This section explains how to create an L-Server template.
To create a Physical L-Server Template, refer to "15.1.2.1 Creating a Physical L-Server Template".
To create a Virtual L-Server Template, refer to "15.1.2.2 Creating a Virtual L-Server Template".
Use the following procedure to create a physical L-Server template:
Select the ROR console orchestration tree, and select [File]-[L-Server Template]-[Edit] from the ROR console menu.
The [L-Server Template Management] tab is displayed on the [ROR L-Server Template Editor] window.
In the [L-Server Template Management] tab of the [ROR L-Server Template Editor] window, click [Create].
The [Create L-Server Template] dialog is displayed.
Configure the following settings:
Enter basic information.
Enter the name of the L-Server template.
The character string within 32 characters composed of alphanumeric character, underscore ("_"), and hyphen ("-") is specified in the first alphanumeric character.
Enter a label for the L-Server template.
Specify a string of up to 32 characters.
Enter a comment for the L-Server template.
Specify a string of up to 256 characters.
Select a server type.
Select "Physical" when creating a physical L-Server template.
When Server Type is "Physical", the "Model", and "CPU and Memory" of the server are displayed.
Click "Model" to select a model name to allocate to the L-Server.
Clicking <CPU and Memory> enables you to enter the number of CPUs, CPU performance, and memory size of the server allocated to the L-Server.
Select a model name.
The following models are displayed:
When using a model name that is not displayed, enter the model name.
- PRIMERGY BX2560 M1
- PRIMERGY BX2560 M2
- PRIMERGY BX2580 M1
- PRIMERGY BX2580 M2
- PRIMERGY BX620 S6
- PRIMERGY BX620 S5
- PRIMERGY BX620 S4
- PRIMERGY BX920 S4
- PRIMERGY BX920 S3
- PRIMERGY BX920 S2
- PRIMERGY BX920 S1
- PRIMERGY BX922 S2
- PRIMERGY BX924 S4
- PRIMERGY BX924 S3
- PRIMERGY BX924 S2
- PRIMERGY BX960 S1
- PRIMERGY RX100 S6
- PRIMERGY RX100 S5
- PRIMERGY RX200 S8
- PRIMERGY RX200 S7
- PRIMERGY RX200 S6
- PRIMERGY RX200 S5
- PRIMERGY RX200 S4
- PRIMERGY RX2520 M1
- PRIMERGY RX300 S8
- PRIMERGY RX300 S7
- PRIMERGY RX300 S6
- PRIMERGY RX300 S5
- PRIMERGY RX300 S4
- PRIMERGY RX4770 M1
- PRIMERGY RX4770 M2
- PRIMERGY RX600 S5
- PRIMERGY RX600 S4
- PRIMERGY RX900 S1
- PRIMERGY TX150 S7
- PRIMERGY TX150 S6
- PRIMERGY TX200 S6
- PRIMERGY TX200 S5
- PRIMERGY TX300 S6
- PRIMERGY TX300 S5
- PRIMERGY TX300 S4
- Other PC servers
Function number expansion (Onboard)
Select either [Enable] or [Disable]. By default, [Disable] is selected.
Number of functions per board
Select "2" or "4".
Set the basic information, and click [Next].
Enter information on the CPU and memory.
Select the CPU frequency. Enter a number between 0.1 and 10.
Enter the number of CPUs to be allocated to the L-Server.
Enter a number between 1 and 240.
Enter the memory capacity to be allocated to the L-Server.
Enter a number between 0.1 and 8192.
Set the basic information, and click [Next].
Enter NIC information.
Enter the number to identify the NIC definition to allocate to the L-Server.
Index
Index is a number in which the NIC definition allocated in L-Server is identified.
Configure a number in the following range:
0 - 31
Click [Add NIC] to add a NIC.
Click [Delete] to delete a NIC.
NIC Num
Specify the number of network resources (NumOfNetworkLinks) to configure for NICs. Each index is specified.
Specify a number in the following range:
1 - 4098
Specify a NIC redundancy group. Specify a NIC redundancy group, if necessary.
Up to 16 NIC groups can be added.
Index
Index is a number which identifies the NIC redundancy group. Configure a number in the following range:
0 - 15
NIC Num
Enter the number of network resources (NumOfNetworkLinks) contained in the NIC redundancy group.
Specify a number in the following range:
1 - 4098
One network resource is set to NIC and the NIC redundancy group when omitting it.
Click [Add NIC Group] to add a NIC Group.
Click [Delete NIC Group] to delete a NIC Group.
NICs
Select a NIC index to configure as the NIC redundancy group. Two NICs must be specified for the group.
Enter the NIC information, and click [Next].
Enter the disk information.
Enter the disk capacity.
Enter a number in the following range:
0.1 to 2048
Clicking [Add] adds a disk.
Clicking [Delete] deletes the disk.
Up to 60 disk indexes can be added, in the range 0 - 59.
Select a disk type.
- FC
- iSCSI
When "FC" is selected for the connection type, clicking [Add] adds a disk. Clicking [Delete] deletes the disk.
Enter the disk information and click [Next].
Enter the information regarding repurposing, server redundancy, alive monitoring, and boot location.
Specify whether to release the server allocated to the L-Server when the power is turned off.
When not configuring repurpose, select " ".
When automatically releasing a server, select "true".
When not automatically releasing a server, select "false".
" " is selected by default.
When physical servers in the spare server pool are running out, make settings to use physical servers that are set for "Allow forced turning off" even if the server is powered on.
When forced powering off of the target physical server is allowed, "true" is displayed.
When forced powering off of the target physical server is not allowed, "false" is displayed.
"false" is selected by default.
Select whether server redundancy is to be allocated to the L-Server.
Enables or disables the redundancy settings. Check "HA" when enabling redundancy.
Specify the selection method of spare servers.
Select "Name Order", when selecting a server from servers with the same model name in alphabetical order.
When selecting a server with the same or higher level of performance values, or the server with the least difference in the performance levels, select "Keep Spec".
" " is selected by default.
Specify whether to use the physical servers for which "true" is set for "Allow forced turning off" after performing forced powering off of the target physical server, when physical servers in the spare server pool are running out.
When using forced powering off of the target physical server, "true" is displayed.
When not using forced powering off of the target physical server, "false" is displayed.
"false" is selected by default.
Configure alive monitoring as enabled or disabled.
Specify the name of the pattern file for FC connections.
The list of file names of pattern files for FC connections located under the directory in the manager environment is displayed as a pull-down menu.
[Windows Manager]
Installation_folder\SVROR\Manager\etc\customize_data\fc_connection_pattern
[Linux Manager]
/etc/opt/FJSVrcvmr/customize_data/fc_connection_pattern
" " is selected when there is no FCConnectionPattern file.
As for default, " " is selected.
When the fc_connection_pattern file is created after the L-Server template created, it is possible to input directly. Enter a string that is no more than 64 characters long, where the first character is a number or letter and the remaining characters are alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_") and hyphens ("-").
The dialog to confirm the entered information is displayed.
When "Are you sure to create a new L-Server Template?" is displayed, confirm the content, and then click [Create].
See
For the input ranges for the [Create L-Server Template] dialog, refer to "15.2.1 Physical L-Server Templates" in the "Reference Guide (Command/XML) CE".
Use the following procedure to create a virtual L-Server template:
When a VM host not managed with server management software is used, it is not necessary to create virtual L-Server templates.
Select the ROR console orchestration tree, and select [File]-[L-Server Template]-[Edit] from the ROR console menu.
The [L-Server Template Management] tab is displayed on the [ROR L-Server Template Editor] window.
In the [L-Server Template Management] tab of the [ROR L-Server Template Editor] window, click [Create].
The [Create L-Server Template] dialog is displayed.
In the [Create L-Server Template] dialog, set the following items. For the setting ranges of each item for each VM type, refer to "Table 15.1 Setting range of each VM type of L-Server template".
Enter basic information.
Enter the name of the L-Server template.
The character string within 32 characters composed of alphanumeric character, underscore ("_"), and hyphen ("-") is specified in the first alphanumeric character.
Enter a label for the L-Server template.
Specify a string of up to 32 characters.
Enter a comment for the L-Server template.
Specify a string of up to 256 characters.
Select a server type.
Select "VM" when creating a virtual L-Server template.
Select a VM type.
The following VM types are displayed:
- VMware
- Hyper-V
- RHEL-Xen
- Oracle VM
- RHEL-KVM
- OVM-SPARC
- Solaris Containers
- Citrix-Xen
- OVM-x86
Set the basic information, and click [Next].
Configure the overcommit function.
Decide whether to use the Overcommit function.
Select "true" when using the overcommit function.
Select "false" when not using the overcommit function.
"false" is selected by default.
Enter information on the CPU and memory.
The CPU architecture is displayed.
Enter the CPU frequency.
Enter the minimum size of CPU resources to be reserved for the L-Server. Enter when using the overcommit function.
If left blank, "0" is set when creating an L-Server.
Enter the relative proportion for allocation of CPU resources.
Enter when using the overcommit function.
By default the value is set to number of CPUs * 1000 when an L-Server is created.
Enter CPU allocation priority.
Enter when using the overcommit function.
If left blank, "100" is set when creating an L-Server.
Enter the number of CPUs to be allocated to the L-Server.
Enter the memory capacity to be allocated to the L-Server, in units of gigabytes.
Enter the minimum amount of memory resources to be reserved for the L-Server.
Enter when using the overcommit function.
If left blank, the value specified for the memory size when creating an L-Server is configured.
Enter the relative proportion for allocation of memory resources on the L-Server.
Enter when using the overcommit function.
If left blank, the value specified for the memory size * 1024 * 10 is configured when creating an L-Server.
Specify the memory buffer.
By default, "20" is set when enabling a dynamic memory when L-Server is created.
Specify the memory allocation priority.
If left blank, "5000" is set when creating an L-Server.
Specify the amount of an initial memory.
When omitted, memory capacity is set when dynamic memory is enabled when an L-Server is created.
Specify "true" when enabling a dynamic memory.
Specify "false" when disabling a dynamic memory.
By default, this information is different depending on an amount of an initial memory and a set value of the memory buffer.
"True" is set when the amount of an initial memory or the memory buffer has already set.
Nothing is set when the amount of an initial memory and the memory buffer are unset.
Enter the CPU and memory information, and click [Next].
Enter NIC information.
Enter the number of NICs.
Enter the NIC information, and click [Next].
Enter the disk information.
Enter the disk capacity, in units of GB.
Clicking [Add] adds a disk.
Clicking [Delete] deletes the disk.
The index number of DISK is automatically set in ascending order.
Enter the disk information and click [Next].
Enter the information regarding repurposing, server redundancy, boot location, ServerImageLink, and FitDiskSizeToImage.
Specify whether to release the server allocated to the L-Server when the power is turned off.
Select "true" when releasing automatically.
Select "false" when not releasing automatically.
Nothing is set by default. In this case, the value set to the definition file is used when an L-Server is created.
For details, refer to "8.11 Advisory Notes for Virtual L-Server Usage" in the "Setup Guide CE".
Select whether server redundancy is to be allocated to the L-Server.
Enables or disables the redundancy settings.
Check "HA" when enabling redundancy.
Configure alive monitoring as enabled or disabled.
This item can only be configured when "Redundancy" is enabled.
Decide whether the physical location of servers to be allocated to the L-Server can be changed.
Select "Fixed" when starting the L-Server on the same VM host that operated last time.
Select "AttachAtBoot" when automatically selecting the optimal VM host when the L-Server is started.
Specify "all" when deploying all disks with the same configuration for images, including data disks.
This specification is not required when deploying only system disks.
When "all" is specified in the definition file for L-Server creation, priority is given to "all" even if this setting is not specified.
Specify whether to match the disk size allocated to an L-Server with the disk size of an image during L-Server creation.
Specify "true" when matching the disk size of an L-Server with the disk size of an image.
When specifying "false", the disk capacity allocated to L-Servers is as follows:
- When specifying the images and the L-Server templates
The larger of the disk capacities of the disk size of image and the disk size of the L-Server template (specified by the DiskSize element, when using XML definitions)
- When specifying the images, L-Server templates, and the DiskSize elements in the XML definition files for L-Servers
The larger of the disk capacities of the disk size of image and the disk size specified for the DiskSize element in the XML definitions for L-Servers
- When specifying "false" for the DiskSize elements and the fit_disk_size attributes in the XML definition files for L-Servers, and specifying an image without an L-Server template
The larger of the disk capacities of the disk size of image and the disk size specified for the DiskSize element in the XML definitions for L-Servers
When increasing the size of the data disk included in an image during L-Server creation, this parameter should be set to "false", and [ServerImageLink] should be set to "all".
Specify the GUIRunOnce command definition file name to specify the command to be executed at the first login. Specify the file name without the extension (.rcxprop).
For details on how to create the GUIRunOnce command definition file, refer to "8.2.1 Creating Definition Files" in the "Setup Guide CE".
If no command is to be executed at the first login, do not specify the file name.
Specify whether to participate in the Active Directory domain.
Specify "true" when participating in the domain.
Specify "false" when not participating in the domain.
"false" is set by default.
Click the [Next] button.
The dialog to confirm the entered information is displayed.
When "Are you sure to create a new L-Server Template?" is displayed, confirm the content, and then click [Create].
VMware | Hyper-V | Xen | KVM | Solaris Zones | OVM for x86 3.x | OVM for x86 2.2 | OVM for SPARC | Citrix Xen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overcommit | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
CPU Arch | IA | IA | IA | IA | SPARC | IA | IA | SPARC | IA |
CPU Perf | 0.1 - 8.0 | 0.1 - 8.0 | 0.1 - 8.0 | 0.1 - 8.0 | 1.0 - 8.0 | 0.1 - 2147483647 | 0.3 - 8.0 | 0.1 - 8.0 | 0.1 - 2147483647 |
CPU Reserve | 0 - CPU Perf | 0 - CPU Perf | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
CPU Share | An integer between 1 and 1000000 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
CPU Weight | No | 1 - 10000 | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 - 65535 |
CPU Num | 1 - 8 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 8 | 1 - 64 | 1 - 4096 | 1 - 128 | 1 - 32 | 1 - 1024 | 1 - 32 |
Memory Size | 0.1 - 255.0 | 0.1 - 255.0 | 0.1 - 255.0 | 0.1 - 255.0 | 0.1 - 32768.0 | 0.3 - 1024.0 | 0.1 - 255.0 | 0.1 - 32768.0 | 0.2 - 8589933568.0 |
Memory Reserved | An integer between 0 to the upper_limit_of_the_memory_capacity | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | An integer between 0 to the upper_limit_of_the_memory_capacity |
Memory Share | An integer between 0 and 1000000 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Memory Buffer | No | 5 - 2000 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Memory Weight | No | 0 - 10000 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Startup RAM | No | An integer between 0.1 to the upper_limit_of_the_memory_capacity | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Dynamic Memory | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
NIC Num | 1 - 10 | 1 - 10 | 1 - 15 | 1 - 8 | 0 - 8 | 1 - 8 | 1 - 8 | 0 - 8 | 1 - 7 |
Index number of DISK | 0 - 55 | 0 - 59 | 0 - 251 | 0 - 16 | 0 - 63 (*4) | 0 - 105 | 0 - 59 | 0 - 63 | 0 - 13 |
Disk Capacity | 0.1 - 2048.0 | 0.1 - 2048.0 | 0.1 - 999.9 | 0.1 - 2048.0 | 0.1 - 9600.0 | 0.1 - 10240.0 | 1.0 - 2048.0 | 0.1 - 9600.0 | 0.1 - 2048.0 |
Repurpose | Yes | Yes | Yes (*1) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Redundancy | Yes | Yes | Yes (*2) | Yes (*2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Alive Monitoring | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Positioning | Yes | Yes | Yes (*3) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ServerImageLink | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Fit DiskSize To Image | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Execute a command at the first login | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Participate in the Active Directory Domain | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Yes : Setting is possible.
No: Setting is not possible.
*1: Only "false" can be specified.
*2: "HA" cannot be specified.
*3: Only "Fixed" can be specified.
*4: The setting range when using virtual storage. When not using virtual storage, only "0" can be specified.
See
For the input ranges for the [Create L-Server Template] dialog, refer to "15.2.2 Virtual L-Server Templates" in the "Reference Guide (Command/XML) CE".
Note
When configuring a template using wizard-style GUI, the detailed configurations can be confirmed in the last confirmation window.
The confirmation window of detailed configurations is displayed in order to enable confirmation of the setting values. When using the confirmation window for operation, there may be difference in the displayed contents. Do not operate it on the confirmation screen.
