This section explains the necessity of resource registration.
The resources that must be registered differ depending on the type of L-Server and the type of servers to use.
Resources that can be Registered | Necessity of Registration Based on Server Type | |
|---|---|---|
Physical L-Server | Virtual L-Server | |
VIOM | Yes (*1, *2) | No |
VM management software | No | Yes (*3) |
Server management software | No | Yes (*4) |
Storage management software | Yes | Yes (*5, *6) |
Chassis | Yes (*1) | |
Managed servers | Yes | |
LAN switch blades | Yes (*1) | |
Virtual storage resources | Yes (*7) | Yes (*8) |
Disk resources | Yes (*9) | Yes (*4, *10) |
Network device resources | Yes (*11) | |
Network resources | Yes | |
Address set resources | Yes | Yes (*5, *6, *10) |
Physical image resources | Yes (*12) | No |
Virtual image resources | No | Yes (*12) |
Power monitoring devices | Yes (*13) | |
Yes: Required
No: Not required
*1: Register when using blade servers.
*2: Register when using rack mount servers which are supported by VIOM.
*3: Register when using VMware, Hyper-V, OVM for x86 2.2, or OVM for x86 3.2.
*4: Necessary when using Solaris Zones or OVM for SPARC.
*5: Register when using RHEL5-Xen servers.
*6: Register when using Citrix XenServer.
*7: Register when using virtual storage resources such as RAID groups and aggregates.
*8: Register when using virtual storage resources such as datastores.
*9: Register when using disk resources created in advance such as LUNs.
*10: Register when using RHEL-KVM servers.
*11: Register when using firewalls, server load balancers, and L2 switches.
*12: Register when using images created in advance.
*13: Register when monitoring power consumption.
