Scalability and unified management across multiple Cisco UCS domains can be challenging for system admins and IT architects. Cisco UCS Central manages multiple UCS domains deployed at single or multiple locations and supports management of inventory and resources such as global resource pools, service profiles, policies, and templates. Similarly, UCS Performance Manager provides health monitoring and visibility into multiple UCS domains, whereas UCS Director can help in achieving the deployment of infrastructure components from multiple weeks to a few minutes with automation and orchestration.

In this chapter, we will introduce you to the following components to manage, monitor, and automate your data center:

• Multiple UCS domain management
• Performance monitoring and capacity planning
• Powering infrastructure with a cloud solution