When managing a network device as a resource, define the information to be configured on each managed drive.
For details on the procedure to enable the function for managing network devices as resources, refer to "7.5.1 Enabling the Network Device Management Function" in the "User's Guide VE".
Define configuration information necessary for management.
Device name
Define the name of the managed device.
This name can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters (upper or lower case), underscores ("_"), hyphens ("-"), and periods (".").
IP addresses used by managed network devices for management purposes
Choose an IP address to be used for communication with the admin server.
SNMP community name
Define the name of the SNMP community to be used when collecting MIB information using the monitoring function of the network device.
This user name can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters (upper or lower case), underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
When registering VCS fabrics as network devices, configuration is not necessary.
Administrator information (user name and password)
Login User Name
Define the login user name to be used for login to the network device.
This user name can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters (upper or lower case), underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
Password
Define the password for the login user name to be used for direct login to the network device.
Specify a character string of up to 64 alphanumeric characters (upper or lower case) and symbols (!$%()*+,-./:;=@[]^_`{|}~ and blank spaces).
Administrator Password
Define the login password for the administrator to be used for logging into the network device as an administrator.
Specify a character string of up to 64 alphanumeric characters (upper or lower case) and symbols (!$%()*+,-./:;=@[]^_`{|}~ and blank spaces).
SNMP host information
This must be the admin IP address of the admin server.
SNMP trap destination
This must be the admin IP address of the admin server.
Monitoring method (PING, SNMP, NETCONF)
Define the monitoring method for the network devices (firewalls, server load balancers, L2 switches, Ethernet fabrics, and management hosts).
Choose PING for alive monitoring, and choose SNMP for status monitoring.
It is possible to monitor using only one method or both methods.
Note that NETCONF is the monitoring method for VCS only.
Define settings necessary for pre-configuration.
Public LAN Pre-configuration Settings
Check the connection configuration of the LAN ports to be used for the public LAN to be connected with the center switches, and define the necessary settings accordingly.
Admin LAN Pre-configuration Settings
Check the connection configuration of the LAN ports to be used for the admin LAN to be connected with the L3 switches, and define the necessary settings accordingly.
Figure 7.12 Managed Device Pre-configuration Scope
* Note: L2 switches or Ethernet Fabric switches.
Information
Character limitations vary depending on the network device used.
For specific settings of individual devices, define the settings according to the specifications of the network devices, within the limitations of types and number of characters described above.
The information necessary to be configured based on the public and admin LAN connection configurations also depends on the specifications of network devices.
For details on the specifications for each network device, refer to the manual for each device.
When targets to manage are the Ethernet Fabric switches (Converged Fabric), design of the following is required.
Design the port types for each port of the relevant devices.
When using virtual fabrics (VFAB), design all virtual fabrics to use in advance.
When using virtual fabrics, it is recommended to use the LAN ports belonging to the default VFAB as the LAN ports for the admin LAN.
For details on the outline of Ethernet Fabric switches (Converged Fabric), refer to "Appendix D Ethernet Fabric Devices".
When targets to manage are IPCOM VX/IPCOM VA, design of the following is required.
The VFAB VLAN ID of the virtual fabric must be same as the TPID of the VLAN ID defined in the virtual machine interface definitions of IPCOM VX.
For details on how to configure TPID, refer to the manual of each device.
Use of virtual fabrics using Ethernet fabric switches (Converged Fabric) is required.
Design virtual fabrics to use for each IPCOM VA.
During design, note the following information:
Set the operation mode of the virtual fabric to Network mode.
Configure the IEEE802.1ad frame communication port for the connection port with IPCOM VX.
Define the S-TAG value of the virtual fabric for the VLAN ID of the virtual machine interface of IPCOM VX.
The S-TAG value of the virtual fabric can be calculated using the following formula:
For default VFAB
2 fixed value
For other than default VFAB
VFAB ID + 100
For details on virtual machine interface definitions for IPCOM VX, refer to the manuals of IPCOM VX.
For the relationship between IPCOM VX/IPCOM VA and virtual fabrics, refer to "Appendix E IPCOM VX Series Devices".
