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ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition V3.2.0 User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management)
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17.2.5 Modifying Network Resource Settings

This section explains how to modify network resource settings.

The following items can be modified.

Table 17.12 Network Resource Items for Modification

Operation

L-Server Status

Physical L-Server

Physical L-Server

(iSCSI Boot)

Virtual L-Server

Defined

Preserved

Allocated

All

Defined

Preserved

Allocated

IP address change

(Admin LAN/public LAN) (*1)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes (*2)

Yes (*2)

Changing network resources to connect to a NIC or a NIC group

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

Yes (*2)

Yes (*2)

NIC addition and deletion

Yes

-

-

-

Yes (*4)

Yes (*5)

Yes (*5)

Changing untagged VLAN settings (use/not use)

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

-

-

-

Adding or deleting network resources to connect to a NIC or a NIC group

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

-

-

-

Redundancy modification

(Example: Changing the combination of NIC1 and 2 to NIC3 and 4)

Yes

Yes (*3)

Yes (*3)

-

-

-

-

Redundancy addition

(Example: Changing NIC1 to the combination of NIC1 and 2)

Yes

Yes (*3)

Yes (*3)

-

-

-

-

Redundancy deletion

(Example: Changing the combination of NIC1 and 2 to NIC1 only)

Yes

Yes (*3)

Yes (*3)

-

-

-

-

*1: Changing IP addresses across subnets is not possible.
*2: Dependent on the type of VM product. For details, refer to "Table 17.15 Modification of Network Resources and IP Addresses by VM Type (Allocated State/Preserved State)".
*3: Select "Admin LAN (MAC address 1)" of the physical server that the L-Server will be located on, as the admin LAN of the physical L-Server. When performing admin LAN redundancy for the physical L-Server, all NICs of the admin LAN for the physical server that the L-Server will be located on must be included.
*4: Dependent on the type of VM product. Refer to "Table 17.13 NIC Modification by VM Type (Defined State)" for details.
*5: Dependent on the type of VM product. Refer to "Table 17.14 NIC Modification by VM Type (Allocated State/Preserved State)" for details.


Table 17.13 NIC Modification by VM Type (Defined State)

Resource Name

Modification

VMware
Hyper-V
Solaris Zones
OVM for SPARC
OVM for x86 3.x
OVM for x86 2.2

RHEL-KVM
RHEL-Xen
Citrix Xen

NICs

Addition and deletion

Yes

No


Table 17.14 NIC Modification by VM Type (Allocated State/Preserved State)

Resource Name

Modification

VMware
Hyper-V
RHEL-KVM

Solaris Zones
OVM for SPARC
OVM for x86 3.x
Citrix Xen

RHEL-Xen
OVM for x86 2.2

NICs

Add

Yes

No

No

Deletion

Yes

No

No

Addition of NIC definitions

No

Yes

No

Deletion of NIC definitions

No

Yes

No


Table 17.15 Modification of Network Resources and IP Addresses by VM Type (Allocated State/Preserved State)

Resource Name

Modifying

VMware

Hyper-V
RHEL-KVM
RHEL-Xen
Citrix Xen
Solaris Zones
OVM for SPARC
OVM for x86 3.x
OVM for x86 2.2

NICs

IP address

Yes

N/A

Network resources

Yes

N/A

Note

  • Modifications to L-Server specifications have no effect on the settings of the OS installed on the L-Server. Modify the network settings of the OS referring to the IP address and network information of the modified L-Server.

  • When changing the network configuration of a physical L-Server, the LPVID value of CNA is not automatically reflected.

    When [Function number expansion (Onboard)] is enabled, check the VLAN settings of the modified physical L-Server from [Network Settings] on the [Resource Details] tab, and change the LPVID of the CNA.

  • For physical L-Servers, the position of the NIC used for the admin LAN cannot be changed.

  • After deployment of L-Servers, do not change the labels for network resources using port groups on VMware.
    When the label for a network resource to use is changed accidentally, the new L-Server deployment will fail.

Use the following procedure to change network settings.


When the L-Server status is "defined"

  1. Right-click the target L-Server in the orchestration tree, and select [Change Settings]-[Definition] from the popup menu.

    The [Modify L-Server's definition] dialog is displayed.

  2. Use the [Network] tab to change network resource settings of the L-Server.

    Information

    • For Physical L-Servers

      For details on operation of the [Network] tab, refer to "16.2.4 [Network] Tab".

    • For Virtual L-Servers

      For details on operation of the [Network] tab, refer to "16.3.4 [Network] Tab".

  3. Click the [OK] button.


When resources have not been allocated (preserved) or have been allocated (allocated) to the L-Server

For Physical L-Servers
  1. Right-click the target L-Server in the orchestration tree, and select [Change Settings]-[Network Configuration] from the popup menu.

    The [Change network configuration of an L-Server] dialog is displayed.

  2. Enter the following items:

    NICs

    Clicking the [Add] button adds a network.

    Select a network resource to connect with in the [Add a Network] dialog.

    Information

    - When adding a new NIC or NIC group, select the number of "(Undefined)" for [NIC] in the [Add a Network] dialog. When performing redundancy for the NIC, select the pair of NICs to use.

    - When adding an already defined NIC or a network to connect with the NIC group, select the number of defined NICs for [NIC] in the [Add a Network] dialog.

    Clicking the [Delete] button deletes the selected network.

    If the number is not the NIC number specified when creating an L-Server, the [OK] button is not activated. When the [OK] button is not activated, click the [Add] button to configure undefined NICs.

    Network

    Click the [Change] button to select a network resource that is connected to a NIC or a NIC group.

    IP address

    Enter an IP address to set for the L-Server. If the IP address is not entered, an IP address is automatically allocated to the L-Server.

    Untagged VLAN

    Select whether or not to use untagged VLAN for a NIC or a NIC group.

  3. Click the [OK] button.

  4. When [Function number expansion (Onboard)] is enabled and network resource settings of the untagged VLAN have been modified, change the LPVID of the CNA.

  5. Configure the network settings of the OS referring to the IP address and network information of the modified L-Server.

    For details, refer to "7.8 Network Redundancy and VLAN Settings of L-Servers" in the "Setup Guide CE".

From the command-line, execute rcxadm lserver modify.
For details on the rcxadm lserver modify command, refer to "3.6 rcxadm lserver" in the "Reference Guide (Command/XML) CE".


For Virtual L-Servers

To modify network resources and IP addresses which are connected to a NIC or a NIC group, use the rcxadm lserver modify command. Using this command, it is possible to configure network resource settings for virtual L-Servers that match those of VM guests.

Use the rcxadm lserver attach and detach commands for adding and deleting NICs.
When adding NICs, configure the network settings of the OS based on the IP address of the NIC of the L-Server that was added.
For details on the rcxadm lserver command, refer to "3.6 rcxadm lserver" in the "Reference Guide (Command/XML) CE".