ucsmsdk 0.9.22

Python SDK for Cisco UCS

Python SDK for Cisco UCS

• Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
• Documentation: http://ucsmsdk.readthedocs.io/

Installation

The SDK can be installed using any of ways below,

From pip:

Installs the last released version,

    pip install ucsmsdk

From github:

Installs the latest top of the tree development version,

    # Install pip (skip if pip is already available):
    wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
    python get-pip.py

    git clone https://github.com/CiscoUcs/ucsmsdk.git
    cd ucsmsdk
    make install

Documentation

• https://github.com/ciscoucs/ucsm_apis provides APIs for many Ucs operations.
• We encourage contributions to the ucsm_apis repository

Community:

• We are on Slack - slack requires registration, but the ucspython team is open invitation to anyone to register here

History

0.9.22 (2025-05-15)

• Support for UCSM release 4.3(6a)

0.9.21 (2024-11-05)

• Support for UCSM release 4.3(5a)

0.9.20 (2024-09-20)

• Fixes for encoding failure during firmware upload

0.9.19 (2024-08-28)

• Support for UCSM release 4.3(4b)

0.9.18 (2024-06-13)

• Support for UCSM release 4.3(4a)

0.9.17 (2024-04-19)

• Support for UCSM release 4.3(3a)

0.9.16 (2023-10-12)

• Fixes the issue where acknowledging a fault was not working via ucsmsdk

0.9.15 (2023-08-29)

• Support for UCSM release 4.3(2b)

0.9.14 (2023-01-13)

• Support for UCSM release 4.2(3b)

0.9.13 (2022-07-21)

• Support for UCSM release 4.2(2a)

0.9.12 (2021-08-30)

• Fixes for python 3.9 compatibility
• Fixes issue in earlier release

0.9.11 (2021-08-25)

• Support for UCSM release 4.2(1a)

0.9.10 (2020-04-23)

• Support for UCSM release 4.1(1a), 4.1(1b), 4.1(1c)

0.9.9 (2019-12-20)

• Support for UCSM release 4.0(4a)

0.9.8 (2019-01-22)

• Support for UCSM release 4.0(2a)

0.9.6 (2018-12-11)

• Support for UCSM release 4.0(1b)

0.9.5 (2018-10-10)

• Updated requirements to include setuptools

0.9.4 (2018-08-13)

• Fixes for python 3 compatibility

0.9.3.2 (2018-04-25)

• Support for UCSM release 3.2(3a)
• Support for accepting array arguments in query_classids, query_dns
• Support for setting response timeout for the UCSM operations (query/config)
• Handling auto_refresh flag in unfreeze
• Fixing issue with None value check of property by removing None check from validation of property/check_prop_match
• Fixing issue where error happens with commit when threading is enabled and commit buffer is empty
• Fixing issue where ssl with "Only TLS 1.2" does not work

0.9.3.1 (2017-01-25)

• Removed jsonpickle dependency

0.9.3.0 (2017-01-25)

• Support for estimating impact of a transaction - handle.estimate_impact
• Support for TLS 1.1, 1.2 Newer UCSM releases support TLS1.2. HTTPS connection to the servers with newer releases might fail in absence of TLS1.1/1.2 support.
• Added command line script to make running convert_to_ucs_python easier. bin/watch_ucs.py in the github repo.
• Special characters like <,>,& in XML values are deemed invalid and cause failure in parsing XML. Added a recovery logic if these exist in the XML value fields.
• Support for serialization, deserialization of UcsHandle
• Support for UCSM inventory via get_inventory API

0.9.2.0 (2016-09-21)

• Support for UCSM 3.1(2b)
• Adds Support for Generating python APIs from a Ucs backup xml - convert_from_backup
• Adds Infra to facilitate and notify users of API deprecation
• Allows the ucsmsdk/apis layer APIs to pass in None values to indicate that no change is rquested to those specific params
• Adds a method to check if the handle.cookie is still valid
• Fix in eventhandlers, where some events were not getting processed
• Fix in eventhandlers, where timeout was not getting triggered until new events
• Fix in get_ucs_tech_support, where techsupport for rack server was failing
• Fix in logout, where a Ctrl+C was causing stale connections on the server
• Deprecated get_ucs_tech_support in favour of get_tech_support. The newer API simplifies the API

0.9.1.1 (2016-07-12)

• Support for UCSM 2.2.7
• Simplified event handlers to a single wait_for_event method. UcsEventHandler internals are hidden from user.
• Support for showing progress for upload/download operations
• Support for multi-threading in SDK. An application can run multiple threads that can use SDK methods in parallel.
• Support for multiple parallel transactions via the tag parameter in add_mo, set_mo, remove_mo, commit_mo
• Fix for convert_to_ucs_python exception in some scenarios
• Fix for convert_to_ucs_python not displaying python script for Java6u45
• Fix for event handlers not trigerring for some events
• Added more unit and system tests
• Better Documentation

0.9.1.0 (2016-05-25)

• Support for UCSM 3.1.1
• Support for Python 3.x
• Support for Comparing and Syncing Objects across Ucs Domains - compare_ucs_mo sync_ucs_mo
• Support for filter_str in query_children method
• Support to drill down into Managed Object Meta and Property Meta details - get_meta_info
• Support to monitor any/all change(s) in a ManagedObject with UcsEventHandler
• Fix for Unable to make unsecured connection when redirection was enabled on the server
• Fix for issues with the usage of force parameter in Login method
• Fix for not filter not generating filter request
• Fix for TechSupport not getting removed from server even when remove_from_ucs=True
• Fix for convert_to_ucs_python not redirecting output to a file
• Fix for convert_to_ucs_python not working correctly when gui_log=True
• More PEP8 compliance related fixes

0.9.0.0 (2015-01-11)

• Python SDK for UCS server management and related automation
• Supports every Managed Object exposed by Ucs
• APIs for CRUD operations simplified
• Support for server side filters made simpler
• Support for eventhandlers
• Runtime memory usage is reduced
• Nosetests for unit testing
• Samples directory for more real world use cases
• Integrating the sphinx framework for documentation
• PEP8 Compliance