The following configuration can be defined on the [Reconfigure] page.
Connection destination: Represents a connection destination external to the L-Platform, and the IP addresses to be published.
Segment: Represents a network segment located on the L-Platform
Virtual server: Represents a server on the L-Platform
Physical server: Represents a physical server.
Disk: Represents an extended disk that is not a system disk but can be added to the virtual server or physical server.
An example of the [Reconfigure] page display is shown below.
The configuration of the [Reconfigure] page is shown below:
Pane name | Description |
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L-Platform configuration | Displays the [L-Platform configuration]. |
Additional Options | Displays a list of elements (virtual server, physical server, segment, and disk) that can be added to the [L-Platform configuration]. |
Details of L-Platform element | Displays details about the elements selected in the [L-Platform configuration] pane and allows their content to be edited. Click the [Delete NIC] button to delete selected NICs. |
Icons displayed in the [L-Platform configuration] area are as follows.
Icon | Explanation | Icon | Explanation |
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Connect to an intranet | Connect to the Internet | ||
Number of IP addresses to be published | 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) |
Icons displayed in the [L-Platform configuration] area to indicate server statuses are shown below.
These are example icons for a virtual server without disks. There are corresponding icons also for a physical server and for a server with no data disk, a single data disk, and multiple data disks.
Icon | Explanation | Icon | Explanation |
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Stopped | Running | ||
Starting, stopping, being deployed, or in a failover | Failed to start or stop |
The icons to indicate NICs or servers that are targets for server load balancer (SLB) distribution when the SLB displayed on the [L-Platform configuration] pane 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Information
Hover the mouse pointer 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.
The L-Platform can be edited on the [Reconfigure] page.
The L-Platform name entered on the [Basic info] page can be modified.
The types of disks that can be added are new disks and existing disks.
New disks can be added to virtual servers and physical servers. Existing disks are displayed if an Infrastructure Administrator has registered them to a storage pool that can reference already created disk resources, and can be added to physical servers.
Note
If the server includes disks not managed by Resource Orchestrator, disks cannot be added or deleted.
This item is displayed when using a firewall without using a ruleset.
The connection destination cannot be selected on the [Reconfigure] page when applying for an L-Platform subscription.
When you select a connection destination, you can set up connection with a destination external to the L-Platform.
Intranet
This option is displayed only when you specify an intranet as the connection destination in the L-Platform template used for deployment. Select this option to connect to an intranet.
Internet
This option is displayed only when you specify the Internet as the connection destination in the L-Platform template used for deployment. Select this option to connect to the Internet.
Public IP address
This option is displayed when [Internet] is displayed.
Automatic selection
Specify the number of IP addresses to use.
Manual selection
If you have specified [Internet] as the connection destination, you can specify the IP address to be published.
Click the [Add] button. In the [Addition of public IP address] window that is displayed, add the IP address to be published. For Added IP address, enter the IP address to be used by the L-Platform and click the [Add] button.
To delete a specified IP address, select the IP address from the list and click the [Delete] button.
Consult the tenant administrator regarding the IP addresses that can be used.
When you select a firewall, you can check its settings.
You cannot delete a firewall from an L-Platform.
The [Details of L-Platform element] that is displayed when you select a firewall differs depending on whether you set up the firewall to use the ruleset.
Firewall that does not use the ruleset
You can select a firewall only when reconfiguring after deployment of the L-Platform.
[Public IP address] tab
This tab displays the IP address to be published that was assigned to the L-Platform. If DNAT or SNAPT is set as the IP address to be published, a check mark indicating that DNAT or SNAPT is being set into the corresponding IP address line is displayed.
[DNAT] tab
The DNAT setting is displayed. The server name and IP address of the server are displayed for an IP address to be published.
[SNAPT] tab
The SNAPT setting is displayed. The server name and IP address of the server are displayed for an IP address to be published.
Firewall that uses the ruleset
[Firewall] tab
Part | Description |
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ruleset | Displays the name of the 'ruleset' set for the firewall. The ruleset name cannot be changed. |
Click [Setting] button to check the parameter values in the ruleset. The values set as the default are the values specified in the L-Platform template.
Note
The firewall for a server added by a new L-Platform subscription or L-Platform reconfiguration is set after the L-Platform is deployed. Refer to "5.3.8 Setup Firewall" for details.
A segment can be edited by selecting the segment to be edited.
It is possible to select whether a subnet allocated to the segment can be set automatically or manually in the segment editing. Note, however, that subnets cannot be modified in the L-Platform configuration after the system has been deployed.
If the network to be connected to is specified in the L-Platform template, the specified network remains selected.
The following window displays an example of the [Reconfigure] page when a segment name is clicked. The following window shows the [Reconfigure] page used to subscribe to an L-Platform.
Details of configuration element [Segment] tab
Part | Description |
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Category | Specify the category when an automatically selected segment is added. The default is "Business segment".
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Segment type | Specify the segment identification information used if segments are selected automatically when additions are made by segment extension. |
Maximum number of NICs | Specify the maximum number of servers that can be deployed in a segment. |
Subnet setting | Specify whether to configure subnet manually or automatically.
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Subnet addresses | If the subnet setting is set to Manual, select an item from the list of subnet addresses or network resources. The setting item (whether to select from subnet addresses or network resources) depends on system settings. |
[Others] tab of [Additional Options]
Part | Description |
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Segment | Extend a segment. |
Note
Segment extension and reduction
You cannot extend or reduce segments if you use a firewall without using a ruleset.
A network can be extended to the maximum number of segments for an L-Platform Template.
Since at least one segment is required, it is not possible to delete all segments. When using an L-Platform template with no segments defined, attach at least one segment.
When a segment is deleted, the connected servers and NICs are also deleted. To delete a segment and NICs but not the servers, delete the NICs first and then delete the segment.
A segment where there is a server load balancer cannot be deleted.
The number of segments under firewall control cannot be changed.
Reduction is not possible while a server is operating.
In estimated charges, the unit price for NICs deployed in segments where [Subnet Settings] is "Auto-configure" is treated as being 0 Japanese Yen.
Selecting a virtual server enables editing of that virtual server.
[Details] tab
An example of the [Details] tab display is shown below.
Part | Description | |
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Host name | Sets the virtual server name specified in the L-Platform template. <, >, &, ', " and control characters However, the strings and the number of characters that can be specified may vary depending on the system settings. When the OS of the managed server is Windows, specification using up to 15 of the characters below is recommended. For other OSs, specification using up to 63 characters is recommended. The value specified for this item cannot consist of only numbers. Hyphens cannot be used for the first character. Alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_") and hyphens ("-") A pre-existing name cannot be specified. | |
Type | From the drop-down menu, select the type (specifications) of the registered server.
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VM pool | From the drop-down menu, select the resource name of the VM pool that is the server deployment destination. | |
VM Host | From the drop-down menu, select the resource name of the VM host that is the server deployment destination. | |
CPU | Number of CPUs | Set the number of CPUs of the virtual server. |
Performance | Specify CPU performance of the virtual server in GHz. | |
Reserved | Specify the reserved CPU performance for the virtual server, in GHz. | |
[VMware] | Specify the relative allotment ratio for determining the allotment of memory size when multiple virtual machines are competing for memory resources. [VMware] [Hyper-V]
[Citrix Xen] This is not displayed and cannot be specified if the server virtualization software is RHEL-KVM. | |
Memory | Size | Specify the memory size of the virtual server in GB. Specify the lesser of the two values: Enter either the maximum value entered for image information or enter the maximum value of the VM pool, free memory size of VM hosts with the most free memory size. [OVM for x86 3.x] [KVM] A value outside the range cannot be set. |
[VMware] | Specify the reserved memory size for the virtual server, in GB. [Citrix Xen] Any value outside the allowable range cannot be specified. | |
[VMware] | Specify the relative allotment ratio for determining the allotment of memory size when multiple virtual machines are competing for memory resources. [VMware] [Hyper-V]
This is not displayed and cannot be specified if the server virtualization software is RHEL-KVM. | |
System Disk | Storage pool | From the drop-down menu, select the storage pool to be used. If the server virtualization software is OVM for x86, only [Automatic] can be selected. 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 specified for the image information is "Raw Disk", then the value set in the [Disk resource specification] window will be displayed. To change the settings, click the [Change] button to open the [Disk resource specification] window. |
Virtual Storage | From the drop-down menu, select the virtual storage to be used. | |
Size | Specify the disk capacity of the virtual server in GB.
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Disk resource specification | Specify this item 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 specified for the image information is "Raw Disk".
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Boot priority | Sets the priority order when performing batched power supply operations in either the L-Platform or the tenant. The smaller the value, the higher the priority orders. Set to 0 when power supply operations are not carried out in a single batch. Note however that this value cannot be set to 0 at the time of new deployment. |
Point
The icons displayed in front of the virtual server names correspond to the usage of the virtual servers described in the specification.
WEB: Web server
AP: Application server
DB: Database server
When a virtual server has multiple usages, an icon showing each usage separated by "/" will be displayed.
Example: WEB/AP, AP/WEB/DB etc.
Note
The server type cannot be changed with some types of server virtualization software.
When the 0 or no valid value is specified for CPU frequency, CPU reserve clock rate, memory size, or memory reserve size, it is treated as if the value 0.1 were specified. This modification is included in the changed items.
Depending on the guest OS type, system disks which capacity is expanded may not be recognized or used by the OS. Refer to server virtualization software manuals and technical information to ensure that the expanded disk can be used.
A separate operation is required to make the expanded disk recognizable on the guest OS. Refer to manuals and technical information for each OS for information on the required operations.
If [Automatic] is selected for the system disk storage pool, estimated charges will be calculated based on a system disk unit price of 0 Japanese Yen.
Note that estimated charges may differ to the actual charges because usage charges are calculated according to the unit price of the storage pool that creates the system disk after subscription or reconfiguration is complete.
System disk capacity cannot be expanded in the following cases:
When snapshots exist on the server
When disks not managed by ROR, such as RDM (Raw Device Mapping), are connected to the server
[NICs] tab
Use the [NICs] tab to set the IP address allocated to an NIC.
Note that the IP address can be set only if "manual setting" is specified for the subnet during segment editing. However, since the subnet cannot be changed by reconfiguration after a system is deployed, IP address changes are also not possible.
A display example of the [NICs] tab is shown below. Note that the window shown below is the L-Platform subscription [Reconfigure] page.
There are two ways of specifying an IP address as follows:
Automatic
Sets an IP address automatically from a subnet.
Manual
Enters an IP address directly.
When there is a conflict between the specified IP address and network resources, an error message will be displayed.
An [MNG] icon is displayed for the control NIC.
The following window displays an example of an L-Platform where multiple NICs exist. The following window shows the [Reconfigure] page used to subscribe to an L-Platform.
Each NIC is represented by one server. When a server is selected, the same server in each segment is selected.
When a server is selected an icon is displayed showing a number at its lower left hand corner. The number represents an NIC number.
Dark-colored servers are the NICs for administration, and light-colored servers are NICs for business.
When a server is dragged from the [Additional Options] and dropped on a segment, as many servers as the number of NICs specified for the segment in the image information are displayed.
[Others] tab
The [Others] tab can be used to check the operating system installed at a virtual server, the middleware and other software, and information on the patches applied to the software.
When a virtual server has image information for VDI coordination, it is possible to check the VDI user name, the name of the VDI pool the virtual server will belong to after deployment, and the connection information of the VDI admin server.
If the server virtualization software of the virtual server is Solaris Zones and the OS of the virtual server is Solaris 11, the administrator user name can be checked.
Point
When an infrastructure administrator permits setting of VDI user names, the VDI user can be specified when applying to use an L-Platform. Specify the VDI user name in the following format.
NetBIOS domain name\user name
Note
The following message may be displayed when VDI definitions are incorrect. When the following message is displayed even when the specified VDI user is correct, consult with the infrastructure administrator.
One or more specified VDI user name is not valid. Please check VDI user names.
Or
The NetBIOS Domain of one or more VDI users is not valid. Please check the NetBIOS Domain.
NIC Add and Delete
This section explains NIC add and delete.
Click the [Add NIC] button to add a business NIC to the same segment as the control NIC.
Click the [Delete NIC] button deletes an NIC.
Note
Whether it is possible to add NICs to or delete NICs from the servers that have been deployed differs depending on the type of the server virtualization software and power status of the server. Details are shown below:
Operation | Server status | VMware | Hyper-V | RHEL-KVM | Solaris Zones | Citrix XenServer | OVM for X86 | OVM for SPARC |
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Add | Stop | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
Operation | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
Delete | Stop | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
Operation | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Y: Can add or delete
N: Cannot add or delete
A maximum of eight NICs can be added with Solaris Zones management servers.
NICs cannot be added if they would exceed the maximum number of connections for the segment.
Since at least one NIC is required, it is not possible to delete all NICs.
If the server virtualization software is OVM for SPARC, request the tenant administrator to add a NIC to or delete a NIC from a deployed server.
Selecting a physical server enables editing of that physical server.
For a deployed physical server, only the server name, the server type, and the boot priority can be changed.
[Details] tab
A display example of the [Details] tab is shown below.
Part | Description | |
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Host name | Sets the name of a physical server that is in the L-Platform Template. <, >, &, ', " and control characters However, the strings and the number of characters that can be specified may vary depending on the system settings. When the OS of the managed server is Windows, specification using up to 15 of the characters below is recommended. For other OSs, specification using up to 63 characters is recommended. The value specified for this item cannot consist of only numbers. Hyphens cannot be used for the first character. Alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_") and hyphens ("-") A pre-existing name cannot be specified. | |
Type | From the drop-down menu, select the type (specifications) of the registered server.
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Server pool | From the drop-down menu, select the resource name of the server pool that is the server deployment destination. | |
Reserve server pool | From the drop-down menu, select the resource name of the reserve server pool. | |
CPU | Number of CPUs | Set the number of CPUs in the physical server. |
performance | Specify the CPU performance of the physical server in GHz units. | |
Memory | Size | Specify the memory size of the physical server in GB units. |
System Disk | Storage pool | From the drop-down menu, select the storage pool to be used. |
Size | Specify the disk capacity of the physical server in GB. When reconfiguring during subscription When reconfiguring after deployment | |
Boot priority | Sets the priority order when performing batched power supply operations in either the L-Platform or the tenant. Range:1-256.The smaller the value, the higher the priority order. Set to 0 when power supply operations are not carried out in a single batch. Note however that this value cannot be set to 0 at the time of new deployment. |
Note
The server pool physical server with details closest to the specified CPU and memory information is allocated.
If you are deploying a physical server, the estimated and actual charges are calculated based on the values entered for CPU performance and memory size in this step.
[NICs] tab
Use the [NICs] tab to set the IP address allocated to an NIC.
Note that the IP address can be set only if "manual setting" is specified for the subnet during segment editing. However, since the subnet cannot be changed by reconfiguration after a system is deployed, IP address changes are also not possible.
A display example of the [NICs] tab is shown below. Note that the window shown below is the L-Platform subscription [Reconfigure] page.
The following two methods are available for specifying an IP address:
Automatic
The IP address is set automatically from the subnet.
Manual
Enter the IP address directly.
An error message is displayed if the specified IP address is inconsistent with the network resources.
The [MNG] icon is displayed for the control NIC.
The window below is an example of the display when there are multiple NICs. Note that the window shown below is the L-Platform subscription [Reconfigure] page.
NIC1 is represented by one physical server. When a server is selected, the selected state occurs for all the same servers. A numeric icon is displayed to the bottom left of selected servers. It indicates the NIC number.
Dark-colored servers indicate management NICs, and light-colored servers indicate business NICs.
If a segment is dragged and dropped from [Additional Options], the number of servers displayed matches the number of NICs specified in the image information of the segment.
Point
The NIC setting will be an untagged VLAN.
[Others] tab
The [Others] tab can be used to check the operating system installed at a physical server, the middleware and other software, and information on the patches applied to the software.
NIC Add and Delete
This section explains NIC add and delete.
Addition and deletion of NICs for physical servers is possible only when applying for L-Platform subscriptions and when adding (new) servers during L-Platform reconfiguration.
Click the [Add NIC] button to add a business NIC to the same segment as the control NIC.
Click the [Delete NIC] button deletes an NIC.
Note
NICs cannot be added if they would exceed the maximum number of connections for the segment.
Since at least one NIC is required, it is not possible to delete all NICs.
When add or delete NICs for a physical server, configure the number of NICs after settings are made to match the number of NICs of the physical server being used.
NIC Grouping
This function is available with physical servers only.
This section explains NIC grouping.
Making a group
Select multiple checkboxes, and then click the [Create NIC Group] button. However, Multidata input NIC cannot be grouped. Groups can include control NIC.
Cancelling a grouping
Select multiple checkboxes, and then click the [Delete NIC Group] button.
Note
This is possible only during L-Platform subscription. NIC groups cannot be made or cancelled after deployment.
Two NICs can be grouped. Three or more NICs cannot be grouped.
In estimated charges, grouped NICs are handled as if each NIC in the group exists.
A virtual server to which a disk has been added can be selected. By clicking the button () located to the right of the virtual server name, a selection list of virtual servers and disks is displayed. Select a disk on the list.
The following example displays the [Reconfigure] page when a disk is selected. The following window shows the [Reconfigure] page used to subscribe to an L-Platform.
Part | Description |
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Disk name | Sets the name of a disk name in the L-Platform template. <, >, &, ', " and control characters A pre-existing name cannot be specified. |
Storage pool | From the drop-down menu, select the deployment destination resource pool. |
Virtual Storage | From the drop-down menu, select the virtual storage that is the deployment destination. |
Size | Specify the disk capacity of the virtual server in GB.
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Note
If the server virtualization software is Hyper-V, the maximum number of disks after addition is four, including the system disk.
Existing disks cannot be added or deleted if the server virtualization software is Citrix XenServer or OVM for x86.
If the server virtualization software is OVM for SPARC, only existing disks can be added or deleted, but it is not possible to add to a server existing disks already attached to another server.
When the server virtualization software is Solaris Zones and the OS of the virtual server is Solaris 10, attaching and detaching of disks is not possible.
When the server virtualization software is Solaris Zones and the OS of the virtual server is Solaris 11, detachment of already deployed disks is not possible.
Disks cannot be added to or deleted from images that include data disks.
Disk capacity cannot be expanded for data disks included in images.
If [Automatic] is selected for the storage pool, estimated charges will be calculated based on a disk unit price of 0 Japanese Yen.
Note that estimated charges may differ to the actual charges because usage charges are calculated according to the unit price of the storage pool that creates the disk after subscription or reconfiguration is complete.
Data disk capacity cannot be expanded in the following cases:
When snapshots exist on the server
When disks not managed by ROR, such as RDM (Raw Device Mapping), are connected to the server
A physical server to which a disk has been added can be selected. By clicking the button () located to the right of the physical server name, a selection list of physical server and disks is displayed. Select a disk on the list.
The following example displays the [Reconfigure] page when a disk is selected. The following window shows the [Reconfigure] page used to subscribe to a service.
Part | Description |
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Disk name | Sets the name of a disk name in the L-Platform template. <, >, &, ', " and control characters A pre-existing name cannot be specified. |
Storage pool | From the drop-down menu, select the deployment destination resource pool. If an existing disk is selected, modification is not possible. |
Size | Specify the disk capacity of the virtual server in GB. Specify the lesser of the two values: Enter either the maximum value entered for image information or enter the maximum value of the storage pool, free space size of storages with the most free space size. |
[Server] tab
"Physical server" and "Virtual server" can be selected from [Type], enabling only servers of the selected type to be displayed.
Selecting a server load balancer enables confirmation of the settings of the server load balancer.
For SLBs not using rulesets
The IP addresses and distribution targets set for server load balancers can be checked.
[IP Address] tab
The virtual and public IP addresses set for an SLB are displayed.
[Distribution] tab
The target servers, their statuses, and the distribution status are displayed for each SLB rule configured on an SLB.
It is possible to enable and disable load balancing by selecting the checkbox of the target server, and then clicking the [Detach] button or the [Attach] button.
Point
When disabling load balancing, it is possible to specify the amount of time until it is disabled.
For server load balancers not using rulesets
The rulesets and parameters set in the server load balancer can be checked.
[SLB] tab
Part | Description |
Deployment ruleset | The names of the ruleset set in the server load balancer are displayed. The ruleset names cannot be modified. |
Description | Descriptions of the ruleset for deploying server load balancer are displayed. |
Click the [Parameter details] button to confirm the values of the parameters set in rulesets.
If a server load balancer is defined in an L-Platform template, the default rulesets and parameter values are those specified in the L-Platform template.
[Parameter details] page
A list of parameters defined in the ruleset is displayed in the [Parameter details] page.
Click the [Parameter details] button to display the [Parameter details] page.
Part | Description |
Selected ruleset | The names of the ruleset for deploying server load balancer are displayed. |
Description | Descriptions of the ruleset for deploying server load balancer are displayed. |
[SLB] tab
Parameters that are unrelated to the server are displayed:
Part | Description |
Parameter | Displays the parameter labels. |
Description | Displays the parameter descriptions. |
Value | The value to be set for the parameter is displayed. |
Description of the selected parameter | The description of the parameter in the row being pointed at is displayed. |
[Server] tab
Parameters that are related to the server are displayed:
Part | Description |
Server | The names of the servers where the parameters are enabled are displayed. "-" 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. |
Description of the selected parameter | The description of the parameter in the row being pointed at is displayed. |