in the appropriate row for each VLAN that you want to use in the port profile.
    2. In the Native VLAN column, click on the radio button in the appropriate row for the VLAN that you want to designate as the native VLAN:

21. In the Client Profile area, specify the information on those fields to create a profile client for the port profile:

22. Click on Next.
23. Review the text on the page in the Configure VMware Integration wizard.
24. Click on Finish.

Cisco UCS Manager connects to the vCenter Server, creates the specified DVS, and applies the port profiles.