Hopefully the information in this post will help you skip reading most of the user guide. You should download the OVA or Zip file, and the user guide. Note, you will need to login to the Cisco site to download the Cisco UCS Emulator. Initial Setup of the Cisco UCS Platform Emulatorįirst, download everything you will need from the Cisco website by clicking HERE. If you’re looking to upgrade your Cisco UCS Platform Emulator to a newer version, check out the detailed walkthrough I have put together. Initial Setup of Emulator Logging into the UCS Platform Emulator Managing Virtual Equipment Removing Adding Saving an Equipment Configuration Launching UCS Manager Saving the UCS Manager Configuration Importing (Restoring) the UCS Manager Configuration Troubleshooting Click the link to go directly to a section to learn more on the specific configuration step for the Cisco UCS Emulator. This article is broken up into a number of sections. The UCS Platform Emulator provides the ability to configure virtual hardware which is then accessed via UCS Manager, which is the UCS platform’s management tool. Whatever the use case, if you want to spin up a UCS environment and play with configuration, the UCS Platform Emulator is the tool to do it with.
