This section explains the creation of L-Servers.
Use the following procedure to create L-Servers:
Create an L-Server using an L-Server template
When there are no cloning images, or when not using already registered cloning images
Create an L-Server, referring to "16.1 Creation Using an L-Server Template" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
When creating the L-Server, select [None] for images.
Manually install the OS in the guest domain created in step 1.
For manual OS installation, refer to the OVM for SPARC manual.
When using an existing cloning image
Create an L-Server, referring to "16.1 Creation Using an L-Server Template" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE". In this case, specify the cloning image that you want to use as an image.
Create an L-Server specifying individual specifications
Refer to "16.3 Creation of Virtual L-Servers Using Parameters" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
For details on the [OS] tab settings, refer to "8.8.7 [OS] Tab Configuration".
Point
When the OS type of the cloning image specified during L-Server creation is "Solaris 11", the number of the IP addresses which can be set is one, and the IP address of admin LAN is set.
When the admin LAN is not specified for the NIC of the L-Server, the admin LAN IP address must be deleted by the user after creation of the L-Server.
In addition, the public LAN IP address must be configured by the user after creation of the L-Server.
Moreover, after creating the L-Server, the user needs to set IP address of public LAN. For details, refer to "Operations after creating an L-Server".
When the OS type of the image is "Solaris 10", the IP address is set to all NICs.
When using the following functions, perform set up manually after creating the L-Server.
Setting of the dependency to the guest domain (master/slave)
CPU Power Management
CPU Dynamic Resource Management
When using the CPU Dynamic Resource Management function it is necessary to allocate CPU for each thread.
Operations after creating an L-Server
Deletion of the IP address of the admin LAN
This operation is required when an L-Server fulfilling the following conditions is created.
A Solaris 11 cloning image is specified for the image to be deployed to the L-Server
One or more NICs are set for the L-Server
The admin LAN is not included in the connection destination of the NIC
To deploy the cloning image to the L-Server that fulfills the above conditions, an IP address from the network resources of the admin LAN is temporarily allocated to the guest domain. This IP address remains on the OS, after the L-Server is created.
Therefore, it is necessary to delete the admin LAN IP address which remains on the OS using the following procedure.
Check the subnet address set for the network resource of the admin LAN.
Check the IP interface name which was checked in step a. and to which the IP address of admin LAN subnet is set using the following command.
# ipadm show-addr <RETURN> |
Delete the IP address set for the IP interface checked in step b. using the following command.
# ipadm delete-addr netX/v4 <RETURN> |
Delete the IP interface checked in step b. using the following command.
# ipadm delete-ip netX <RETURN> |
Set the IP addresses of the public LAN and admin LAN.
This operation is required, when creating an L-Server with a Solaris 11 cloning image specified.
This is necessary when two or more NICs of the L-Server are specified for the admin LAN.
The IP addresses of the public LAN and admin LAN are not reflected on the OSs of L-Servers which have Solaris 11 cloning images specified.
Therefore, after checking the IP addresses of the public LAN and admin LAN allocated for each NIC of the L-Server, set them on the OS.
In addition, the number attached to the end of the network interface name on the OS is the same as the index number of the NIC of the L-Server.
Example
When the Index is the NIC of 1
The network interface name on the OS is set to net1.
Set up the default gateway of the public LAN and the admin LAN.
This operation is required when it corresponds to the following conditions.
When an L-Server with an image specified is created
When the default gateway has been set as a network resource of the public LAN
This operation is required, when all the following conditions are satisfied.
When two or more network resources of the admin LAN are specified for NICs of the L-Server
When configuring a default gateway for the network resource of the admin LAN
However, the admin LAN network resource must be one other than the last one specified.
Connect to the console of a guest domain and set up a default gateway using the following procedure.
Check the address of the default gateway set as the network resource specified during L-Server creation.
Check the address of the default gateway set for the applicable network resource.
Set up a default gateway.
Set the address of the default gateway checked by a. from the OS.
Refer to the manual of Solaris for the setting method.
Check the output destination of the system log of the guest domain.
When creating an L-Server with a cloning image specified, check the output destination of the system log using the following procedures, and change the destination if necessary.
When the following conditions are met, the admin LAN IP address used temporarily when creating the L-Server is set for the output destination of the system log. In that case, ensure the output destination of the system log is changed.
A Solaris 10 cloning image is specified
The admin LAN IP address for the NIC is not specified
Connect to the console of the guest domain, and check the output destination of the system log.
Refer to the following file and confirm the IP address specified for loghost, which is the output destination of the system log.
/etc/inet/hosts
Changing the output place of a system log
When the output location of a system log needs to be changed, edit the file indicated in step a. and specify another IP address as loghost.
Since the definition of the admin LAN IP address used temporarily during L-Server creation remains when the IP address of admin LAN is not specified when creating the L-Server creation, delete it if necessary.
In that case, since it is necessary to change the host name of the system, refer to the Solaris manual and change the host name of the system.
Additionally, other than the file indicated in step a., there is a TCP/IP composition file (*) in which the definition for the admin LAN IP addresses used temporarily will remain. If necessary, delete the definitions in those files.
* Note: The definition remains in the following files. For details, refer to the manual of Solaris.
/etc/inet/ipnodes
/etc/inet/netmasks
Reboot the OS
Reboot the OS and check that the system log is output to the server set as the output location for system logs.
Settings for sharing disks
This setting is required when sharing a disk between L-Servers (guest domains).
Register a disk in a virtual disk service.
Register the disk registered in step a. to a storage pool.
Disk resources can be registered by executing the rcxadm disk register command.
Add a virtual disk to a guest domain.
