ROR provides the function for connection with the virtual NICs, for the virtual machine network created in advance.
Manually perform virtual machine network settings in advance. Use a different VLAN ID for each virtual machine network to connect the virtual machine network with virtual NICs. Additionally, the following settings must be performed in advance.
Create a Virtual Machine Network
The network must be created on the VM host, in order to connect the L-Server to the network.
The characters which can be used for the virtual machine network name are "alphanumeric characters (upper and lower case), numbers, and underscores ("_")".
Create a network with the same name (the name is case-sensitive) for all VM hosts comprising the cluster. This enables migration of VM guests between VM hosts.
When configuring the virtual machine network, if using a server virtualization software other than OVM for x86 3.2 with the same manager, set a different name from the name used for a virtual switch, a virtual network, or a virtual bridge on the other server virtualization software.
For details on how to create a virtual machine network on XenServer, refer to the OVM for x86 3.2 manual.
Configure the Virtual Machine Network Communication
Right-click the LAN switch in the server resource tree, and select [Modify]-[Network Settings] from the popup menu.
Configure LAN switches to enable communication using the tagged VLAN between virtual machine networks using the same name.
The ROR console can be used for VLAN configuration of LAN switch blade external ports.
For details, refer to "5.4.4 Configuring VLANs on LAN Switch Blades" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
Define the Supported Virtual Machine Network and VLAN ID
Define the supported virtual machine network and VLAN IDs in the virtual network definition file for Resource Orchestrator.
For details on definition file format, refer to "File Format for Virtual Network Definitions".
Create Network Resources
From the GUI:
Create network resources using the VLAN IDs specified in steps 2 to 3. In the [Create a network resource] dialog, check the [Use configured virtual switches.] checkbox.
From the Command-line:
Create the XML file that defines network resources. Define the VLAN ID specified in steps 2 and 3 in the XML file. In this case, specify auto="false" in the Network element.
To create the network resource, execute the rcxadm network create command specifying the XML file created in step a.
For details on the rcxadm network command, refer to "3.9 rcxadm network" in the "Reference Guide (Command/XML) CE".
For details on the Network element, refer to "15.5 Network Resources" in the "Reference Guide (Command/XML) CE".
File Format for Virtual Network Definitions
[Windows Manager]
Installation_folder\SVROR\Manager\etc\customize_data
[Linux Manager]
/etc/opt/FJSVrcvmr/customize_data
vnetwork_ovmforx86.rcxprop
Describe the virtual network definition file in one line as below:
"Virtual Machine Network Name Created on XenServer"=VLAN ID |
For the VLAN ID, a value from 1 to 4094 can be specified.
Example
"MyVMNetwork"=10
Blank spaces before and after equal signs ("=") are ignored.
Describe the virtual machine network name correctly, as the entry is case-sensitive.
Save files using the UTF-8 character code.
When there are multiple lines with the same virtual machine network name, all specified lines are valid.
When the same VLAN ID is included in a line with a different virtual machine network name, the first occurrence in the file is used and the lines after it are ignored.
An error occurs during L-Server creation if the definition of the VLAN ID of the specified network resource cannot be found.
