Clearing UCS hardware logs

Coming from an HP environment I'm familiar with having to clear iLO logs after hardware issues are resolved. Sometimes these logs don't resolve themselves and report phantom problems in downstream software, such as SNMP sensors or ESXi Hardware Status.  The UCS equivalent to the iLO logs is the System Event Log.

Reference: UCS documentation on Cisco.com

To clear the logs:
1. Open UCS Manager
2. On the Equipment tab select the server/blade, then the SEL Logs tab.
3. At the bottom of the window there's options to export, backup, and clear.

If you want to backup the logs before clearing them, make sure the SEL Logs policy is defined first.  Otherwise you can simply export them.

Now if you refresh your downstream software which is reporting the problems, the error is gone.

This is current as of UCSM 3.0(2d) and ESXi 6.0

Add a VLAN to an existing vNIC

Documented using UCS Manager 3.0(2c) on a UCS Mini.  If orgs or updating templates are not being used, this process will have some modifications.

1. Network uplink port will need to be configured to allow the new vlan in order for this to work.
2. LAN tab / LAN Cloud, open VLANs.  Use the [+] to add the desired vlan and assign a name.
3. LAN tab / Policies, select a desired vNIC Template.  Under Actions, click "Modify VLANs" and select the applicable vlan.  Repeat for any other vNIC Templates as necessary.

Verify by checking the vLANs on Service Profile template.  This process has 0 impact and now the OSs on the Server/Service Profile can now utilize the new VLAN.  ESXi will need to have this new VLAN specified on a vSwitch.