Step 1 |
In the navigation pane, choose .
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Step 2 |
To create a
B Series
Blueprint:
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On the Blueprint Initial Setup pane of the Cisco VIM Insight, complete the following fields:
Name
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Description
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Blueprint Name field
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Enter blueprint configuration name.
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Platform Type drop-down list
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Choose one of the following platform types:
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Tenant Network drop-down list
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Choose tenant network type:
OVS/VLAN
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Pod Type drop-down list
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Choose one of the following pod types:
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Ceph Mode drop-down list
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Choose one of the following Ceph types:
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Optional Features and Services Checkbox
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Swiftstack, LDAP, Syslog Export Settings, Install Mode, ToR Switch Information, TLS, NFVMON, Pod Name, VMTP, NFV Bench, Auto-backup,
Heat, Ceilometer, Keystone v3, Enable Esc Priv, Enable TTY logging, SNMP, ManagementNode_CloudAPI_Reachability.
If any one is selected, the corresponding section is visible in various Blueprint sections. SNMP requires CVIM-MON to be enabled.
By default, all features are disabled except Auto-backup and Management Node_CloudAPI_Reachability.
Select Enable Read-only OpenStack Admins to add a custom role with read-only admin privileges to OpenStack resources.
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Import Existing YAML file
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Click Browse button to import the existing yaml file.
If you have an existing B Series YAML file you can use this feature to upload the file.
Unified Management automatically fill in the fields and if any mandatory field is missed then it gets highlighted in the
respective section.
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Click Physical Setup to navigate to the Registry Setup configuration page. Fill in the following details for Registry Setup:
Name
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Description
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Registry User Name text field
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Enter the User-Name for Registry (Mandatory).
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Registry Password text field
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Enter the Password for Registry (Mandatory).
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Registry Email text field
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Enter the Email ID for Registry (Mandatory).
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Once all mandatory fields are filled the Validation Check Registry Pane shows a Green Tick.
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Click UCSM Common Tab and complete the following fields:
Name
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Description
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User name disabled field
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By default the value is Admin.
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Password text field
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Enter Password for UCSM Common (Mandatory).
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UCSM IP text field
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Enter IP Address for UCSM Common (Mandatory).
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Resource Prefix text field
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Enter the resource prefix(Mandatory).
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QOS Policy Type drop-down
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Choose one of the following types:
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Max VF Count text field
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Select the Max VF Count.
<1-54> Maximum VF count 54, default is 20.
If VF performance is enabled we recommend you to keep MAX_VF_COUNT to 20 else may fail on some VICs like 1240.
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Enable VF Performance optional checkbox
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Default is false. Set to true to apply adaptor policy at VF level.
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Enable Prov FI PIN optional checkbox
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Default is false.
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MRAID-CARD optional checkbox
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Enables JBOD mode to be set on disks. Applicable only if you have RAID controller configured on Storage C240 Rack servers.
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Enable UCSM Plugin optional checkbox
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Visible when Tenant Network type is OVS/VLAN.
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Enable QoS Policy optional checkbox
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Visible only when UCSM Plugin is enabled. If UCSM Plugin is disabled then this option is set to False.
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Enable QOS for Port Profile optional checkbox
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Visible only when UCSM Plugin is enabled.
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SRIOV Multi VLAN Trunk optional grid
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Visible when UCSM Plugin is enabled. Enter the values for network and vlans ranges. Grid can handle all CRUD operations such
as Add, Delete, Edit and, Multiple Delete.
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Click Networking to advance to the networking section of the Blueprint:
Name
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Description
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Domain Name field
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Enter the domain name (Mandatory).
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HTTP Proxy Server field
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If your configuration uses an HTTP proxy server, enter the IP address of the server.
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HTTPS Proxy Server field
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If your configuration uses an HTTPS proxy server, enter the IP address of the server.
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IP Tables on Management Pods
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Specifies the list of IP Address with Mask.
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NTP Server
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Enter a maximum of four and minimum of one IPv4 and /or IPv6 addresses in the table.
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Domain Name Server
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Enter a maximum of three and minimum of one IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses.
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Network options
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This section is accessible only if ToR type is Cisco NCS 5500.
vxlan-tenant:
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Provider network name: It is a unique name.
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BGP AS num: Takes value between 1 and 65535.
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BGP Peers: Enter the peer route reflector IPs (IPs to be comma separated)
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BGP router ID: The router ID is used for local GoBGP cluster.
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Head-end replication (Optional) : You can add VTEP IP address and comma separated VNI IDs. Multiple entries are allowed.
Note
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VXLAN-TENANT is allowed only when NETWORK_OPTIONS is vxlan network. The IPs defined belong to the vxlan-tenant network, but
are not part of the vxlan-tenant network pool.
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VXLAN-ECN:
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Provider network name: It is the unique name.
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BGP AS num: It takes the value between 1 and 65535.
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BGP Peers: Enter the peer route reflector IPs. (IPs to be comma separated)
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BGP router ID: The router ID is used for local GoBGP cluster.
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Head-end replication (Optional) : You can add VTEP IP address and comma separated VNI IDs. Multiple entries are allowed.
Note
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You cannot have VXLAN-ECN without vxlan-tenant segment defined, however vxlan-tenant can be defined standalone.
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Ensure that you take care while choosing single or multi-VXLAN (two-VXLAN) option as this is a day-0 configuration.
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VXLAN_ECN is allowed only when NETWORK_OPTIONS is vxlan network. The IPs defined belong to the vxlan-ecn network, but are
not part of the vxlan-ecn network pool.
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Network table
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Network table is pre-populated with segments. To add Networks you can either clear all the table using Delete All or click Edit icon for each segment and fill in the details.
You can add, edit, or delete network information in the table:
Name
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Description
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VLAN field
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Enter the VLAN ID.
For Segment - Provider, the VLAN ID value is always none.
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Segment drop-down list
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You can select any one segment from the drop-down list.
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API
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Management/Provision
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Tenant
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CIMC
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Storage
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External
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Provider (optional)
Note
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Some segments do not need some of the values listed in the preceding points.
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Subnet field
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Enter the IPv4 address for the subnet.
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IPv6 Subnet field
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Enter IPv6 address. This field is available only for Management provision and API.
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Gateway field
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Enter the IPv4 address for the Gateway.
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IPv6 Gateway field
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Enter IPv6 gateway. This field is available only for Management provision and API network.
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Pool field
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Enter the pool information in the following format. For example: 10.30.1.1 or 10.30.1.1 to 10.30.1.12
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IPv6 Pool field
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Enter the pool information in the following format. For example: 10.1.1.5-10.1.1.10,10.2.1.5-10.2.1.10
This field is only available for the Mgmt/Provision.
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Click Save.
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On the Servers and Roles page of the Cisco VIM Suite wizard, you see a pre-populated table filled with Roles: Control, Compute and Block Storage (Only
if CEPH Dedicated is selected in Blueprint Initial Setup.
Name
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Description
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Server User Name field
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Enter the username of the server.
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Disable Hyperthreading
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Default value is false. You can set it as true or false.
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Cobbler
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Enter the Cobbler details in the following fields:
Name
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Description
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Cobbler Timeout field
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The default value is 45 min.
This is an optional parameter. Timeout is displayed in minutes, and its value ranges from 30 to 120.
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Block Storage Kickstart field
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Kickstart file for Storage Node.
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Admin Password Hash field
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Enter the Admin Password. Password must be Alphanumeric. Password should contain minimum 8 characters and maximum of 32 characters.
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Cobbler Username field
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Enter the cobbler username to access the cobbler server.
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Control Kickstart field
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Kickstart file for Control Node.
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Compute Kickstart field
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Kickstart file for Compute Node.
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Cobbler Admin Username field
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Enter the admin username of the Cobbler.
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Add Entry to Servers and Roles |
Click Edit or + to add a new server and role to the table.
Server Name |
Enter a server name.
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Server Type drop-down list
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Choose Blade or Rack from the drop-down list.
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Rack ID
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The Rack ID for the server.
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Chassis ID
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Enter a Chassis ID.
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If Rack is chosen, the Rack Unit ID field is displayed.
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Enter a Rack Unit ID.
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If Blade is chosen, the Blade ID field is displayed.
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Enter a Blade ID.
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Select the Role from the drop-down list.
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If Server type is Blade then select Control and Compute. If server is Rack then select Block Storage.
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VIC Admin FEC mode
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Applicable only for Cisco VIC that supports to change the admin FEC mode.Can be auto/off/cl74/cl91
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VIC Port Channel Enable |
Optional. By default, it is true. Can be either true or false.
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Secure Computing mode
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Optional. By default, it is set to 1, if not defined. Can be either 0 or 1.
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Nova CPU Allocation Ratio
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Optional. This configuration overrides the NOVA_CPU_ALLOCATION_RATIO configuration defined in the openstack_config.yaml file. The range is from 0.958 to 16.0.
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Nova RAM Allocation Ratio
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Optional. This configuration overrides the NOVA_RAM_ALLOCATION_RATIO configuration defined in the openstack_config.yaml file. The range is from 1.0 to 4.0.
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VM Hugepage Size
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Optional. From the drop-down list, choose 2M or 1G.
This configuration overrides the global VM_HUGEPAGE_SIZE value when NFV_HOSTS is enabled.
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Disable Hyperthreading
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Optional. From the drop-down list, choose True or False.
This configuration overrides the global hyper-threading configuration.
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Root Drive Type
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Optional . From the drop-down list, choose HDD, SSD or M.2_SATA internal SSD.
You must choose M.2_SATA if booting off M.2 SATA SSD, however, this option is not valid for M4 platform.
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Management IP
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It is an optional field but if provided for one server then it is mandatory to provide details for other Servers as well.
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Storage IP
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It is an optional field, but if provided for one server then it is mandatory to provide details for other servers.
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Management IPv6
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Enter the Management IPv6 Address.
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Vtep IPs
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Two input fields for vxlan-tenant and vxlan-ecn ips are available, for any node having compute role, vxlan-tenant and vxlan-ecn
in network option.
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BGP management addresses
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Two input fields for vxlan-tenant and vxlan-ecn ips, are available for any node having control role and having vxlan-tenant
and vxlan-ecn in network option.
IPs must be from management subnet, but not from the pool.
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trusted_vf
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Optional and not reconfigurable. Applicable only for SRIOV node with compute role for C-series pod.
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Click Save.
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Click ToR Switch checkbox in Blueprint Initial Setup to enable the TOR SWITCH configuration page. It is an Optional section in Blueprint Setup, but when all the fields are filled it is a part of the Blueprint.
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Click NFVI Monitoring checkbox in Blueprint Initial Setup to enable the NFVI Monitoring configuration tab.
Name
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Description
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Master - Admin IP |
IP Address of Control Center VM
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Collector - Management VIP |
VIP for ceilometer/dispatcher to use, must be unique across VIM Pod
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Master 2
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Optional, but becomes mandatory if collector 2 is defined. Must contain valid admin IP.
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Collector 2
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Collector 2 is secondary set of collector. All the properties must be present as collector. Optional, but becomes mandatory
if Master 2 is defined. Contains management VIP and collector VM information.
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NFVIMON ADMIN
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Optional and reconfigurable to add/update user id. Once enabled, you must have only one admin.
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Host Name |
Hostname of Collector VM
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Password |
Password of Collector VM
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CCUSER Password |
Password of CCUSER
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Admin IP |
SSH IP of Collector VM
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Management IP |
Management IP of Collector VM
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Collector ToR Connections |
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Click on (+) icon to Add Collector ToR Connections.
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Select the ToR switches from list to add the information.
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It is optional and available for ToR type NCS-5500
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For now, it supports adding only one Collector ToR Connection
Port Channel |
Enter port channel. |
Switch - {torSwitch-hostname}
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Enter port number, E.g:eth1/15. |
Click Save
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Rabbit MQ User Name |
Enter Rabbit MQ username.
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Click CVIMMON option in Blueprint Initial Setup to enable the CVIMMON configuration tab.
CVIM-MON is a built-in infrastructure monitoring service based on telegraf/prometheus/grafana.
When enabled, the telegraf service will be deployed on every node on the pod to capture infrastructure level stats (CPU, memory,
network, containers, and so on) and a Prometheus server will be installed on the management node to poll for these stats and
store them in its time series database. The statistics can then be viewed using the grafana server that is accessible on the
management node at port 3000 (password protected).
There are three levels of polling intervals which are used by different telegraf plugins:
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Low frequency interval is used to collect system level metrics like cpu, memory
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Medium frequency interval is used to collect docker metrics
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High frequency interval is used to collect rabbitmq metrics
Defining polling intervals in setup data is optional, if not defined the default values will be used
PODNAME is required when CVIM-MON is enabled
Name
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Description
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Enable
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Default is False
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UI-Access
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Indicates either True or False. If this option is set in setupdata with a value, the same value is shown as selected in the
drop-down list. If this option is not set in the setupdata, the default value of True is selected in the drop-down list.
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Central
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Optional, if not defined it will default to False; With this option enabled, User will get central CVIM-MON
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Polling Intervals
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Low frequency - deprecated
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<Integer following with time sign (s/m/h)> # min of 1 minute (1m) if not defined defaults to 1m, also it needs to be higher
than medium interval.
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Medium frequency - deprecated
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<Integer following with time sign (s/m/h)> # min of 30 seconds (30s) if not defined defaults to 30s, also it needs to be higher
than high interval.
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High frequency
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<Integer following with time sign (s/m/h)> # min of 10 seconds (10s) if not defined defaults to 10s.
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External Servers
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Optional. List of external server IPs (v4 or v6) that must be monitored by CVIM MON.
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CVIMMON LDAP
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If defined, the group mappings and domain mappings are mandatory.
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group_mappings
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Must contain at least one group with the org_role as Admin. Optionally, you can add a second group can with the org_role as
Viewer.
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domain_mappings
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Must exactly contain one domain.
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domain_name
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The domain name must not be empty.
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attributes
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All subkeys are mandatory.
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bind_dn
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Describes the user who connects to the LDAP server to check credentials. It can be a read-only user or a group that matches
all possible users.
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bind_password
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The password of the bind_dn user. You must omit this field when the bind_dn is a group.
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ldap_uri
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URI to connect to the LDAP servers. You must configure at least one. You can configure multiple URIs, separated by a comma.
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search_base_dns
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Base DNS name to use for all queries.
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search_filter
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Filter to use for the queries.
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While CVIM-MON checkbox is checked in Blueprint Initial setup, there is a checkbox provided in the CVIM-MON tab area for enabling
the SNMP feature. When user check this enable SNMP checkbox, Add a Manager button appears in the right area.
Clicking on this button shows various fields related to that manager. User can add up to three SNMP managers.
Name
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Description
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Address
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IPv4 or IPv6 address of the remote SNMP manager, unique across all managers
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Port
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Port (1-65535) to sent the traps; default 162, unique across all managers
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Version
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SNMP version of the manager; default 'v2c'
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Community
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For SNMPv2c. Community name; default 'public'
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Engine_Id
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For SNMPv3. ContextEngineId, min length of 5, max length of 32, unique across all managers; cannot we all 00s or FFs
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Users
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List of users; maximum: 3
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Name
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Username has to be unique across users for the same manager
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auth_key
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Need to be min of 8 chars
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authentication
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Authentication protocol; default: 'SHA'
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privacy_key
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Encryption password; by default uses the same as the authentication
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encryption
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Encryption protocol ; default: 'AES128'
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If CVIM-MON is enabled and Platform type is C, then an optional feature to get SNMP traps from Cisco CIMC is available in
the CVIM-MON tab area. With this new feature SERVER_MON, there is a checkbox to enable or disable this feature and an input
field to provide host information. You can either add comma separated server information or can have ALL to include all the
servers.
Table 1.
Name
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Description
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Enable
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True/False
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Host information
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ALL or list of servers.
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Remote syslog severity
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Optional. Indicates if cimc is programmed to send rsyslog events with this minimum severity.
Possible syslog severity values are: <'emergency' | 'alert' | 'critical' | 'error' | 'warning' | 'notice' | 'informational'
| 'debug'>. These are optional and values can be changed.
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Click OpenStack Setup tab to advance to the OpenStack Setup Configuration page. On the OpenStack Setup page of the Cisco VIM Insight wizard, complete the following fields:
Name
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Description
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HA Proxy
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Fill in the following details:
External VIP Address field
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Enter the IP address of the External VIP.
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External VIP Address IPv6 field
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Enter the IPv6 address of the External VIP.
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Virtual Router ID field
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Enter the Router ID for the HA.
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Internal VIP Address IPv6 field
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Enter the IPv6 address of the Internal IP.
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Internal VIP Address field
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Enter the IP address of the Internal VIP.
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Keystone
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The following are the Pre-populated field values. This option is always set to be true.
Admin Username field
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admin |
Admin Tenant Name field
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admin |
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LDAP
(Only if Keystonev3 is enabled)
Note
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This option is only available with Keystone v3
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This is available only when LDAP is enabled under Optional Features and Services in Blueprint Initial Setup.
Domain Name field
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Enter the Domain name.
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Object Class for Users field
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Enter a string as input.
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Object Class for Groupsfield
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Enter a string.
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Domain Name Tree for Users field
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Enter a string.
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Domain Name Tree for Groups field
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Enter a string.
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Suffix for Domain Name field
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Enter a string.
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URL field
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Enter a URL with ending port number.
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Domain Name of bind user field
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Enter a string.
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Password field
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Enter Password as string format.
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User Filter field
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Enter filter name as string.
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User ID Attribute field
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Enter a string.
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User Name Attribute field
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Enter a string.
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User Mail Attribute field
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Enter a string.
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Group Name Attribute field
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Enter a string.
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Group_filter field
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It is optional. Enter a string.
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Group Member Attribute field.
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It is optional. Enter a string.
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Group Id Attribute field
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It is optional. Enter a string.
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Group Members Are Ids field.
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It is optional. Enter True or False
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Neutron
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Neutron fields change on the basis of Tenant Network Type selection from Blueprint Initial Setup. Following are the options available for Neutron for OVS/VLAN:
Tenant Network Type field
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It is Auto-filled based on the Tenant Network Typeselected in the Blueprint Initial Setup page.
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Mechanism Drivers field
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It is Auto-filled based on the Tenant Network Type selected in Blueprint Initial Setup page.
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NFV Hosts field
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It is auto-filled with the compute you added in Server and Roles.
If you select All in this section NFV_HOSTS: ALL is added to the Blueprint or you can select one particular compute. For example:
NFV_HOSTS: compute-server-1, compute-server-2.
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ENABLE_CAT |
Optional to enable Intel CAT. It is valid only when NFV Host is enabled. By default, it is set to false.
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RESERVED_L3_CACHELINES_PER_SOCKET |
Allowed value of reserved cache lines per socket is between 1 and 32. It is valid only when ENABLE_CAT is set to True.
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Tenant VLAN Ranges field
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List of ranges separated by comma form start:end.
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Provider VLAN Ranges field
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List of ranges separated by comma form start:end.
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VM Hugh Page Size (available for NFV_HOSTS option) field
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2M or 1G
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Enable Jumbo Frames field
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Enable the checkbox.
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Enable VM Emulator Pin
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Optional, when NFV_HOSTS is enabled.
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When a VM is spawned with this parameter enabled, NOVA allocates additional vCPU on top of the vCPU count specified in the
flavor, and pin vCPU0 to the pCPU that is reserved in the pool.
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VM Emulator PCORES Per Socket
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Optional, if ENABLE_VM_EMULATOR_PIN is enabled.
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Enter the number of cores per socket.
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Defaults to 1. Can be in the range of 1 to 4.
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Base MAC Address
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Option for virtual machine MAC addresses. You can configure DHCP reservations for them so that they always get the same IP
address regardless of the host hypervisor or operating system that is running.
If the MAC address ends with 00:00,
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First entry of the first octect must be a Hex
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Second entry of the first octect must be 2, 6, a or e
For example, [a-f][2,6,a,e]:yz:uv:ws:00:00
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Nova Opt for low latency
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Optional. You can enable additional real time optimizations in OpenStack NOVA.
By default, it is set to False
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For Tenant Network Type, Linux Bridge everything remains the same but Tenant VLAN Ranges is removed.
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CEPH
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1. When Object Storage Backend is selected as Central in the blueprint initial setup.
Ceph Mode |
By default Ceph Mode is Central. |
Cluster ID |
Enter the Cluster ID. |
Monitor Host |
Enter the Monitor Host for CEPH |
Monitor Members |
Enter the Monitor Members for CEPH |
Secret UUID |
Enter the Secret UUID for CEPH |
NOVA Boot from |
You can choose CEPH or local from the drop-down list. |
NOVA RBD POOL
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Enter the NOVA RBD Pool (default's to vms)
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CEPH NAT
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CEPH NAT is required for Central Ceph and when mgmt network is not routable.
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When Object Storage Backend is selected as Dedicated in the blueprint initial setup for dedicated Ceph.
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Ceph Mode: By default Dedicated.
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NOVA Boot From: Can be Ceph or local.
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Cinder Percentage: Available when Nova Boot From is local or Ceph.
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Glance Percentage: Available when Nova Boot From is local or Ceph.
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Nova Percentage: Available when Nova Boot Fromis Ceph.
If NOVA Boot From is local, the total of Cinder Percentage and Glance Percentage must be 100.
If NOVA Boot From is Ceph , the total of Cinder Percentage and Glance Percentage must be 100.
CEPH OSD RESERVED PCORES : Default value is 2. Minimum value is 2 and Maximum value is 12 (only for Micropod and hyper-converged
pods).
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When Object Storage Backend is selected as NetApp in the blueprint initial setup, the
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Ceph Mode: NetApp is selected by default.
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Cinder Percentage: Enter Cinder percentage for Ceph.
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Glance Percentage: Enter glance percentage for Ceph
Total of Cinder Percentage and Glance Percentage must be 100.
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GLANCE
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1. When Object Storage Backend is selected as Central in the blueprint initial setup.
Store Backend |
By default CEPH. |
Glance RBD Pool field
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By default images. |
Glance Client Key |
Enter GLANCE Client Key
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2. When Object Storage Backend is selected as Dedicated in the blueprint initial setup.
By default Populated for CEPH Dedicated with Store Backend value as CEPH.
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CINDER
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By default Populated for CEPH Dedicated with Volume Driver value as CEPH.
Volume Driver |
By default CEPH. |
Cinder RBD Pool field
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By default volumes. |
Cinder Client Key |
Enter Cinder Client Key
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VMTP
VMTP optional section will only be visible once VMTP is selected from Blueprint Initial Setup.
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Check one of the check boxes to specify a VMTP network:
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Provider Network
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External Network
For the Provider Network complete the following:
Network Name field
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Enter the name of the provider network.
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IPv4 Or IPv6 field
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Select either IPv4 or IPv6
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Subnet field
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Enter the Subnet for Provider Network.
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Network IP Start field
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Enter the start of the floating IPv4/IPv6 address.
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Network IP End field
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Enter the end of the floating IPv4/IPv6 address.
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Network Gatewayfield
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Enter the IPv4/IPv6 address for the Gateway.
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DNS Server field
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Enter the DNS server IPv4/IPV6 address.
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Segmentation ID field
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Enter the segmentation ID.
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IPv6 Mode field
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Enter the IPv6 address along with the prefix, if IPv6 option is selected.
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VNIC Type
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For B-series, Direct is default value. For C –series, it is either ‘Default’ or ‘Normal’
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PHYSNET NAME
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For B-series, the value is phys_prov_fia or phys_prov_fib.
For C-series, value like phys_sriov_n is found, where n is number of ports.
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For External Network fill in the following details:
Network Name field
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Enter the name for the external network.
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Subnet field
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Enter the Subnet for the external Network.
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Network IP Start field
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Enter the start of the floating IPv4 address.
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Network IP End field
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Enter the endof the floating IPv4 address.
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Network Gateway field
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Enter the IPv4 address for the Gateway.
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DNS Server field
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Enter the DNS server IPv4 address.
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TLS This optional section will only be visible once TLS is selected from Blueprint Initial Setup Page.
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TLS has two options:
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Under the OpenStack setup tab, Vim_admins tab will be visible only when Vim_admins is selected from the Optional Features & Services under the Blueprint Initial setup tab
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Following are the field descriptions for VIM Admins:
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Add Username, Password, Public key or both for the non-root login.
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At least one Vim Admin must be configured when Permit root login is false.
User Name
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Enter username for Vim Admin.
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Password
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Password field. Admin hash password should always start with $6.
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Public Key
|
Public key for vim admin should always start with ‘ssh-rsa AAAA….’
|
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SwiftStack optional section will be visible once SwiftStack is selected from Blueprint Initial Setup Page. SwiftStack is only supported with KeyStonev2 . If you select Keystonev3, swiftstack will not be available for configuration.
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Following are the options that needs to be filled for SwiftStack:
Cluster End Point field
|
IP address of PAC (Proxy-Account-Container) endpoint. |
Admin User field
|
Admin user for swift to authenticate in keystone. |
Admin Tenant field
|
The service tenant corresponding to the Account-Container used by the Swiftstack. |
Reseller Prefix field
|
Reseller_prefix as configured for Keysone Auth,AuthToken support in Swiftstack. Example: KEY_ |
Admin Password field
|
swiftstack_admin_password |
Protocol
|
http or https |
|
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For SolidFire, enter the following:
Name
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Description
|
SolidFire is visible for configuration on day0
SolidFire is not allowed as a day-2 deployment option
SolidFire is always available with CEPH.
|
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Cluster MVIP field
|
Management IP of SolidFire cluster.
|
Cluster SVIP field
|
Storage VIP of SolidFire cluster.
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Admin Username
|
Admin user on SolidFire cluster
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Admin Password
|
Admin password on SolidFire cluster.
|
|
|
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For NetApp, enter the following:
Name
|
Description
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NETAPP
|
Optional NETAPP configuration. No dedicated Ceph allowed.
|
|
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Server Hostname: It is the IPv4/IPv6/Hostname/FQDN of NetApp management/API server.
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Server Port: It is the port of NetApp management/API server. 80 for HTTP 443 for HTTPS.
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Transport Type: It is HTTP or HTTPS. Server port depends on Transport type.
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Username : It is the username of Netapp API Server.
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Password: It is the password of NetApp API Server.
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Cinder NFS Server: It is the data path IP of NFS Server. Provide the IPv4/IPv6/Hostname/FQDN
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Cinder NFS Path: It is the path of NFS Server.
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Nova NFS Server: It is the data path IP of NOVA NFS server. Provide the IPv4/IPv6/Hostname/FQDN.
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Nova NFS Path: It is the path of NOVA NFS.
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V Server: SVM for Cinder NFS volume. Provide the IPv4/IPv6/Hostname/FQDN.
Glance NFS Server : It is the data path of glance NFS server. Provide the IPv4/IPv6/Hostname/FQDN
Glance NFS Path: It is the path of glance NFS server.
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For Cloud Settings enter the following information:
Name
|
Description
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keystone_lockout_failure_attempts
|
Number of incorrect password attempts before the user is locked out. A default value of 0 indicates no lockout. The minimum
value is 0 and maximum is 10
|
keystone_lockout_duration
|
Number of seconds a user is locked out. The default value is 1800 or 30 minutes. The minimum value is 300 or 5 minutes and
maximum value is 86400 or 24 hours.
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keystone_unique_last_password_count
|
Enforces users to change their password to a value not used before. A default value of 0 prevents any check. The minimum value
is 0 and maximum is 10.
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keystone_minimum_password_age
|
Enforces users to change their password after the configured number of days. A default value of 0 removes this restriction.
The minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 2.
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horizon_session_timeout
|
Number of seconds of inactivity before the Horizon dashboard logs out. The default value is 1800 or 30 minutes. The minimum
value is 300 or 5 minutes and maximum value is 86400 or 24 hours.
|
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If Syslog Export or NFVBENCH is selected in Blueprint Initial Setup, the Services Setup pane is enabled for the user to view.
Following are the options under Services Setup tab:
Name
|
Description
|
Syslog Export
|
Following are the options for Syslog Settings:
Remote Host
|
Enter Syslog IP address.
|
Protocol
|
Only UDP is supported.
|
Facility
|
Defaults to local5.
|
Severity
|
Defaults to debug.
|
Clients
|
Defaults to ELK.
|
Port
|
Defaults to 514 but can be modified by the User.
|
|
NFVBENCH
|
NFVBENCH enable checkbox which by default is False.
Add ToR information connected to switch:
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Select a TOR Switch and enter the Switch name.
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Enter the port number. For example:eth1/5. VTEP VLANS (mandatory and needed only for VXLAN): Enter 2 different VLANs for
VLAN1 and VLAN2
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NIC Ports: INT1 and INT2 optional input. Enter the 2 port numbers of the 4-port 10G Intel NIC at the management node used
for the NFVbench.
For mechanism driver VPP, two optional fields are available if network option is present:
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VTEP IPs: It is mandatory for NFVbench with VXLAN. Comma separated IP pair in vxlan-tenant network, but not in the tenant pool. This
option is not required.
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VNIs: It is mandatory for NFVbench with VXLAN and must be comma separated vnid_id pairs.
For mechanism driver VTS:
VTEP Ips: Mandatory only for VTS/VXLAN. Comma separated IP pair belongs to tenant network segment, but not in tenant network pool.
|
ENABLE_ESC_PRIV
|
Enable the checkbox to set it as True. By default it is False.
|
Horizon Aliases
|
If the external_lb_vip is behind a NAT router or has a DNS alias, provide a list of those addresses.
Horizon Allowed Hosts uses comma separated list of IP addresses and/or DNS names for horizon hosting.
|
Vim LDAP Admins.
|
Optional entry to support LDAP for Admin access to management node. TLS must be enabled for the external api (i.e. external_lb_vip_tls:
True).
Following are the values to be filled to add vim LDAP admins:
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domain_name: It is a mandatory field. Indicates the domain name to define vim LDAP admins.
-
ldap_uri : It is a mandatory field. The ldap_uris must be secured over ldaps.
.
-
ldap_search_base: It is mandatory. Enter search base.
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ldap_schema: Optional. Enter the schema.
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ldap_user_object_class: Optional. Indicates the posixAccount.
-
ldap_user_uid_number: Optional. Enter the user id number.
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ldap_user_gid_number: Optional. Enter the group id number.
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ldap_group_member: Optional. Enter the group member ID.
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ldap_default_bind_dn: Optional . Enter the default DN
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ldap_default_authtok: Optional. Enter the default Auth token
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ldap_default_authtok_type :Optional. Enter the default Auth token type
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ldap_group_search_base: Optional. Enter the group search base
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ldap_user_search_base:Optional. Enter the user search base
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access_provider: Optional
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simple_allow_groups: Optional
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ldap_id_use_start_tls: Optional. Can be true or false
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ldap_tls_reqcert: Optional, can be “never”/”allow”/”try”/”demand”
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chpass_provider:Optional can be ‘ldap’ or ‘krb5’ or ‘ad’ or ‘none’
|
|
Step 3 |
To create a
C Series
Blueprint:
- On the Blueprint Initial Setup page of the Cisco VIM Insight, complete the following fields:
Name
|
Description
|
Blueprint Name field.
|
Enter the name for the blueprint configuration.
|
Platform Type drop-down list
|
Choose one of the following platform types:
|
Tenant Network drop-down list
|
Choose one of the following tenant network types:
-
Linux Bridge/VXLAN
-
OVS/VLAN
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VTS/VLAN
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VPP/VLAN
Note
|
when VTS/VLAN is selected then respective tabs are available on Blueprint setup. When mechanism driver OVS is selected, VM_HUGEPAGE_PERCENTAGE
field is enabled for all standalone compute nodes, when NFV_HOSTS is enabled.
|
|
Pod Type drop-down list
|
Choose one of the following pod type :
-
Fullon(By Default)
-
Micro
-
UMHC
-
NGENAHC
Note
|
-
UMHC pod type is only supported for OVS/VLAN tenant type.
-
NGENAHC is supported for VPP/VLAN tenant type with no SRIOV
-
Pod type micro is supported for OVS/VLAN and VPP/VLAN.
|
|
Ceph Mode drop-down list
|
Choose one of the following Ceph types:
- Dedicated (By Default)
- Central. Central is not supported in Production
|
Optional and Services Features checkbox
|
Swiftstack, LDAP, Syslog Export Settings, Install Mode, TorSwitch Information, TLS, NFVMON, Pod Name, VMTP, NFVbench, Autbackup,
Heat, Keystone v3, Enable Esc Priv.
If any one is selected, the corresponding section is visible in various Blueprint sections.
By default all features are disabled except Auto Backup.
|
Import Existing YAML file
|
If you have an existing C Series YAML file you can use this feature to upload the file.
Insight will automatically fill in the fields and any missed mandatory field will be highlighted in the respective section.
|
-
Click Physical Setup to advance to the Registry Setup configuration page. Fill in the following details for Registry Setup:
Name
|
Description
|
Registry User Name text field
|
User-Name for Registry (Mandatory).
|
Registry Password text field
|
Password for Registry (Mandatory).
|
Registry Email text field
|
Email ID for Registry (Mandatory).
|
Once all the mandatory fields are filled the Validation Check Registry Page will be changed to a Green Tick.
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Click CIMC Common Tab and complete the following fields:
Name
|
Description
|
User Name disabled field
|
By default value is Admin.
|
Password text field
|
Enter Password for UCSM Common (Mandatory).
|
-
Click Networking to advance to the networking section of the Blueprint.
Name
|
Description
|
Domain Name field
|
Enter the domain name. (Mandatory)
|
HTTP Proxy Server field
|
If your configuration uses an HTTP proxy server, enter the IP address of the server.
|
HTTPS Proxy Server field
|
If your configuration uses an HTTPS proxy server, enter the IP address of the server.
|
IP Tables on Management Pods
|
Specifies the list of IP Address with Mask.
|
NTP Servers field
|
Enter a maximum of four and minimum of one IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses in the table.
|
Domain Name Servers field
|
Enter a maximum of three and minimum of one IPv4 and/or IPV6 addresses.
|
Networks table
|
Network table is pre-populated with Segments. To add Networks you can either clear all the table with Delete all or click edit icon for each segment and fill in the details.
You can add, edit, or delete network information in the table.
Name
|
Description
|
VLAN field
|
Enter the VLAN ID.
For Segment - Provider, the VLAN ID value is 'none'.
|
Segment drop-down list
|
When you add/edit new segment then following segments types are available in the form of dropdown list and you can select
only one.
-
API
-
Management/provision
-
Tenant
-
Storage
-
External
-
Provider
|
Subnet field
|
Enter the IPv4 address for the subnet.
|
IPv6 Subnet field
|
Enter IPv6 address. This field will be available only for Management provision and API
|
Gateway field
|
Enter the IPv4 address for the Gateway.
|
Gateway IPv6 field
|
Enter the IPv6 address for the gateway. This will support for API and management provision.
|
Pool field
|
Enter the pool information in the required format, for example: 10.1.1.5-10.1.1.10,10.2.1.5-10.2.1.10
This field is available only for the Mgmt/Provision, Storage, and Tenant segments.
|
IPv6 Pool field
|
Enter the pool information in the required format. For example: 10.1.1.5-10.1.1.10,10.2.1.5-10.2.1.10
|
Click Save.
|
|
-
On the Servers and Roles page of the Cisco VIM Suite wizard, a pre-populated table filled with Roles : Control, Compute and Block Storage (Only if
CEPH Dedicated is selected in Blueprint Initial Setup is available.
Note
|
If you choose mechanism driver as OVS, VM_HUGEPAGE_PERCENTAGE field column is available for compute nodes, where you can fill
values from 0 to 100%, when NFV_HOSTS: ALL is chosen. Also, option of NIC Level Redundancy appears only when Intel Nic Support
is set to true. This is applicable only in the case of M5 based pods.
|
Name
|
Description
|
Server User Name field
|
Enter the username of the server.
|
Disable Hyperthreading
|
Default value is false. You can set it as true or false. |
Cobbler
|
Enter the Cobbler details in the following fields:
Name
|
Description
|
Cobbler Timeout field
|
The default value is 45 min.
This is an optional parameter. Timeout is displayed in minutes, and its value ranges from 30 to 120.
|
Block Storage Kickstart field
|
Kickstart file for Storage Node.
|
Admin Password Hash field
|
Enter the Admin Password. Password should be Alphanumeric. Password should contain minimum 8 characters and maximum of 32
characters.
|
Cobbler Username field
|
Enter the cobbler username to access the cobbler server.
|
Control Kickstart field
|
Kickstart file for Control Node.
|
Compute Kickstart field
|
Kickstart file for Compute Node.
|
Cobbler Admin Username field
|
Enter the admin username of the Cobbler.
|
|
Add Entry to Servers and Roles
Note
|
when Pod type micro is selected then all the three servers will be associated with control, compute and block storage role.
|
For example:
Roles
-
Block Storage
-
-Server 1
-
-Server 2
-
-Server 3
-
Control
-
-Server 1
-
-Server 2
-
-Server 3
-
Compute
-
-Server 1
-
-Server 2
-
-Server 3
Note
|
When Pod type UMHC is selected then auto ToR configuration is not supported and the ToR info at server and roles level is
not allowed to be entered.
|
|
Click Edit or + to add a new server and role to the table.
If mechanism driver is either OVS, an additional optional field VM_HUGEPAGE_PERCENTAGE is shown when compute role is chosen;
This option is only valid when NFV_HOSTS is set to ALL; If no value is entered then the global value of VM_HUGEPAGE_PERCENTAGE
is used.
Server Name
|
Entry the name of the server.
|
Rack ID field
|
The rack ID for the server.
|
VIC Slot field
|
Enter a VIC Slot.
|
CIMC IP field
|
Enter a IP address.
|
CIMC Username field
|
Enter a Username.
|
CIMC Password field
|
Enter a Password for CIMC.
|
Select the Role from the drop down list
|
Choose Control or Compute or Block Storage from the drop-down list. If Podtype is fullon and selected role type is Block
storage, an additional field Osd_disk_type is displayed where you can choose either HDD or SSD.
|
VIC Admin FEC mode
|
Applicable only for Cisco VIC that supports to change the admin FEC mode. Can be auto/off/cl74/cl91.
|
Root Drive Type
|
Optional. From the drop-down list, choose HDD, SSD or M.2_SATA internal SSD. You must choose M.2_SATA if booting off M.2 SATA
SSD, however, this option is valid only for C series and not valid for M4 platform.
|
VIC Port Channel Enable
|
Optional. Default is true. Can be either true or false.
|
Secure Computing mode
|
Optional. By default, it is set to 1, if not defined. Can be either 0 or 1.
|
Management IP
|
It is an optional field but if provided for one Server then it is mandatory to provide it for other Servers as well.
|
Storage IP
|
Optional, but if provided for one server then it is mandatory to provide details for other servers.
|
Vendor
|
Allow static override value for platform vendor instead of dynamic discovery at runtime. Can be CISCO - Cisco Systems Inc/
QCT - Quanta Cloud Technology Inc/ HPE - Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
|
Management IPv6
|
Routable and valid IPv6 address. It is an optional field but if provided for one server then it is mandatory for all other
servers as well.
|
BGP speaker addressees
|
Optional, only when NETWORK_OPTIONS is vxlan network, for controller node only, IP belongs to the vxlan-tenant network but
not part of the pool.
|
INTEL_SRIOV_VFS
|
Value range is 1 to 32. Can be defined globally and overridden at per compute level via add/remove or fresh installationI,
if Intel N3000 card is installed for pod type edge.
|
NUM GPU CARDS
|
Optional. This field is for having a server with GPU. Enter a value from 0 to 6.
|
INTEL_FPGA_VFS
|
Value range is 1 to 8. Can be defined globally and overridden at per compute level via add/remove or fresh installationI,
if Intel N3000 card is installed for pod type edge.
|
INTEL_VC_SRIOV_VFS
|
Value range is 1 to 32. Can be defined globally and overridden at per compute level via add/remove or fresh installationI,
if Intel N3000 card is installed for pod type edge.
|
|
Click Save or Add .
|
On clicking Save or Add all information related to Servers and Roles gets saved.
|
If Configure ToR checkbox is Truewith at-least one switch detail, these fields will be displayed for each server and this is similar to DP Tor: Port Channel and Switch Name (Mandatory if Configure ToR is true)
|
-
Port Channel field
-
Switch Name field
-
Switch Port Info field
|
|
DP ToR (Only for Control and Compute) : Mandatory if Intel NIC and Configure TOR is True.
|
-
Port Channel field
-
Switch Name field
-
Switch Port Info field
|
|
SRIOV TOR INFO (Only for Compute Nodes). It is mandatory in server and roles if Intel NIC and Configure TOR is True. with TOR TYPE Nexus.
For TOR TYPE NCS-5500 these fields are optional Switch Name (Mandatory if Configure ToR is true). This field appears only when Intel NIC support is true, as Auto TOR config is not supported in VIC_NIC combo
|
-
Switch Name field
-
Switch Port Info field
|
|
Intel SRIOV VFS (valid for Intel NIC testbeds) and can be integer.
|
For SRIOV support for Intel NIC. By Default, SRIOV support is disabled. To enable, define a value in the range # * 1-32 when
INTEL_NIC_SUPPORT is set True (X710 Max VFs = 32) # * 1-63 when CISCO_VIC_INTEL_SRIOV is set True (X520 Max VFs = 63)
|
INTEL_SRIOV_PHYS_PORTS (valid for Intel NIC test beds) and can be of value 2 or 4 (default is 2)
|
In some cases the # of Physical SRIOV port needed is 4; to meet that requirement, define the following: # this is optional,
if nothing is defined code will assume it to be 2; the only 2 integer values this parameter # takes is 2 or 4 and is true
when INTEL_NIC_SUPPORT is True and INTEL_SRIOV_VFS is valid. For NCS-5500 this value is set to 4 and is non-editable.
|
Click Save or Add .
|
If all mandatory fields are filled click Save or Add to add information on Servers and Roles.
|
Disable Hyperthreading
|
Default value is false. You can set it as true or false. |
Click Save
|
|
Note
|
Maximum two ToR info needs to be configured for each connection type on each node (control, compute and block_storage node).
|
Note
|
If pod type UMHC is selected then CISCO_VIC_INTEL_SRIOV is enabled to be TRUE. CISCO_VIC_INTEL_SRIOV is also supported on
Micro pod with expanded computes
|
Note
|
For Tenant type, port channel for each ToR port is not available in servers and roles, as APIC automatically assigns the
port-channel numbers.
|
-
Click ToR Switch checkbox in Blueprint Initial Setup to enable the TOR SWITCH configuration page. It is an Optional section in Blueprint Setup but once all the fields are filled in then it will become a part of the Blueprint.
Name
|
Description
|
Configure ToR optional checkbox.
Note
|
If UMHC is selected as podtype, configure TOR is not allowed.
|
|
Enabling this checkbox, changes the configure ToR section from false to true.
Note
|
Configure tor is true then ToR switch info maps in servers
|
|
ToR Switch Information mandatory table if you want to enter ToR information.
|
Click (+) to add information for ToR Switch.
|
Splitter Optic 4x10
|
For C Series platform type, Tenant Type is VPP/VLAN and Pod Type is either fullon or Micro, an additional choice will be provided
to select the TOR Type. If selected TOR type is NCS-5500, then user can configure splitter cable parameters.
|
Click Save.
|
Note
|
If TOR_TYPE is selected as NCS-5500, the TOR switch information table differs and is mandatory.
|
When TOR-TYPE selected as NCS-5500 and 2 NCS-5500 are configured it is mandatory to configure MULTI_SEGMENT_ROUTING_INFO
Name
|
Description
|
BGP AS Number field
|
Integer between 1 to 65535.
|
ISIS Area Tagfield
|
A valid string.
|
Loopback Interface namefield
|
Loopback Interface name.
|
API bundle IDfield
|
Integer between 1 to 65535.
|
API bridge domain field
|
String (Optional, only needed when br_api of mgmt node is also going through NCS-5500; this item and api_bundle_id are mutually
exclusive).
|
EXT bridge domain field
|
A valid string (user pre-provisions physical, bundle interface, sub-interface and external BD for external uplink and provides
external BD info setup_data).
|
-
Click NFVI Monitoring checkbox in Blueprint Initial Setup to enable the NFVI Monitoring configuration tab.
Name
|
Description
|
Master - Admin IP |
IP Address of Control Center VM
|
Collector - Management VIP |
VIP for ceilometer/dispatcher to use, must be unique across VIM Pod
|
Host Name |
Hostname of Collector VM
|
Password |
Password of Collector VM
|
CCUSER Password |
Password of CCUSER
|
Admin IP |
SSH IP of Collector VM
|
Management IP |
Management IP of Collector VM
|
Master 2
|
Optional, but becomes mandatory if collector 2 is defined. Must contain a valid Admin IP.
|
Collector 2
|
Optional, but becomes mandatory if Master 2 is defined. Contains Management VIP and Collector VM information. Collector 2
is secondary set to collector, with all the properties of Collector.
|
NFVIMON ADMIN
|
Optional and reconfigurable to add/update user id. Once enabled, you must have only one admin.
|
Collector ToR Connections |
-
Click on (+) icon to Add Collector ToR Connections.
-
Select the ToR switches from list to add the information.
-
It is optional and available for ToR type NCS-5500
-
For now, it supports adding only one Collector ToR Connection
Port Channel |
Enter port channel. |
Switch - {torSwitch-hostname}
|
Enter port number, For example, eth1/15. |
Click Save
|
Rabbit MQ User Name |
Enter Rabbit MQ username.
|
-
Click CVIMMON checkbox in Blueprint Initial Setup to enable the CVIMMON configuration tab.
CVIM-MON is a built-in infrastructure monitoring service based on telegraf/prometheus/grafana.
When enabled, the telegraf service will be deployed on every node on the pod to capture infrastructure level stats (CPU, memory,
network, containers, and so on.) and a Prometheus server will be installed on the management node to poll for these stats
and store them in its time series database. The statistics can then be viewed using the grafana server that is accessible
on the management node at port 3000 (password protected).
There are three levels of polling intervals which are used by different telegraf plugins:
-
Low frequency interval is used to collect system level metrics like cpu, memory.
-
Medium frequency interval is used to collect docker metrics.
-
High frequency interval is used to collect rabbitmq metrics.
Defining polling intervals in setup data is optional. If not defined, the default values are used.
Prior to Cisco VIM 3.4.1, CVIM-MON is mutually exclusive to NFVIMON, however 3.4.1 both can run simultaneously on the same
pod. This makes transitioning from NFVIMON to CVIM MON easier.
PODNAME is required when CVIM-MON is enabled.
Name
|
Description
|
Enable
|
Default is False
|
Polling Intervals
|
|
Low frequency – deprecated
|
<Integer following with time sign (s/m/h)> # min of 1 minute (1m) if not defined defaults to 1m, also it needs to be higher
than medium interval.
|
Medium frequency – deprecated
|
<Integer following with time sign (s/m/h)> # min of 30 seconds (30s) if not defined defaults to 30s, also it needs to be higher
than high interval.
|
High frequency
|
<Integer following with time sign (s/m/h)> # min of 10 seconds (10s) if not defined defaults to 10s.
|
-
Click OpenStack Setup Tab to advance to the OpenStack Setup Configuration page. On the OpenStack Setup Configuration page of the Cisco VIM Insight wizard, complete the following fields:
Name
|
Description
|
HA Proxy
|
Fill in the following details:
External VIP Address field
|
Enter IP address of External VIP.
|
External VIP Address IPv6 field
|
Enter IPv6 address of External VIP.
|
Virtual Router ID field
|
Enter the Router ID for HA.
|
Internal VIP Address IPv6 field
|
Enter IPv6 address of Internal IP.
|
Internal VIP Address field
|
Enter IP address of Internal VIP.
|
|
Keystone
|
Mandatory fields are pre-populated.
Admin User Name
|
admin.
|
Admin Tenant Name
|
admin.
|
|
LDAP
|
LDAP enable checkboxwhich by default is false, if LDAP is enabled on keystone.
Domain Name field
|
Enter name for Domain name.
|
Object Class for Users field
|
Enter a string as input.
|
Object Class for Groupsfield
|
Enter a string.
|
Domain Name Tree for Users field
|
Enter a string.
|
Domain Name Tree for Groups field
|
Enter a string.
|
Suffix for Domain Name field
|
Enter a string.
|
URL field
|
Enter a URL with ending port number.
|
Domain Name of Bind User field
|
Enter a string.
|
Password field
|
Enter Password as string format.
|
User Filter field
|
Enter filter name as string.
|
User ID Attribute field
|
Enter a string.
|
User Name Attribute field
|
Enter a string.
|
User Mail Attribute field
|
Enter a string.
|
Group Name Attribute field
|
Enter a string.
|
|
Neutron
|
Neutron fields would change on the basis of Tenant Network Type Selection from Blueprint Initial Setup. Following are the options available for Neutron for OVS/VLAN:
Tenant Network Type field
|
Auto Filled based on the Tenant Network Type selected in the Blueprint Initial Setup page.
|
Mechanism Drivers field
|
Auto Filled based on the Tenant Network Type selected in Blueprint Initial Setup page.
|
NFV Hosts field
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Auto-filled with the Compute you added in Server and Roles.
If you select All in this section NFV_HOSTS: ALL will be added to the Blueprint or you can select one particular compute. For example:
NFV_HOSTS: compute-server-1, compute-server-2.
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ENABLE_CAT |
Optional to enable Intel CAT. It is valid only when NFV Host is enabled. By default, it is set to false.
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RESERVED_L3_CACHELINES_PER_SOCKET |
Allowed value of reserved cache lines per socket is between 1 and 32. It is valid only when ENABLE_CAT is set to True .
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Tenant VLAN Ranges field
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List of ranges separated by comma form start:end.
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Provider VLAN Ranges field
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List of ranges separated by comma form start:end.
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VM Hugh Page Size (available for NFV_HOSTS option) field
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2M or 1G (optional, defaults to 2M)
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VM_HUGHPAGE_PERCENTAGE
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Optional, defaults to 100%; can range between 0 and 100
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VSWITCH_WORKER_PROFILE
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Allowed only for VPP
Available options are:
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NR_RESERVED_VSWITCH_PCORES
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Allowed only for VPP
Number of cores associated to VPP, defaults to 2. Takes value of 2 through 6.
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Enable Jumbo Frames field
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Enable the checkbox
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Enable VM Emulator Pin
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Optional, when NFV_HOSTS is enabled.
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When a VM is spawned with this parameter enabled, NOVA allocates additional vCPU on top of the vCPU count specified in the
flavor, and pin vCPU0 to the pCPU that is reserved in the pool.
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VM Emulator PCORES Per Socket
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Optional, when ENABLE_VM_EMULATOR_PIN is enabled.
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Enter the number of cores per socket.
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Defaults to 1. Values can range from 1 to 4.
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Nova Opt For Low Latency
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For Tenant Network Type Linux Bridge everything remains the same but Tenant VLAN Ranges will be removed.
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CEPH
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1. When Object Storage Backend is selected Central in blueprint initial setup.
CEPH Mode |
By default Central. |
Cluster ID |
Enter Cluster ID. |
Monitor Host |
Enter Monitor Host for CEPH |
Monitor Members |
Enter Monitor Members for CEPH |
Secret UUID |
Enter Secret UUID for CEPH |
NOVA Boot from |
Drop down selection. You can choose CEPH or local. |
NOVA RBD POOL
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Enter NOVA RBD Pool (default's to vms)
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CEPH NAT
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Optional, needed for Central Ceph and when mgmt network is not routable
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When Object Storage Backend is selected Dedicated in blueprint initial setup. • CEPH Mode: By default Dedicated.
• NOVA Boot: From drop down selection you can choose CEPH or local.
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When Object Storage Backend is selected NetApp in blueprint initial setup.
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GLANCE
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1. When Object Storage Backend is selected Central in blueprint initial setup. When Object Storage Backend is selected Dedicated in blueprint initial setup.
Note
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By default Populated for CEPH Dedicated with Store Backend value as CEPH.
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CINDER
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By default Populated for CEPH Dedicated with Volume Driver value as CEPH.
2. When Object Storage Backend is selected Dedicated in blueprint initial setup.
Note
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By default Populated for CEPH Dedicated with Volume Driver value as CEPH.
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VMTP optional section, this will be visible only if VMTP is selected from Blueprint Initial Setup. For VTS tenant type Provider
network is only supported.
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Check one of the check boxes to specify a VMTP network:
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Provider Network
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External Network
For the Provider Network complete the following:
Network Name field
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Enter the name for the external network.
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Subnet field
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Enter the Subnet for Provider Network.
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Network IP Start field
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Enter the starting floating IPv4 address.
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Network IP End field
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Enter the ending floating IPv4 address.
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Network Gatewayfield
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Enter the IPv4 address for the Gateway.
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DNS Server field
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Enter the DNS server IPv4 address.
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Segmentation ID field
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Enter the segmentation ID.
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For External Network fill in the following details:
Network Name field
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Enter the name for the external network.
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IP Start field
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Enter the starting floating IPv4 address.
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IP End field
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Enter the ending floating IPv4 address.
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Gateway field
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Enter the IPv4 address for the Gateway.
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DNS Server field
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Enter the DNS server IPv4 address.
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Subnet field
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Enter the Subnet for External Network.
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TLS optional section, this will be visible only if TLS is selected from Blueprint Initial Setup Page.
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TLS has two options:
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Under the OpenStack setup tab, Vim_admins tab will be visible only when Vim_admins is selected from the Optional Features & Services under the Blueprint Initial setup tab
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Following are the field descriptions for VIM Admins:
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Add Username, Password, Public key or both for the non-root login.
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At least one Vim Admin must be configured when Permit root login is false.
User Name
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Enter username for Vim Admin.
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Password
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Password field. Admin hash password should always start with $6.
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Public Key
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Public key for vim admin should always start with ‘ssh-rsa AAAA….’
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SwiftStack optional section will be visible only if SwiftStack is selected from Blueprint Initial Setup Page. SwiftStack is only supported
with KeyStonev2. If you select Keystonev3, swiftstack will not be available to configure.
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Following are the options that needs to be filled for SwiftStack:
Cluster End Point
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IP address of PAC (proxy-account-container) endpoint.
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Admin User
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Admin user for swift to authenticate in keystone.
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Admin Tenant
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The service tenant corresponding to the Account-Container used by Swiftstack.
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Reseller Prefix
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Reseller_prefix as configured for Keysone Auth,AuthToken support in Swiftstack E.g KEY_
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Admin Password
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swiftstack_admin_password
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Protocol
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http or https
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Horizon Aliases
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If the external_lb_vip is behind a NAT router or has a DNS alias, provide a list of those addresses.
Horizon Allowed Hosts uses comma separated list of IP addresses and/or DNS names for horizon hosting.
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Vim LDAP Admins: Optional entry to support LDAP for admin access to management node. For this feature, TLS has to be enabled for the external
api (i.e. external_lb_vip_tls: True).
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Following are the values to be filled to add vim LDAP admins:
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domain_name: It is a mandatory field. Indicates the domain name to define vim LDAP admins.
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ldap_uri : It is a mandatory field. The ldap_uris must be secured over ldaps.
.
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ldap_search_base: It is mandatory. Enter search base.
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ldap_schema: Optional. Enter the schema.
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ldap_user_object_class: Optional. Indicates the posixAccount.
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ldap_user_uid_number: Optional. Enter the user id number.
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ldap_user_gid_number: Optional. Enter the group id number.
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ldap_group_member: Optional. Enter the group member ID.
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APICINFO tab is available in Openstack setup, when the Tenant type ACI/VLAN is selected in blueprint initial setup.
Note
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When ACI/VLAN is selected then ToR switch from initial setup is mandatory.
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Name
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Description
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APIC Hosts field
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Enter host input. Example: <ip1|host1>:[port] . max of 3, min of 1, not 2;
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apic_username field
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Enter a string format.
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apic_password filed
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Enter Password.
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apic_system_id field
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Enter input as string. Max length 8.
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apic_resource_prefix field
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Enter string max length 6.
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apic_tep_address_ pool field
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Allowed only 10.0.0.0/16
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multiclass_address_pool field
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Allowed only 225.0.0.0/15
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apic_pod_id field
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Enter integer(1- 65535)
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apic_installer_tenant field
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Enter String, max length 32
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apic_installer_vrf field
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Enter String, max length 32
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api_l3out_network field
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Enter String, max length 32
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VTS tab is available in Openstack setup, when Tenant Type is VTS/VLAN selected.
If vts day0 is enabled then SSH username and SSH password is mandatory.
If SSH_username is input present then SSH password is mandatory vice-versa
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Name
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Description
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VTS Day0 (checkbox)
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True or false default is false.
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VTS User name
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Enter as string does not contain special characters.
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VTS Password
|
Enter password
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VTS NCS IP
|
Enter IP Address format.
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VTC SSH Username
|
Enter a string
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VTC SHH Password
|
Enter password
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For SolidFire, enter the following:
Name
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Description
|
SolidFire is visible for configuration on day0
SolidFire is not allowed as a day-2 deployment option
SolidFire is always available with CEPH.
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Cluster MVIP field
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Management IP of SolidFire cluster.
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Cluster SVIP field
|
Storage VIP of SolidFire cluster.
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Admin Username
|
Admin user on SolidFire cluster
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Admin Password
|
Admin password on SolidFire cluster.
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If Syslog Export or NFVBENCH is selected in Blueprint Initial Setup Page, then Services Setup page will be enabled for user to view. Following are the options under Services Setup Tab:
Name
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Description
|
Syslog Export
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Following are the options for Syslog Settings:
User can add maximum of three entries.
To add new SysLog information, click on Add SysLog button, fill all the required information listed below and hit Save button.
Remote Host
|
Enter Syslog IP address.
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Protocol
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Only UDP is supported.
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Facility
|
Defaults to local5.
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Severity
|
Defaults to debug.
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Clients
|
Defaults to ELK.
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Port
|
Defaults to 514 but can be modified by the User.
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NFVBENCH
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NFVBENCH enable checkbox by default isfalse.
Add ToR information connect to Switch:
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Select a TOR Switch and enter the Switch name.
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Enter the port number. For Example: eth1/5 . VTEP VLANS (mandatory and needed only for VTS/VXLAN,): Enter 2 different VLANs
for VLAN1 and VLAN2.
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NIC Ports: INT1 and INT2 optional input. Enter the 2 port numbers of the 4-port 10G Intel NIC at the management node used
for NFVbench.
NIC Slot: Optional input, should be in the range of 1-6, indicates which NIC to use in case there are multiple NICs. If nic_slot
is defined, then nic_port has to be defined and vice-versa.
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ENABLE_ESC_PRIV
|
Enable the checkbox to set it as True. By default, it is False.
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Ironic
|
Following are the options for Ironic :
-
Ironic is applicable only for C-series and OVS/VLAN tenant network.
-
Ironic is available in optional service list. If ironic is enabled, the Ironic Segment under Networks Segment and Ironic Switch Details under Ironic are mandatory.
Switch Type
|
It can be Nexus, ACI, or BypassNeutron
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Hostname
|
Enter ironic hostname. Required only if Switch Type is ACI or BypassNeutron.
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Username
|
Enter ironic username. Required only if Switch Type is ACI or BypassNeutron.
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Password
|
Enter the ironic password. Required only if Switch Type is ACI or BypassNeutron.
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SSH IP
|
Enter ironic switch SSH IP. Required only if Switch Type is ACI or BypassNeutron.
|
Switch Ports
|
Optional. Indicates the ports that are in use to slap on inspector VLAN through Auto-ToR. Can be specified if Switch Type is ACI or BypassNeutron.
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Step 4 |
Click Offline validation, to initiate an offline validation of the Blueprint.
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Step 5 |
Blueprint can
also be created using an
Upload
functionality:
-
In
Blueprint Initial Setup.
-
Click
Browse in the blueprint initial setup.
-
Select
the YAML file you want to upload.
-
Click
Select button.
- Clicking on load button in
the Insight UI Application. All the fields present in the YAML file would be
uploaded to the respective fields in UI.
-
Enter the
name of the Blueprint (Make sure you enter unique name while saving Blueprints.
There would be no two Blueprints with same name.)
-
Click
Offline
Validation.
-
If all
the mandatory fields in the UI are populated, then Offline Validation of the
Blueprint will start else a pop up would be visible which will inform which
section of Blueprint Creation has a missing information error.
-
On
Validation Success of Blueprint
Save
Blueprint button will be enabled with
Cancel button
-
A pop up
will be generated asking to initiate the deployment with
Blueprint Name and the stages you need to run.
On Validation Failure of Blueprint
Cancel
button will be enabled.
Once the
Offlinevalidation is successful,
Save
option will be enabled which will redirect you to the Blueprint Management
Page.
The wizard advances to the Blueprint Management page. On the Blueprint Management page you can select the recently added valid
Blueprint and click Install button which is disabled by default.
A pop up will
be generated asking to initiate the deployment with
Blueprint
Name and the stages you need to run.
By default all
stages are selected but you can also do an incremented install.
In case of
Incremented Install you should select stages in the order. For Example: If you
select
Validation
Stage then the 2nd stage Management Node Orchestration will be enabled.
You cannot skip stages and run a deployment.
Once you click
Proceed
the Cloud Deployment would be initiated and the progress can be viewed from
"Dashboard".
Note
|
Once the
Blueprint is in
Active
State, the
Post-Install features listed in Navigation Bar will changed
to
Active
stage.
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