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CLOUDSTACK-5129 UCS Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack-docs/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack-docs/commit/f9a2a60b Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack-docs/tree/f9a2a60b Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack-docs/diff/f9a2a60b Branch: refs/heads/master Commit: f9a2a60b82a6e2443c311ded74e56ac895a25ecf Parents: df364b5 Author: Radhika PC <[email protected]> Authored: Fri Nov 15 15:15:25 2013 +0530 Committer: Radhika PC <[email protected]> Committed: Fri Nov 15 15:17:57 2013 +0530 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- en-US/ucs.xml | 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 132 insertions(+) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack-docs/blob/f9a2a60b/en-US/ucs.xml ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/en-US/ucs.xml b/en-US/ucs.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..885753a --- /dev/null +++ b/en-US/ucs.xml @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?> +<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Publican/DocBook_DTD/docbookx.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "cloudstack.ent"> +%BOOK_ENTITIES; +]> +<section id="ucs"> + <!-- CS-17380 --> + <title>Using Cisco UCS as a Bare Metal Host</title> + <para>(Supported only for use in &PRODUCT; zones with basic networking.)</para> + <para>You can provision Cisco UCS server blades into &PRODUCT; for use + as bare metal hosts. The goal is to enable easy expansion of the cloud by leveraging the + programmability of the UCS converged infrastructure and &PRODUCT;âs knowledge of the cloud + architecture and ability to orchestrate. &PRODUCT; can + automatically understand the UCS environment and server profiles so &PRODUCT; administrators can + deploy a bare metal OS on a Cisco UCS.</para> + <para>An overview of the steps involved in using UCS with &PRODUCT;:</para> + <orderedlist> + <listitem><para>Set up your UCS blades, profiles, and UCS Manager according to Cisco documentation</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Register the UCS Manager with &PRODUCT;</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Associate a profile with a UCS blade</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Provision the blade as a bare metal host as described in + <phrase condition="install"><xref linkend="baremetal-howto"/>.</phrase> + <phrase condition="admin">Provisioning a Bare Metal Host with Kickstart in the &PRODUCT; Installation Guide.</phrase> + </para></listitem> + </orderedlist> + <section id="ucs-manager-add"> + <title>Registering a UCS Manager</title> + <para>Register the UCS Manager with &PRODUCT; by following these steps:</para> + <orderedlist> + <listitem id="ucs-login"><para>Install the UCS hardware (blades) and UCS Manager according to the vendor's instructions. + Make a note of the following information:</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>UCS manager IP address</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>UCS manager username</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>UCS manager password</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + <listitem><para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as administrator.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>In the left navigation bar, click Infrastructure, then click Zones.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the name of a zone where Network Type is Basic.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the Compute and Storage tab.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Scroll down in the diagram and click UCS.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the Add UCS Manager button.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>In the dialog box, provide a display name, then the IP address, username, and password + that you made a note of in step <xref linkend="ucs-login"/>.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click OK.</para></listitem> + </orderedlist> + <para>&PRODUCT; will register the UCS Manager, then automatically discover the blades on this UCS Manager and add them to the resource pool.</para> + </section> + <section id="ucs-profile-associate"> + <title>Associating a Profile with a UCS Blade</title> + <para>Before associating a profile with a UCS blade, you must first do the steps in + <xref linkend="ucs-manager-add"/>.</para> + <orderedlist> + <listitem><para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as administrator.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>In the left navigation bar, click Infrastructure, then click Zones.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the name of a zone where you have registered a UCS Manager.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the Compute and Storage tab.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Scroll down in the diagram and click UCS.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the name of the UCS Manager.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the Blades tab.</para> + <para>A list is displayed that shows the names of the blades that are installed under the selected manager.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>In the Actions column, click the Associate Profile icon. + <inlinemediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="./images/attach-disk-icon.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>attach-disk-icon.png: Attach Profile icon for UCS blade</phrase> + </textobject> + </inlinemediaobject></para></listitem> + <listitem><para>In the dialog, select the name of the template for the profile you want to associate with this blade, then click OK.</para> + <para>The dropdown list in the dialog box lists the profile templates that are currently defined in the UCS Manager where this blade resides. + The list is refreshed any time you add or remove profile templates on the UCS Manager.</para> + <para>You might need to wait a few minutes for this operation to finish. + The operation might take a long time, depending on the complexity of the setup. + The timeout is 60 minutes.</para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> + <section id="ucs-profile-dissociate"> + <title>Disassociating a Profile from a UCS Blade</title> + <orderedlist> + <listitem><para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as administrator.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>In the left navigation bar, click Infrastructure, then click Zones.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the name of a zone where you have registered a UCS Manager.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the Compute and Storage tab.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Scroll down in the diagram and click UCS.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the name of the UCS Manager.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the Blades tab.</para> + <para>A list is displayed that shows the names of the blades that are installed under the selected manager.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Select the name of a blade that has been associated with a profile.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>In the Actions column, click the Disassociate Profile icon. + <inlinemediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="./images/detach-disk-icon.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>detach-disk-icon.png: Detach Profile icon for UCS blade</phrase> + </textobject> + </inlinemediaobject></para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click OK.</para> + <para>You might need to wait a few minutes for this operation to finish. + The operation might take a long time, depending on the complexity of the setup. + The timeout is 60 minutes.</para></listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> + <section id="ucs-sync"> + <title>Synchronizing UCS Manager Changes with &PRODUCT;</title> + <para>At any time, &PRODUCT; users might directly + associate or dissociate blades on the Cisco UCS Manager, + and &PRODUCT; would not be aware of these changes. + Periodically, or whenever you become aware that such changes have been made, + you can force &PRODUCT; to synchronize itself with UCS Manager + in order to become aware of + any changes that are made manually.</para> + <orderedlist> + <listitem><para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as administrator.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>In the left navigation bar, click Infrastructure, then click Zones.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the name of a zone where you have registered a UCS Manager.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the Compute and Storage tab.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Scroll down in the diagram and click UCS.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the name of the UCS Manager.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the Blades tab.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click the Refresh Blades button.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Click OK.</para> + <para>You might need to wait a few minutes for this operation to finish. + The operation might take a long time, depending on the complexity of the setup. + The timeout is 60 minutes.</para></listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> +</section> \ No newline at end of file
