This section explains the roles of people that use this product, as well as the functions corresponding to each role.
Infrastructure administrator
This product installs Logical Servers (L-Servers), which define the logical specifications (such as the number of CPUs, memory capacity, disk capacity, and the number of NICs) for the ICT resources (such as servers, storage, and networks) in the private cloud. Systems where L-Servers have been layered are referred to as "virtual platforms".
Infrastructure administrators manage the ICT resources (such as servers, storage, and networks) in the private cloud, as well as the operating systems that run on virtual platforms.
As well as using this product to centrally manage ICT resources by grouping them into pools, infrastructure administrators also keep track of the load on ICT resources so that they can add, replace or maintain resources as necessary.
Infrastructure administrators can perform sequences of operations using the "RC Console".
RC Console
The RC Console allows infrastructure administrators to manage the environment for reading and writing L-Server Templates and managing ICT resources.
Service provider
Service providers provide services to service users. Service providers prepare templates for pre-patterned virtual platform environments according to service users' purposes, and then make these templates available to service users as services.
In some cases, service providers also accept applications from service users and assess the content of these applications, in accordance with an application process.
Service providers can also monitor operations and check the status of how service users are using their service. This monitoring and status checking is performed using the [Operation Portal].
Operation Portal
The Operation Portal enables service providers (the managers of provider departments) to check the status of how service users are using the service, monitor the operation, and assess application processes.
Cloud infrastructure administrator dashboard
The cloud infrastructure administrator dashboard is a function for collecting and centrally displaying the information required for administration in a cloud environment. The cloud infrastructure administrator dashboard can be used by selecting [Operation Monitor] from the menu of the [Operation Portal].
Service user
A service user is a user who receives a service from a service provider. Service users apply to use a virtual platform that can be used as a service, and then use a virtual platform that has been configured according to the application submitted.
If approval from the person in charge of the department using the service is required when the application is made, the service user makes a request for approval to the person in charge in accordance with the application process.
Service users can use the "Cloud Portal" to apply to use a service, and to check the virtual systems that make up the services that they are using.
Cloud Portal
The Cloud Portal enables service users (the managers of user departments) to perform sequences of operations, such as applying to use services in MyPortal, managing users, checking application processes to see whether applications to use services have been approved, and checking the usage status of services.
MyPortal
MyPortal is linked to the Cloud Portal in order to make applications to use services for operations to be performed by each service user, manage systems and display event logs.
Item No. | Service utilization procedure | Description | People concerned |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Standardizing ICT resources (L-Server Templates (*1)) | Service providers create L-Server Templates by patterning (standardizing) configurations of ICT resources and operating systems. | Service provider |
2 | Standardizing virtual platforms (system templates) | Service providers create system templates by patterning (standardizing) multi-layer system configurations and logical configurations for operating systems. | Service provider |
3 | Registering and publishing a service | Service providers define system templates plus information such as price settings according to usages, and publish them as services. | Service provider |
4 | Selecting and applying to use a service | Service users search through the services that have been published, select a virtual platform that meets the usage purpose, and then apply to use that virtual platform. Applications to return virtual platforms that are no longer required can be performed in the same way. Service users can start, stop, and take snapshots of the virtual platforms with which they have been provided. | Service user |
5 | Using the service | The virtual platforms corresponding to the services that service users have applied to use are lease or returned automatically by this product. Processing is also performed automatically by this product according to instructions for operations such as starting and stopping virtual servers, and taking snapshots. | Service user |
6 | Tracking the usage status | Service providers track the usage status of each service (such as CPU, memory, disk usage, and time). Service providers can also monitor the billing information for the use of their services. | Service provider |
7 | Tracking the resource status | Infrastructure administrators can monitor the lease on each resource based on the usage status of resources, and make decisions about using ICT resources efficiently or adding more resources when there are not enough resources. | Infrastructure administrator |
*1: Refer to "A.2 Logical Servers (L-Servers)" and "A.3 L-Server Templates" for details on L-Servers and L-Server Templates, respectively.
This product provides the following functions and function ranges.
Self Service Portal
Service users can use services (such as virtual platform environment creation (*1)) on demand, by selecting services from the Self Service Portal and applying to use them.
All of the processing from applying to use a service through to actually using the service is executed automatically. Some services require the approval of the person in charge before they can be used. For these services, the approval flow (from requesting approval through to receiving approval) is executed automatically.
Effective use of ICT resources
ICT resources such as servers (*2), storage and networks can be managed by grouping them into resource pools, so that ICT resources can be utilized effectively according to changing levels of use.
Refer to "Appendix A ICT Resource Management Functions" for details.
Visualizing ICT resources
The usage status of ICT resources can be tracked easily using the dashboard.
The dashboard allows users to monitor information such as resource information for virtual servers and the availability status of resource pools. It also allows users to specify thresholds for the monitored data, so that alerts are notified automatically when the thresholds are exceeded.
*1: Additional "Table 1.1 Related software" is required to create environments for software (middleware and business applications).
*2: ServerView Resource Orchestrator is required for multi-vendor servers other than Fujitsu PRIMERGY servers.
Refer to "Appendix B Managed Objects" for details on the resources and users handled by this product.
