On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Frank Zhang <frank.zh...@citrix.com> wrote: > Hi community: > I'd like to propose a proposal for integrating Cisco UCS(unified > computing system) with CloudStack. UCS unifies computing, networking, > management, virtualization, and storage access into a single integrated > architecture. This unique architecture enables end-to-end server visibility, > management, and control in both bare metal and virtual environments, and > facilitates the move to cloud computing and IT-as-a-Service with Fabric-Based > Infrastructure. You can find detailed information about UCS at > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10265/index.html. > > The first phase is to integrate UCS with CloudStack baremetal, here > is a proposed workflow to enable this. Let us define "administrator" as > the person responsible for the overall cloud service, including the physical > infrastructure. Similarly the "user" is the end user that seeks to create > VMs. > > 1. Using the CloudStack UI, the administrator adds a "Managed Host > Manager" of type UCS. The admin provides API endpoint and credentials. > This gives CloudStack programmatic access to UCS Manager and an > identity with authorization to implement the following functions. > 2. Administrator creates a "UCS Resource Pool" per Service Profile > Template that he wants to use > 3. Administrator creates a Baremetal Cluster > 4. Administrator chooses the required UCS Resource pool (that matches > his Service Profile requirement for a cluster), > selects an available blade, selects a Baremetal template and adds the > blade to the Baremetal cluster > 5. Repeat Step 4 above to add more hosts in the cluster > 6. Now user is able to start vm on baremetal host using CloudStack > baremetal provisioning > > At first stage, I would like to limit the effort to CloudStack basic > zone, however, we will seek to support advanced zone by leveraging UCS's > vlan programming > feature. There is a high level PRD for full features of UCS-baremetal > integration. > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Enhanced+Baremetal+support+on+Cisco+UCS > and JIRA ticket is here > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-723 > > please free feel to share your thoughts, thank you! > > >
Hey Frank, Question about this implementation... you had mentioned last summer [1] that you were thinking about redoing how standard bare metal provisioning works. Is it worth getting that sorted out first, and then enhancing it to support UCS? -chip [1] http://markmail.org/thread/lpfptu7wv22pexlk
