8.4.4 Template Information

On the Set Basic Info page, set the basic information for the template information.

Explanation of Items

The following explains the items in the [Set Basic Info] page:

Item name	Explanation
Tenant	Click the [Set] button, and then select the tenant to which the template information belongs from the [Tenant Select] window. A tenant can be selected only if information is being created or copied. Note that, when copying an L-Platform template, a global template can be changed into a template-specific template but, conversely, a template-specific template cannot be changed into a global template.
Template name	Enter up to 85 characters (excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the L-Platform template name. The L-Platform template name specified here is used for the default system name for the L-Platform. For the system name, the characters that can be used and the length of the name vary depending on the method for setting resource names that has been specified by the system administrator. It is recommended that L-Platform template names be specified within the following range, which is effective for any method for setting resource names. Names consisting of no more than 23 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_") and hyphens ("-") When the L-Platform template name is entered, it will be set as a keyword automatically. However, if the L-Platform template name is changed once the cursor has been moved to the keyword field, these changes will not be reflected in the keyword.
Description	Enter up to 85 characters (excluding <, >, &, ", and ') to describe the L-Platform implemented by the L-Platform template, the contents of the L-Platform template, and so on.
Keyword	Enter up to 85 characters (excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the L-Platform template search keyword If multiple keywords are set, separate each keyword using a space. Case is not distinguished for half-width and full-width alphanumerics.
Firewall	When creating an L-Platform template, you can select whether to use a firewall. To use a firewall, select [use], and then select the configuration method according to the automatic configuration mode of the network device (firewall) (refer to "2.2.7.4 Network Device Automatic Configuration" in the "Design Guide CE" for details). When using the user customization mode Select [ruleset selection], click [Set], and then select a ruleset from the [Firewall] window. When a server load balancer is to be used to balance server loads together with a firewall, in the [Firewall] window select a ruleset that allows server load balancers to be deployed in a segment. The SLB support column determines whether a ruleset allows server load balancers to be deployed. The following table explains the symbols in the SLB support column: Value in the SLB support column: This ruleset does not allow server load balancers (SLB) to be deployed in the segment. Value in the SLB support column: This ruleset allows server load balancers (SLB) to be deployed in the segment. When using the simple configuration mode Select [no ruleset selection], and then enter the number of L-Platform segments. Set 1 to 3 segments. To delete a set firewall, clear [use].
Connection destination	Specify a connection external to the L-Platform. Optionally, specify the connection destination by selecting either [Intranet] or [Internet], or both. When [Internet] is selected, the public IP address setting method can be selected from [Automatic selection] or [Individual designation]. When [Automatic selection] is selected, the maximum number of public IP addresses can be specified in the range between 1 and 999. This item can only be specified when using a firewall without using a ruleset.
SLB Usage	When creating an L-Platform template, you can select the SLB usage method, if all of the following conditions are satisfied: Configuration is performed according to the auto-configuration mode of the network device (SLB). Firewalls are used. Firewall rulesets are not used. For information on the modes for auto-configuration of network devices, refer to "2.2.7.4 Network Device Automatic Configuration" in the "Design Guide CE".
Maximum number of segments	Specify the maximum number of segments that can be used by the L-Platform. Specify a number between 1 and 99. If a firewall ruleset is selected, the values specified in the ruleset are used as the initial value. You cannot specify this item when using a firewall without using a ruleset.
Maximum number of L-Servers	Specify the maximum number of servers that can be used by the L-Platform. Specify a number between 1 and 30. If a maximum number of L-Servers that can be deployed to an L-Platform template has been specified in a configuration file, that value will be the maximum. Refer to "8.5.10 Settings for the Maximum Number of Connections for the L-Platform Template" in the "Operation Guide CE" for information on a configuration file and how to set it.
License	Select whether a license has been assigned.
Support	Select whether support has been assigned.

Operation Procedure

The operation procedure on the Set Basic Info page is as follows:

Set the various basic information items for the template information.
Click the [Next] button.
The [Configure] page is displayed.

Point

If an input item contains an error, and error message is displayed. If an error message is displayed, refer to the error message and correct the setting.

Configure the composition of various elements using the [Configure] page.

The [Configure] page is shown below.

Window Explanation

The following explains the [Configure] page:

Pane name	Explanation
L-Platform template configuration	Top of the page; displays the configuration of an L-Platform template. The displayed elements are the connection destination, firewall, segments, server load balancer, servers (images), and disks.
Additional Options	Right side of the page; lists the elements (segments, images, disks, and server load balancer) that can be added to "L-Platform template configuration". The listed elements can be added to the L-Platform template configuration by dragging and dropping them to "L-Platform template configuration". To add a disk to the virtual server or physical server, drag from the list displayed in the [Disk] tab of [Additional Options] and drop it here.
Detailed elements	Lower part of the page; displays details about the elements selected in "Configuration of an L-Platform template" and enables their content to be edited. Click [Delete] to enable elements to be deleted from "L-Platform template configuration". Click the [Add NIC] button to add NICs. The [Add NIC] button is enabled only when NICs can be added. Click the [Delete NIC] button to delete selected NICs.

Icons displayed in the "L-Platform template configuration" are as follows:

Icon	Explanation	Icon	Explanation
	Connection to an intranet		Connection to the Internet
	Virtual server without data disks		Virtual server with a single data disk
	Virtual server with multiple data disks		Physical server without data disks
	Physical server with a single data disk		Physical server with multiple data disks
	NIC of a Virtual server		NIC of a Physical server
	Grouped NICs		Firewall
	Server Load Balancer (SLB)

The icons to indicate NICs or servers that are targets for server load balancer (SLB) distribution when the SLB displayed on the "L-Platform template configuration" is selected are as shown below.
The following examples show a virtual server NIC and a virtual server with a single data disk. There are similar icons for various other NICs and servers.

Icon	Explanation	Icon	Explanation
	Virtual server NIC for SLB distribution		Virtual server, with a single data disk, for SLB distribution

Icons displayed in [Additional Options] area are as follows:

Icon	Explanation	Icon	Explanation
	Virtual image information without data disks		Physical image information without data disks
	Virtual image information with data disks		Management segment
	Business segment		Management segment with admin LAN allocated
	Disconnected disk		Connected disk
	Server Load Balancer (SLB)

Information

Hover the mouse over the icons displayed in [Additional Options] to check details about the image information, such as the name, OS, segment name, disk name, label, and comments.

Explanation of Items (Connection Destination)

If an external connection destination is set in the L-Platform template, the connection destination is displayed as an icon.

Explanation of Items (Firewall)

This section explains the items displayed in "Detailed elements" if a firewall was selected in "L-Platform template configuration". If you use a firewall without using a ruleset, this item cannot be referenced because you cannot select a firewall.

Item name	Explanation
Firewall name	Enter up to 32 bytes (an ASCII character string excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the firewall name.
Ruleset	Displays the name of the ruleset.
Description	Displays the ruleset description.

Note

When deploying a firewall, images for VDI coordination are not supported.

Explanation of Items (Firewall Parameters)

Click [Setting] for firewall to display the [Firewall] window.

A list of parameters defined in the ruleset is displayed in the [Firewall] window. If you use a firewall without using a ruleset, this item cannot be referenced because you cannot select a firewall.

Pane location	Item name	Explanation
Top	Selected ruleset	Displays the name of the ruleset.
Top	Description	Displays the ruleset description.
Middle	Segment/Server	The names of the segments or servers are displayed where the parameters are enabled. "-" is displayed for parameters unrelated to the segment or server.
	Parameter	Displays the names of the parameters.
	Description	Displays the parameter descriptions.
	Value	Enter the value to be set for the parameter.
Bottom	Description of the selected parameter	The description of the parameter in the row being pointed at is displayed.

Explanation of Items (Segments)

This section explains the items displayed in "Detailed elements" if a segment was selected in "L-Platform template configuration".

Item name	Explanation
Segment name	Enter up to 20 bytes (an ASCII character string excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the segment name
Category	Select one of the following categories: Business Management However, the category can be selected only for automatic selection segments.
Segment type	Enter any character string (an ASCII character string not including <, >, &, ", or ') of up to 32 bytes to identify the segment. However, a segment identifier can be specified only for automatic selection segments.
Maximum number of NICs	Enter the maximum number of servers that can connect to the segment. Specify a number between 1 and 30. If a maximum number of NICs in an L-Platform template has been specified in a configuration file, that value will be the maximum. However, for segments defined in the firewall, the upper limit is the value specified in the firewall ruleset. If multiple NICs of the same server were connected to the same segment, each NIC is counted as one server.
Resource ID	Select a network resource. It is selectable only when creating or copying the L-Platform template. The network resources displayed in the list are the automatically selected networks and those matching the character string specified by the segment identification information. If desired network resources are not listed, create or edit the segment information for each of these network resources and specify the segment identification information same as in the ruleset.

Information

An automatic selection segment refers to segment information that has not been related to a network resource.

Network resources are automatically selected for automatic selection segments, and network resources are selected automatically when an L-Platform is created.

Explanation of Items (Server Load Balancer)

This section explains the items displayed in "Detailed elements" if a server load balancer was selected in "L-Platform template configuration".

Item name	Explanation
Server load balancer name	Enter up to 32 bytes (an ASCII character string excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the server load balancer name.
Deployment ruleset	When using a server load balancer using a ruleset Displays the name of the selected ruleset. Select rulesets in the [Select SLB ruleset] window. The [Select SLB ruleset] window is displayed when a server load balancer is added or when [Select ruleset] is clicked to change a specified ruleset. When using a server load balancer without using a ruleset "Do not use" is displayed.
Description	Displays the description of the selected ruleset. This is not displayed when using a server load balancer without using a ruleset.

Explanation of Items (Server Load Balancer Parameters)

When [Parameter details] is clicked, the [Parameter Detail] window for the server load balancer is displayed.

A list of parameters defined in the ruleset is displayed in the [Parameter Detail] window.

The following describes the items in the upper part of the [Parameter Detail] window:

Note that these parameters cannot be referred to when using a server load balancer without using a ruleset.

Pane location	Tab name	Item name	Explanation
Top	-	Selected ruleset	Displays the name of the ruleset.
Top	-	Description	Displays the ruleset description.
Middle	[SLB] tab	Parameters that do not depend on the server are displayed. The following items are displayed.
		Parameter	Displays the parameter labels.
		Description	Displays the parameter descriptions.
		Value	The value to be set for the parameter is displayed.
	[Server] tab	Server-specific parameters are displayed. The following items are displayed.
		Server	The names of the servers are displayed where the parameters are enabled. "-" is displayed for parameters unrelated to the server.
		Parameter	Displays the parameter labels.
		Description	Displays the parameter descriptions.
		Value	The value to be set for the parameter is displayed.
Bottom	-	Description of the selected parameter	The description of the parameter in the row being pointed at is displayed.

Note

Only one server load balancer can be deployed to each segment.
If you use a firewall using a ruleset, you must choose the ruleset which supports server load balancers, otherwise server load balancer cannot be deployed.
Segment identifier information must be set when a server load balancer is to be deployed in a segment.
The server load balancer cannot be deployed if the segment has segment identifier information that does not match the Segment Type (segment identifier) set in the parameter file of the ruleset of the server load balancer to be used. If this happens, check that the segment identifier information in the segment information has been set correctly.
With automatic selection segments, segment identifier information is empty initially. Therefore, when deploying a server load balancer to an automatic selection segment, before deploying the server load balancer, set a name that matches the Segment Type (segment identifier) set in the parameter file of the ruleset to be used.
If the ruleset for building the server load balancer is undefined, the ruleset is not displayed in the [Select SLB ruleset] window. If this happens, click [Cancel] to close the [Select SLB ruleset] window.
When deploying a server load balancer, images for VDI coordination are not supported.

Explanation of Items (Images)

This section explains the items displayed in "Detailed elements" if an image was selected in "L-Platform template configuration".

Item name	Explanation
Server name	Enter up to 85 characters (excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the server name
VDI pool	For an image for VDI coordination, specify the VDI pool that the server will belong to after deployment. Specification is only possible for images for VDI coordination.
VM pool	Select the VM pool resource that is the server deployment destination. This can also be changed at the time of deployment.
Storage pool	Select the storage pool resource that is the server deployment destination. This can also be changed at the time of deployment. Note that when the server virtualization software is OVM for x86, this is set to [Automatic] and cannot be changed during deployment.
Image type	Selects the registered L-Server template that will be selected by default. L-Server templates with different cloning images and server virtualization products are not displayed.
System Disk	Specify the disk resource used for the system disk if the server virtualization software is OVM for SPARC, or if the server virtualization software is RHEL-KVM and the image location type of the cloning image is "Raw Disk". This can be modified during deployment too. The disk resource can be automatically selected according to the size of the system disk, or the disk resource can be directly selected. To make the settings, click the [Change] button to open the [Disk resource specification] window. When you specify a disk resource according to the size of the system disk: A disk resource with a size larger than the size of the system disk is selected automatically. Select the [Specify by the size of the disk] option and specify a storage pool. A disk resource is selected from amongst those on the selected storage pool. If storage pool value is Automatic, then a disk resource is selected from amongst the available storage pools. When you specify a disk resource directly: Directly specify the disk resource to be used. After selecting the [Specify by the resource name] option, select the disk resource from the list.
Boot priority	Sets the priority order when performing batch power supply operations in either the L-Platform or the tenant. Range:1-256. The smaller the value, the higher the priority order.

Explanation of Items (Disks)

This section explains the items displayed in "Detailed elements" if an image was selected in "L-Platform template configuration".

Item name	Explanation
Storage pool	Select the storage pool resource that is the data disk deployment destination. This cannot be modified in the following cases: With an existing disk When the storage pool of the data disk is the same as the storage pool of the system disk when the data disk has been appended to a cloning image When the server virtualization software of the server to which the data disk is added is OVM for x86, "Automatic" is set for the storage pool and this cannot be changed during a deployment.
Data disk size	Specify the size of the disk in GB. This cannot be modified in the following cases: With an existing disk When the data disk has been appended to a cloning image

Item name

Explanation

Storage pool

Select the storage pool resource that is the data disk deployment destination.
This cannot be modified in the following cases:

With an existing disk
When the storage pool of the data disk is the same as the storage pool of the system disk when the data disk has been appended to a cloning image
When the server virtualization software of the server to which the data disk is added is OVM for x86, "Automatic" is set for the storage pool and this cannot be changed during a deployment.

Data disk size

Specify the size of the disk in GB.
This cannot be modified in the following cases:

With an existing disk
When the data disk has been appended to a cloning image

Operation Procedure

Follow the procedure below to perform [Configure] page operations:

Select the tab (Segment, Image, Disk, or Others) for the element to be added in [Additional Options].

Drag and drop the element to be added to "Configuration of an L-Platform template" and add it to the template information.

The relationship between the elements to be added and the information that can be dragged and dropped is shown below:

Table 8.3 Relationship between elements to be added and information that can be dragged and dropped
Element to be added	Drag and drop information
Segment	Template
Image	Segment
Disk	Image
Server Load Balancer	Server Load Balancer (SLB)

Note

You cannot extend or reduce segments if you use a firewall without using a ruleset.
When the element to be added is an image, the only segments that can be dropped in an image created from a physical L-Server are control segments.
Existing disk is available for the following images:
- An image created from a physical L-Server
- An image of an L-Server template whose server virtualization software is RHEL-KVM or OVM for SPARC
It is not possible to add a new disk or an existing disk to an image whose L-Server template server virtualization software is Solaris zone.
It is not possible to add an existing disk to an image whose L-Server template server virtualization software is OVM for x86 or Citrix XenServer.
It is not possible to drop an existing disk that has already been attached to another server to an image whose L-Server template server virtualization software is OVM for SPARC.
Disks cannot be added or deleted from cloning images that include data disks.

Select the element to be added and edit it.
To delete the element, click [Delete] in "Detailed elements".
To add an NIC to an image, select the image in "L-Platform template configuration" and click [Add NIC] in "Detailed elements". To delete an NIC from an image, select the NIC in "L-Platform template configuration" and click [Delete NIC] in "Detailed elements".
To group NICs on the physical server, select the physical server image or the NICs in "L-Platform template configuration" and click [Create NIC Group] in "Detailed elements". To ungroup NICs, select the grouped NICs in "L-Platform template configuration" and click [Delete NIC Group] in "Detailed elements".
Click the [Next] button.
The [Confirm] page is displayed.

Information

While the image is selected, the NIC ID for that image will be displayed.

Point

If an input item contains an error, and error message is displayed. If an error message is displayed, refer to the error message and correct the setting.
Virtual or physical image information is added to the template information when an NIC is allocated.
When the server virtualization software is OVM for SPARC, IP addresses are set only to the NICs that are connected to admin LAN when you deploy a server whose guest OS is Solaris 11. It is therefore recommended that you connect the NIC to the admin LAN.
If a deployed server is not connected to admin LAN or a Resource Orchestrator system configuration does not enable tenant user or tenant administrator to access admin LAN, you need to set IP addresses and default gateway to a deployed server via console of the server virtualization software.
If the server virtualization software is OVM for SPARC or Solaris zone, deployed servers are configured to disable direct root ssh login, and so tenant users cannot log in to the deployed servers. To solve this issue you need to configure the server to enable direct root ssh login.
It is possible to register L-Platform templates with no servers defined.
It is also possible to register L-Platform templates with no segments defined.
When applying for a subscription to an L-Platform using an L-Platform template with no servers defined, it is necessary to add at least one server before deployment.
When applying for a subscription to an L-Platform using an L-Platform template with segments defined, it is necessary to add at least one segment and one server before deployment.
When using an L-Platform template with no servers defined or an L-Platform template with no segments defined, register at least one image information that has been published. Otherwise, it is not possible to apply for a subscription to an L-Platform which uses an L-Platform template with no servers defined or an L-Platform template with no segments defined because no images are displayed in [Additional Options] - [Server] in the reconfiguration window displayed when subscribing to the L-Platform.

8.4.4 Template Information

8.4.4.1 Set Basic Info Page

8.4.4.2 Configure Page

8.4.4.3 Confirm Page