On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Frank Zhang <frank.zh...@citrix.com> wrote: >> 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+Bare >> metal+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 > > Hi Chip: > Thanks for reply. Yes I did propose a proposal couple of months ago, > at that time the community process was not normalized and I didn't get much > respond to that. I have done some investigation and would like to repost > some proposal shortly. > However, the UCS integration is actually separate from CloudStack > baremetal. > It's about how to make UCS cooperate with CloudStack, and baremetal could be > the > first consumer of this feature. >
Thanks for the answer. That makes sense now. +1 from me for this feature! >> >> [1] http://markmail.org/thread/lpfptu7wv22pexlk >