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Installation
Concepts
 User Interface
Installing XenServer for CloudPlatform 101
Steps to Provisioning Your Cloud Infrastructure
 Installing VMware for CloudPlatform 117
Installing KVM for CloudPlatform 111
Bare Metal Installation 135
 Network Setup 161
Installing Oracle VM OVM for CloudPlatform 155
Choosing a Deployment Architecture 157
 Amazon Web Service Interface 177
Additional Installation Options 183
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 What Can CloudPlatform Do?
What Is CloudPlatform?
Concepts
Multiple Hypervisor Support
 Deployment Architecture Overview
 Management Server Overview
Cloud Infrastructure Overview
 Networking Overview
More Information
 For more details, see , Network Setup
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 About Regions
Cloud Infrastructure Concepts
About Zones
 Cloud Infrastructure Concepts
 About Pods
 About Clusters
 About Hosts
About Primary Storage
 About Secondary Storage
About Physical Networks
 Basic Zone Network Traffic Types
 Advanced Zone Network Traffic Types
Basic Zone Guest IP Addresses
Advanced Zone Guest IP Addresses
 All zones
Advanced Zone Public IP Addresses
System Reserved IP Addresses
A zone that uses advanced networking
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 Upgrade from 3.0.x to
Upgrade Instructions
Hypervisor Description
 Systemvmtemplate-2013-06-12-master-kvm.qcow2.bz2
 Upgrade from 3.0.x to
 # service cloud-usage stop
 Copy the *.rpmnew file to create a new file. For example
 Iii. Update the existing password with the encrypted one
 Vii. Confirm that the table is updated
 Start the agent
 XenServer or KVM
 Upgrade from 2.2.x to
 Hypervisor Description
 Systemvmtemplate-2013-06-12-master-kvm.qcow2.bz2
 Upgrade Name=rhel63 Baseurl=url-of-your-rhel6.3-repo
 Upgrade the host operating system from Rhel 6.0 to
 Copy the *.rpmnew file to create a new file. For example
 Update the agent software
 Restart libvirtd
 XenServer or KVM
 Upgrading and Hotfixing XenServer Hypervisor Hosts
Upgrade from 2.1.x to
Upgrading to a New XenServer Version
 Upgrade Instructions
 Applying Hotfixes to a XenServer Cluster
 Command displays the Uuid of the update file
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 Overview of Installation Steps
Installation
Who Should Read This
 Minimum System Requirements
Host/Hypervisor System Requirements
 Hypervisor Compatibility Matrix
CloudPlatform
 Rhel
 Management Server Installation Overview
Management Server Installation
Prepare the Operating System
 Edit the NTP configuration file to point to your NTP server
 Install the Management Server on the First Host
 Install and Configure the Database
Install the Database on the Management Server Node
 Restart the MySQL service
 Install the Database on a Separate Node
 # yum install mysql-server # chkconfig --level 35 mysqld on
 About Password and Key Encryption
 Changing the Default Password Encryption
 Using a Separate NFS Server
Prepare NFS Shares
 Using the Management Server As the NFS Server
 Edit the /etc/sysconfig/nfs file
 Prepare and Start Additional Management Servers
Perform the steps in .4.2, Prepare the Operating System
 Management Server Load Balancing
 Prepare the System VM Template
Source Port Destination Port Protocol Persistence Required?
 Installation Complete! Next Steps
Setting Configuration Parameters
About Configuration Parameters
 Field Value
 Setting Local Configuration Parameters
Setting Global Configuration Parameters
Granular Global Configuration Parameters
 Between 0 and 1, of allocated
 Allocators will disable that pool
 Field Value
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 Log In to the UI
User Interface
Supported Browsers
End Users UI Overview
 Root Administrators UI Overview
Logging In as the Root Administrator
 Changing the Root Password
Using SSH Keys for Authentication
Creating an Instance from a Template that Supports SSH Keys
 Output is something similar to what is given below
Creating the SSH Keypair
 Resetting SSH Keys
Logging In Using the SSH Keypair
Creating an Instance
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 Steps to Provisioning Your Cloud Infrastructure
Overview of Provisioning Steps
 Adding Regions optional
First Region The Default Region
Adding a Region
 Adding Third and Subsequent Regions
 Deleting a Region
 Create a Secondary Storage Mount Point for the New Zone
Adding a Zone
Steps to Add a New Zone
 Basic Zone Configuration
Network Offering Description
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 Steps to Provisioning Your Cloud Infrastructure
 Advanced Zone Configuration
 Steps to Provisioning Your Cloud Infrastructure
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 Steps to Provisioning Your Cloud Infrastructure
 NFS
 Adding a Pod
Vmfs
 Add Cluster KVM or XenServer
Adding a Cluster
Add Cluster OVM
 VMware Cluster Size Limit
Add Cluster vSphere
Adding a vSphere Cluster
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 Steps to Provisioning Your Cloud Infrastructure
 Adding a Host XenServer, KVM, or OVM
Adding a Host
Requirements for XenServer, KVM, and OVM Hosts Warning
 Adding a XenServer, KVM, or OVM Host
KVM Host Additional Requirements
 Adding Primary Storage
Adding a Host vSphere
 Adding Secondary Storage
 Adding an NFS Secondary Staging Store for Each Zone
 Initialize and Test
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 Installing XenServer for CloudPlatform
System Requirements for XenServer Hosts
 Installing XenServer for CloudPlatform
XenServer Installation Steps
Configure XenServer dom0 Memory Username and Password
Time Synchronization
 Licensing
Install CloudPlatform XenServer Support Package CSP
Getting and Deploying a License
 Primary Storage Setup for XenServer
 ISCSI Multipath Setup for XenServer Optional
 Physical Networking Setup for XenServer
Configuring Multiple Guest Networks for XenServer Optional
 Separate Storage Network for XenServer Optional
NIC Bonding for XenServer Optional
 Public Network Bonding
Management Network Bonding
Creating a Private Bond on the First Host in the Cluster
Creating a Public Bond on the First Host in the Cluster
 Complete the Bonding Setup Across the Cluster
Adding More Hosts to the Cluster
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 Supported Operating Systems for KVM Hosts
Installing KVM for CloudPlatform
System Requirements for KVM Hypervisor Hosts
System Requirements for KVM Hosts
 Installing the CloudPlatform Agent on a KVM Host
Install and configure the Agent
Installing KVM for CloudPlatform
 Physical Network Configuration for KVM
 Primary Storage Setup for KVM Optional
Time Synchronization for KVM Hosts
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 Software requirements
Installing VMware for CloudPlatform
System Requirements for vSphere Hosts
Hardware requirements
 VCenter Server requirements
Installing VMware for CloudPlatform
Other requirements
 Networking Checklist for VMware
Preparation Checklist for VMware
VCenter Checklist
VCenter Requirement Value
 Configure Virtual Switch
VSphere Installation Steps
ESXi Host setup
Physical Host Networking
 Configure NIC Bonding for vSphere
Configure vCenter Management Network
Increasing Ports
 About Cisco Nexus 1000v Distributed Virtual Switch
Prerequisites and Guidelines
 Nexus vSwitch Requirements Value
Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch Preconfiguration
Preparation Checklist
Network Requirements Value
 VSM Configuration Value Parameters Value Notes
Creating a Port Profile
 Assigning Physical NIC Adapters
Adding Vlan Ranges
 Configuring Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch in CloudPlatform
Enabling Nexus Virtual Switch in CloudPlatform
Parameters Description
 About VMware Distributed Virtual Switch
Removing Nexus Virtual Switch
Prerequisites and Guidelines
 Preparation Checklist
 Fields Name Description
 Vmware.use.dvswitch
Enabling Virtual Distributed Switch in CloudPlatform
Vmware.use.nexus.vswitch
 Configuring Distributed Virtual Switch in CloudPlatform
Parameters
 Storage Preparation for vSphere iSCSI only
Enable iSCSI initiator for ESXi hosts
Add iSCSI target
 Create an iSCSI datastore
Add Hosts or Configure Clusters vSphere
Multipathing for vSphere Optional
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 About Bare Metal Kickstart Installation
Bare Metal Installation
Bare Metal Host System Requirements
 Bare Metal Installation
Limitations of Kickstart Baremetal Installation
Set Up Ipmi
Provisioning a Bare Metal Host with Kickstart
 Enable PXE on the Bare Metal Host
Install the PXE and Dhcp Servers
 Set Up a File Server
 Output should show the following services running
 Create a Bare Metal Image
Create a Bare Metal Compute Offering
 Set Up the Security Group Agent Optional
Create a Bare Metal Network Offering
 For example, if the RPMs are in the following directory
 Optional Set Bare Metal Configuration Parameters
Add a Bare Metal Zone
 Add a Bare Metal Cluster
Add a Bare Metal Host
 Add the PXE Server and Dhcp Server to Your Deployment
 Create a Bare Metal Template
 Provision a Bare Metal Instance
Test Bare Metal Installation
Example CentOS 6.x Kickstart File
 Example Fedora 17 Kickstart File
 Example Ubuntu 12.04 Kickstart File
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 Using Cisco UCS as Bare Metal Host CloudPlatform
Registering a UCS Manager
 Associating a Profile with a UCS Blade
 Disassociating a Profile from a UCS Blade
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 Installing OVM on the Hosts
Installing Oracle VM OVM for CloudPlatform
OVM Installation Overview
System Requirements for OVM Hosts
 Set Up Hosts for System VMs
Primary Storage Setup for OVM
Installing Oracle VM OVM for CloudPlatform
 Choosing a Deployment Architecture
Small-Scale Deployment
 Large-Scale Redundant Setup
Choosing a Deployment Architecture
 Multi-Node Management Server
Separate Storage Network
Multi-Site Deployment
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 Networking Feature Basic Network Advanced Network
Network Setup
Basic and Advanced Networking
 Vlan Allocation Example
Example Hardware Configuration
Network Setup
Dell
 Layer-2 Switch
Cisco
 Hardware Firewall
Generic Firewall Provisions
 External Guest Firewall Integration for Juniper SRX Optional
 Ge-0/0/3 unit
 External Guest Firewall Integration for Cisco Vnmc Optional
Guidelines
 Prerequisites
 Using Cisco ASA 1000v Services
Adding a Vnmc Instance
 Adding an ASA 1000v Instance
 Creating a Network Offering Using Cisco ASA
Reusing ASA 1000v Appliance in new Guest Networks
 External Guest Load Balancer Integration Optional
 Security Requirements
Topology Requirements
Runtime Internal Communications Requirements
 Guest Network Usage Integration for Traffic Sentinel
 Setting Zone Vlan and Running VM Maximums
Guest.vlan.bits Maximum Running VMs per Maximum Zone VLANs
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 Amazon Web Service Interface
Amazon Web Services EC2 Compatible Interface
 Amazon Web Service Interface
AWS API User Setup Steps Soap Only
AWS API User Registration
 EC2 command Soap / Rest call CloudPlatform API call
AWS API Command-Line Tools Setup
Supported AWS API Calls
 Architecture, use
 Keys Pairs
 EC2 command Soap / Rest call CloudPlatform API call
 Requirements for Installing the Usage Server
Additional Installation Options
Installing the Usage Server Optional
Steps to Install the Usage Server
 Additional Installation Options
Database Replication Optional
 Restart MySQL
 Failover