Select a method to specify a server.
Click <Model> to select a model name to allocate to the L-Server.
Clicking <CPU and Memory> enables you to enter the number of CPUs, CPU performance, and memory size of the server allocated to the L-Server.
Note
When <CPU and Memory> is selected, you must enter the number of CPUs, CPU performance, and memory size.
Enter the number of server CPUs to allocate to the L-Server. Enter an integer between 1 and 240.
Enter the server CPU speed to allocate to the L-Server. Enter a number with up to one decimal place, in units of gigahertz. Values between 0.1 and 10 can be specified.
Enter the memory capacity to allocate to the L-Server. Enter a number with up to one decimal place, in units of gigabytes. Values between 0.1 and 8192 can be specified.
The specifications of the physical server are displayed.
When [Automatic] or [Pool] is selected for [Physical server], a hyphen ("-") will be displayed in each parameter.
Select the physical server to allocate to the L-Server.
Clicking <Select> displays the [Select a Server Resource] dialog.
Select one of [Automatic], [Pool], or [Server] in [Resource type].
The default is "Automatic".
When [Automatic] is Selected
Select a physical server automatically from the resource pool with high priority.
When selecting [Automatic], operate a resource pool with priorities.
When there are multiple resource pools with the same priority, physical servers will be selected satisfying the conditions for a resource pool which has been searched in advance. Therefore, the physical server which has the least difference from the L-Server definitions may not be allocated
For details, refer to "B.9 Methods for Selecting Physical Servers Automatically" in the "Setup Guide CE".
When [Pool] is Selected
A list of server pools which can be selected is displayed.
In the server pool list, the server pool name and the number of servers (unused/total) are displayed.
Select the server pool from the server pool list.
When [Server] is Selected
The list of the physical servers that can be selected is displayed.
In the physical server list, server names, model names, CPU performance, memory size, and NIC numbers are displayed.
Select the physical server to use from the physical server list.
When creating an L-Server for which only a configuration definition has been created, a physical server not allocated to the L-Server can be selected from the list.
When the [Currently unusable] checkbox is checked, failed physical servers and physical servers that have inconsistencies in their admin LAN network configurations are displayed in the list.
When the [Busy] checkbox is checked, the following physical servers are displayed in the list:
Physical servers already allocated to other L-Servers
Physical servers already assigned as spare servers
Physical servers with an OS installed
Note
The [Select a Server Resource] dialog works as follows, depending on the configuration status of admin LAN network resources on the NICs in the [General] tab or the [Network] tab.
When admin LAN network resources are unset on the NIC
Depending on the selected physical server or the server pool, admin LAN network resources are automatically set on the NIC configurations in the [General] tab or the [Network] tab.
For details on the resources automatically set, refer to the [General] tab or the [Network] tab.
When admin LAN network resources have been set on the NIC
Physical servers or server pools matching the admin LAN network NIC configurations that are set on the [General] tab or the [Network] tab are displayed.
When not filtering resources using admin LAN network settings, open the [Select a Server Resource] dialog after deleting the settings.
Specify whether to release the physical server allocated to the L-Server when the power is turned off.
If the [Automatic (when powered off)] checkbox is checked, the server is released when the power is turned off.
Note
When resources of the same servers are shared due to a change in usage, ensure that [Resource release] is set for the L-Server they are allocated to.
When the server resources are allocated to the L-Server for which [Resource release] is not configured, the server resources cannot be shared.
Decide whether the physical location of servers to be allocated to the L-Server can be changed.
When unselecting the [Automatic (when powered off)] checkbox of [Resource release], the location will be [Fixed].
Fixed
Starts the L-Server on the same physical server that was operated last time.
Relocate at startup
Automatically selects the optimal physical server when the L-Server is started.
Even when [Physical server] is specified, the L-Server may operate on a separate physical server from the second time it is started.
Specify the server redundancy to allocate to the L-Server. To enable redundancy, select the [HA] checkbox.
When selecting the [HA] checkbox, the [Use a low spec server] checkbox of [Spare server specs], and <Select> of [Spare server pool] will be enabled.
This section specifies the selection method of spare server.
When the [Use a low spec server] checkbox is selected, physical servers with models matching that in the L-Server definition are selected as spare servers.
For details on how to select a spare server, refer to "17.1.1 L-Server High Availability" of the "Operation Guide CE".
Select the spare server pool.
Clicking <Select> displays the [Select a Server Resource] dialog.
Specify the server pool that the physical server to use for automatic switchover is registered in.
When a problem occurs on the physical server, recovery is performed by automatically switching to another physical server in the same resource pool that is operating normally.
For details on how to perform switchover a spare server, refer to "17.1.1 L-Server High Availability" of the "Operation Guide CE".
Configure alive monitoring as enabled or disabled.
Select an address pool.
Clicking <Select> displays the [Select an Address Resource] dialog.
Select [Automatic] or [Pool]. The default is [Automatic].
When selecting [Pool], select from the registered address pool.
Specify the virtual WWN obtained from the I/O Virtualization Option and the address pool of the registered MAC address.
VIOM will be used for blades, and HBA address rename for rack mount servers.
With L-Servers, when performing batch power operations in a resource folder or a tenant folder, configure the priority for the L-Server.
Set a number between 1 and 256. Smaller values indicate higher priority. If omitted, "128" is set.
When not performing batch power operations, check the [Exclude from batch power operations] checkbox.
If the number of FCs fitted or their location differs from physical server to physical server, specify an FC connection pattern file.
This setting can be made when the storage units are the following: For details, refer to "B.1 Creating Definition Files" in the "Setup Guide CE".
EMC CLARiiON Storage
EMC Symmetrix DMX Storage
EMC Symmetrix VMAX Storage
Note
When FC connection patterns are not displayed in the selection list, there are errors in the configuration file.
Review the configuration files for FC connection patterns, referring to "B.1 Creating Definition Files" in the "Setup Guide CE".
When installing an OS manually, check the [Single path mode] checkbox.
When an image is not specified, it is automatically checked.
After installing a multi-path driver on an OS, perform [17.2.1 Modifying Specifications], and clear the "Single path mode" checkbox.
For details, refer to "B.5 Creating an L-Server" in the "Setup Guide CE".
Specify the L-Server boot method.
Normal
Specify this mode when performing the boot from the disk connected to the L-Server.
NIC for PXE boot
Specify this mode when performing the network boot using PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment).
Network for PXE boot
Select the network resource for PXE boot, from the network resources defined in the L-Server.
Note
PXE boot is unavailable on networks that use tagged VLAN settings.
For network boot, select network resources for which tags are not configured.
When performing a network boot on the admin LAN
When the DHCP service used by the PXE boot server is configured to receive DHCP requests from other clients, the following functions cannot be used.
Backup and restore
Creation of a physical L-Server with images selected
Deployment and collection of cloning images
