Splunk® Supported Add-ons

Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS

Release history for the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS

Latest release

The latest release of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is version 4.2.0. See Release notes for the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS for the release notes of this latest version.

Version 4.1.0

Version 4.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Ciscos UCS was released on April 29, 2024.

Compatibility

Version 4.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 9.0, 9.1.x, 9.2x
CIM 4.18.1
Supported OS for data collection Linux and Windows
Vendor products Cisco UCS Manager

This add-on is unrelated to and is not intended to be compatible with the Splunk App for Cisco UCS. If you are currently using the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, disable the data gathering in the Splunk App for Cisco UCS so that the input from the add-on does not conflict with the input from the app.

The field alias functionality is compatible with the current version of this add-on. The current version of this add-on does not support older field alias configurations.

For more information about the field alias configuration change, refer to the Splunk Enterprise Release Notes.


New features

Version 4.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following new features:

  • Migrated from httplib2 to requests library

Fixed issues

Version 4.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS fixes the following issues:

Known issues

Version 4.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS contains the following known issues.

If no issues appear, no issues have yet been reported.


Date filed Issue number Description
2024-05-20 ADDON-70915 Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS gets error after migrating from version 4.0.1 to 4.1.0

Third-party software attributions

Some of the components included in this add-on are licensed under free or open source licenses. We wish to thank the contributors to those projects.

A complete listing of third-party software information for this add-on is available as a PDF file for download:
Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS third-party software credits.


Version 4.0.2

Version 4.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS was released on December 21, 2023.

Compatibility

Version 4.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 9.0, 9.1.x
CIM 4.18.1
Supported OS for data collection Linux and Windows
Vendor products Cisco UCS Manager

This add-on is unrelated to and is not intended to be compatible with the Splunk App for Cisco UCS. If you are currently using the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, disable the data gathering in the Splunk App for Cisco UCS so that the input from the add-on does not conflict with the input from the app.

The field alias functionality is compatible with the current version of this add-on. The current version of this add-on does not support older field alias configurations.

For more information about the field alias configuration change, refer to the Splunk Enterprise Release Notes.


New features

Version 4.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following new features: Fixed the security vulnerabilities found in the certifi and urllib3 libraries by upgrading their version from 2022.12.7 to 2023.11.17, 1.26.6 to 1.26.18 respectively.

Fixed issues

Version 4.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS fixes the following issues:


Known issues

Version 4.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS contains the following known issues.

If no issues appear, no issues have yet been reported.


Third-party software attributions

Some of the components included in this add-on are licensed under free or open source licenses. We wish to thank the contributors to those projects.

A complete listing of third-party software information for this add-on is available as a PDF file for download:
Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS third-party software credits.

Version 4.0.1

Version 4.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Ciscos UCS was released on February 22, 2023.

Compatibility

Version 4.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 8.0.0, 8.1.x, 8.2.x
CIM 4.18.1
Supported OS for data collection Linux and Windows
Vendor products Cisco UCS Manager

This add-on is unrelated to and is not intended to be compatible with the Splunk App for Cisco UCS. If you are currently using the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, disable the data gathering in the Splunk App for Cisco UCS so that the input from the add-on does not conflict with the input from the app.

The field alias functionality is compatible with the current version of this add-on. The current version of this add-on does not support older field alias configurations.

For more information about the field alias configuration change, refer to the Splunk Enterprise Release Notes.

New features

Version 4.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following new features:

  • Upgraded the certifi library to version 2022.12.7
  • Fixed a security vulnerability found in the certifi library

Fixed issues

Version 4.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS fixes the following issues:


Known issues

Version 4.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS contains the following known issues.

If no issues appear, no issues have yet been reported.


Third-party software attributions

Some of the components included in this add-on are licensed under free or open source licenses. We wish to thank the contributors to those projects.

A complete listing of third-party software information for this add-on is available as a PDF file for download:
Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS third-party software credits.


Version 4.0.0

Version 4.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Ciscos UCS was released on July 20, 2021.

Compatibility

Version 4.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 8.0.0, 8.1.x, 8.2.x
CIM 4.18.1
Supported OS for data collection Linux and Windows
Vendor products Cisco UCS Manager

This add-on is unrelated to and is not intended to be compatible with the Splunk App for Cisco UCS. If you are currently using the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, disable the data gathering in the Splunk App for Cisco UCS so that the input from the add-on does not conflict with the input from the app.

The field alias functionality is compatible with the current version of this add-on. The current version of this add-on does not support older field alias configurations.

For more information about the field alias configuration change, refer to the Splunk Enterprise Release Notes.

Upgrade

  • After upgrading the add-on, you must restart Splunk on Heavy Forwarders and indexers (if the add-on is configured on the indexer) in order to migrate the information from the old configuration files to the newer ones.
  • If you added Cisco UCS Managers in previous versions of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS, confirm the type of connection protocol used for each Manager. For SSL protocol, follow the below steps:


  1. Download the ssl certificate of the Cisco UCS server in PEM format.
  2. Copy the content of your ssl certificate in $Splunk_Home/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_cisco_ucs/lib/certifi/cacerts.pem
  3. Save your changes.


New features

Version 4.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following new features:

  • Fast and intuitive UI with an improved look and feel.
  • Fixed critical security issue by removing jquery2.
  • Removed python2 support. Splunk only supports python3 for future releases.
  • The Tasks are now called Inputs and have a separate page in the UI.
  • The Managers, Templates, and Logging are now tabs under the configuration page.
  • Removed support for the Destination App for managers, templates, and inputs in the latest version of this add-on.
  • The data from old .conf files will be migrated to these new .conf files:
From To
cisco_ucs_tasks.conf inputs.conf
cisco_ucs_templates.conf splunk_ta_cisco_ucs_templates.conf
cisco_ucs_servers.conf splunk_ta_cisco_ucs_servers.conf
cisco_ucs.conf splunk_ta_cisco_ucs_settings.conf

Fixed issues

Version 4.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS fixes the following issues:


Known issues

Version 4.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS contains the following known issues.

If no issues appear, no issues have yet been reported.


Date filed Issue number Description
2021-07-19 ADDON-39483 Getting ERROR exception logs in splunkd.log for Inputs Page

Third-party software attributions

Some of the components included in this add-on are licensed under free or open source licenses. We wish to thank the contributors to those projects.

A complete listing of third-party software information for this add-on is available as a PDF file for download:
Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS third-party software credits.

Version 3.1.0

Version 3.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Ciscos UCS was released on May 8, 2021.

Compatibility

Version 3.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:


Splunk platform versions 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 8.0.0, 8.1.x
CIM 4.19
Supported OS for data collection Linux and Windows
Vendor products Cisco UCS Manager

This add-on is unrelated to and is not intended to be compatible with the Splunk App for Cisco UCS. If you are currently using the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, disable the data gathering in the Splunk App for Cisco UCS so that the input from the add-on does not conflict with the input from the app.

The field alias functionality is compatible with the current version of this add-on. The current version of this add-on does not support older field alias configurations.

For more information about the field alias configuration change, refer to the Splunk Enterprise Release Notes.

Upgrade

If you added Cisco UCS Managers in previous versions of the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, confirm the type of connection protocol each Manager uses. For protocols other than SSL with a Trusted Certificate, take one of the following two actions:

HTTP Set disable_ssl_verification to true in your cisco_ucs_servers.conf file.
SSL

1. Find your cacerts.txt file at $Splunk_Home/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_Cisco_ucs/bin/ta_util2/httplib2/.
2. Add your certificate details in base-64 encoded format to the cacerts.txt file.

New features

Version 3.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following new features:

  • Support for Cisco UCS Manager 4.1.
  • Support for CIM 4.19.
  • CIM data model and extraction changes.
  • Server validation feature while configuring a UCS manager on the configuration page.
  • Removed CIM tags for cisco:ucs:faultInst source and extracted ITSI Fields in support of the Universal Alerting ITSI Content Pack for Monitoring and Alerting in ITSI.
  • Removed CIM tags from these sources:
    • cisco:ucs:etherTxStats
    • cisco:ucs:etherPauseStats
    • cisco:ucs:etherRxStats
    • cisco:ucs:etherErrStats
  • Added a csv lookup ucs_fault_highestSeverity to map fault severity level to the severity id.
  • Updated dest field mapping in majority of the sources.
  • Enhanced CIM mappings and extractions for these eventtypes:
    • cisco_ucs_computeRackUnit
    • cisco_ucs_computeBlade
    • cisco_ucs_storageLocalDisk
    • cisco_ucs_etherPIo
  • Resolved an issue where data collection was not working correctly with a self-signed SSL certificate.
  • Error traceback now prints only after the retry for a failed API call, as opposed to printing error traceback on every failed API call in the data collection.

Fixed issues

Version 3.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS fixes the following issues:


Date resolved Issue number Description
2021-04-15 ADDON-24323 Unable to collect data from a Cisco UCS Manager using an SSL connection with a self-signed certificate
2020-09-01 ADDON-27926 Heavy forwarders configured with UCS add-on are getting frequent Traceback for each UCS Manager.

Known issues

Version 3.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS contains the following known issues.

If no issues appear, no issues have yet been reported.


Date filed Issue number Description
2021-04-25 ADDON-36170 SSL certificate is not working with python2

Third-party software attributions

Version 3.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS incorporates the following third-party software or libraries:

Version 3.0.1

Version 3.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Ciscos UCS was released on March 10, 2020.

Compatibility

Version 3.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 8.0.0
CIM 4.14 and later
Supported OS for data collection Linux and Windows
Vendor products Cisco UCS Manager

This add-on is unrelated to and is not intended to be compatible with the Splunk App for Cisco UCS. If you are currently using the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, disable the data gathering in the Splunk App for Cisco UCS so that the input from the add-on does not conflict with the input from the app.

The field alias functionality is compatible with the current version of this add-on. The current version of this add-on does not support older field alias configurations.

For more information about the field alias configuration change, refer to the Splunk Enterprise Release Notes.

Upgrade

If you added Cisco UCS Managers in previous versions of the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, confirm the type of connection protocol each Manager uses. For protocols other than SSL with a Trusted Certificate, take one of the following two actions:

HTTP Set disable_ssl_verification to true in your cisco_ucs_servers.conf file.
SSL

1. Find your cacerts.txt file at $Splunk_Home/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_Cisco_ucs/bin/ta_util2/httplib2/.
2. Add your certificate details in base-64 encoded format to the cacerts.txt file.

New features

Version 3.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following new features:

  • Default Python 3 support

Fixed issues

Version 3.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS fixes the following issues:


Date resolved Issue number Description
2020-01-16 ADDON-19169 Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS 2.0.3 - Passwords containing special characters not able to authenticate.

Known issues

Version 3.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS contains the following known issues.

If no issues appear, no issues have yet been reported.


Third-party software attributions

Version 3.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS incorporates the following third-party software or libraries:



Version 3.0.0

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Ciscos UCS was released on January 22, 2020.

Compatibility

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 8.0.0
CIM 4.14
Supported OS for data collection Linux and Windows
Vendor products Cisco UCS Manager

This add-on is unrelated to and is not intended to be compatible with the Splunk App for Cisco UCS. If you are currently using the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, disable the data gathering in the Splunk App for Cisco UCS so that the input from the add-on does not conflict with the input from the app.

Upgrade

If you added Cisco UCS Managers in previous versions of the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, confirm the type of connection protocol each Manager uses. For protocols other than SSL with a Trusted Certificate, take one of the following two actions:

HTTP Set disable_ssl_verification to true in your cisco_ucs_servers.conf file.
SSL

1. Find your cacerts.txt file at $Splunk_Home/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_Cisco_ucs/bin/ta_util2/httplib2/.
2. Add your certificate details in base-64 encoded format to the cacerts.txt file.

New features

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following new features:

  • Restricts a user's ability to delete configuration or template that has an associated task.
  • Python 3 support

Fixed issues

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS fixes the following issues:


Date resolved Issue number Description
2020-01-16 ADDON-19169 Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS 2.0.3 - Passwords containing special characters not able to authenticate.

Known issues

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS contains the following known issues.

If no issues appear, no issues have yet been reported.


Third-party software attributions

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS incorporates the following third-party software or libraries:



Version 2.0.3

Version 2.0.3 of the Splunk Add-on for Ciscos UCS was released on July 9, 2018.

Compatibility

Version 2.0.3 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 6.6.x, 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x
CIM 4.10
Supported OS for data collection Linux and Windows
Vendor products Cisco UCS Manager

This add-on is unrelated to and is not intended to be compatible with the Splunk App for Cisco UCS. If you are currently using the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, disable the data gathering in the Splunk App for Cisco UCS so that the input from the add-on does not conflict with the input from the app.

Upgrade

If you added Cisco UCS Managers in previous versions of the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, confirm the type of connection protocol each Manager uses. For protocols other than SSL with a Trusted Certificate, take one of the following two actions:

HTTP Set disable_ssl_verification to true in your cisco_ucs_servers.conf file.
SSL

1. Find your cacerts.txt file at $Splunk_Home/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_Cisco_ucs/bin/ta_util2/httplib2/.
2. Add your certificate details in base-64 encoded format to the cacerts.txt file.

New features

Version 2.0.3 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following new features:

  • Support for eventgen version 6
  • Compatibility with Splunk Cloud

Fixed issues

Version 2.0.3 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS fixes the following issues:


Date resolved Issue number Description
2018-06-13 ADDON-7251 Splunk btool check invalid warning message for field "start_by_shell" under mod input stanza.
2018-04-30 ADDON-17016 UCS Application Not Compatible with 7.x

Known issues

Version 2.0.3 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS contains the following known issues.

If no issues appear, no issues have yet been reported.


Date filed Issue number Description
2019-11-14 ADDON-24323 Unable to collect data from a Cisco UCS Manager using an SSL connection with a self-signed certificate
2018-08-22 ADDON-19169 Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS 2.0.3 - Passwords containing special characters not able to authenticate.
2016-04-12 ADDON-8695, ADDON-7646 FIPS mode warning
2015-09-03 ADDON-5325 Support requireClientCert = true in server.conf.
2015-04-21 ADDON-3806 No warning message when deleting managers/templates that are used by tasks

Third-party software attributions

Version 2.0.3 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS incorporates the following third-party software or libraries:


Version 2.0.2

Version 2.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
CIM 4.2 and above
Platforms Linux and Windows
Vendor Products Cisco UCS Manager

Upgrade requirements

This add-on is unrelated to and is not intended to be compatible with the Splunk App for Cisco UCS. If you are currently using the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, disable the data gathering in the app so that the add-on's input does not conflict with it.

Fixed issues

Version 2.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following fixed issues:

2015-11-06 ADDON-6351 If running the Splunk platform on Ubuntu, you need to explicitly add start_by_shell=false to the [cisco_ucs] stanza of inputs.conf to avoid creating orphan modular input processes. You also need to use Splunk platform version 6.3 or later.
2015-12-27 ADDON-6908 Unable to add a UCS manager (the button is greyed out) after installing add-on.
2015-12-28 ADDON-7222 Upgrade bootstrap-table-min.js to latest version.

Known issues

Version 2.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following known issues:

Date Defect number Description
2018-03-26 ADDON-17016 Cisco UCS add-on does not allow management and configuration for Splunk Enterprise 7.0.
2016-01-30 ADDON-7646 FIPS mode is not supported by this add-on. For a workaround, see Add-ons and FIPS mode in the Splunk Add-ons manual.
2016-01-13 ADDON-5325 requireClientCert=true in server.conf is not supported by add-ons using modular inputs and REST. If this setting is enabled in server.conf, communication is broken between the modular input and splunkd and the add-on stops collecting data. The following error appears in the splunkd.log: "SSL3_GET_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE:peer did not return a certificate." The workaround is to set requireClientCert=false.
2015-04-21 ADDON-3806 No warning message when user deletes a manager or a template that is in use by a task. If you delete managers or templates that are actively in use by a task, the Manage Cisco UCS Tasks screen shows an unchanged task summary, even though the task is no longer collecting using the deleted template or manager.
2015-12-30 ADDON-7251 /SPL-110199 When run Splunk btool check, receive invalid key warning message for field "start_by_shell" under mod input stanza.

Third-party software attributions

Version 2.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS incorporates the following third-party software or libraries:

Version 2.0.1

Version 2.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 6.2 and above
CIM 4.2 and above
Platforms Linux and Windows
Vendor Products Cisco UCS Manager

Upgrade requirements

This add-on is unrelated to and is not intended to be compatible with the Splunk App for Cisco UCS. If you are currently using the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, disable the data gathering in the app so that the add-on's input does not conflict with it.

Fixed issues

Version 2.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following fixed issues:

Date Defect number Description
2015-10-23 ADDON-6131 Value of cpu_load_percent field should be between 0-100.
2015-10-20 ADDON-4792 Custom root_endpoint doesn't work.
2015-10-20 ADDON-4770 Timestamping wrong when using now deprecated Analytics for Cisco UCS with the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS.

Known issues

Version 2.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS has the following known issues:

Date Defect number Description
2015-11-06 ADDON-6351 If running the Splunk platform on Ubuntu, you need to explicitly add start_by_shell=false to the [cisco_ucs] stanza of inputs.conf to avoid creating orphan modular input processes. You also need to use Splunk platform version 6.3 or later.
2015-04-21 ADDON-3806 No warning message when user deletes a manager or a template that is in use by a task. If you delete managers or templates that are actively in use by a task, the Manage Cisco UCS Tasks screen shows an unchanged task summary, even though the task is no longer collecting using the deleted template or manager.

Third-party software attributions

Version 2.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS incorporates the following third-party software or libraries:

Version 2.0.0

Version 2.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 6.2 and above
CIM 4.2 and above
Platforms Linux and Windows
Vendor Products Cisco UCS Manager

Upgrade requirements

This add-on is unrelated to and is not intended to be compatible with the Splunk App for Cisco UCS. If you are currently using the Splunk App for Cisco UCS, disable the data gathering in the app so that the add-on's input does not conflict with it.

New features

Version 2.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS had the following new features:

Date Issue number Description
04/30/15 ADDON-1137 New Splunk-supported add-on for Cisco UCS data collection and CIM mapping.

Known issues

Version 2.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS had the following known issues:

Date Defect number Description
04/21/15 ADDON-3806 No warning message when user deletes a manager or a template that is in use by a task. If you delete managers or templates that are actively in use by a task, the Manage Cisco UCS Tasks screen shows an unchanged task summary, even though the task is no longer collecting using the deleted template or manager.

Third-party software attributions

Version 2.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS incorporates the following third-party software or libraries:

Last modified on 22 July, 2024
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