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  • Deploying Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Virtual Infrastructure Manager
    • webhelp.home
    • Introduction to Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Virtual Infrastructure Manager
    • HPE Telco Blueprint logical architecture
      • Control plane
      • Compute or data plane
      • Storage plane
      • Network plane
        • VLAN and VxLAN configurations
        • Network diagram
    • HPE Telco Blueprints Mix-and-Match options
      • HPE Telco Blueprint validated combinations for starter kit
      • HPE Telco Blueprint validated combinations for expansion kit
      • HPE Telco Blueprint hardware components
        • Starter kit - Master node
        • Starter kit - Worker node
        • Starter kit - Storage node
        • Management switches
        • Data or leaf switches
        • Border-leaf switches
        • Spine switches
      • HPE Telco Blueprint software components
      • HPE Telco Blueprint firmware components
      • Deployment options recommendations
        • Recommended CPU specifications
        • Recommended memory specifications
        • Recommended storage disks specifications
        • Recommended NIC specifications
        • Recommended switch specifications
        • Recommended cabling specifications
    • Predeployment procedure
      • HPE Telco Blueprint installation prerequisites
        • Technical skills and knowledge
        • Customer usage documentation
        • Checklist: Verifying the installation requirements
      • Generating input JSON using HPE Telco Infrastructure Configuration Generator
    • Hardware initialization and configuration
      • Physical cabling using Port map
      • Configuring iLO-OOBM VLAN in customer infrastructure switch
      • Configuring OAM VLAN in customer infrastructure switch
      • Configuring switches
        • Manually configuring HPE FlexFabric 5900 (Management) switch
        • Installing Cumulus Linux NOS and license on ONIE switches
        • Setting up the initial configuration for Aruba switches
    • Deployment procedure for RHOCP
      • NFV Platform Software Toolkit
      • Installation sequence
      • Configuring DNS and Load Balancer
      • Choosing the mode of RHOCP installation
        • Configuring a local private registry server
        • Mirroring operator images
      • Downloading artifacts from the My HPE Software Center
      • Downloading ODIM RA and CFM bits from My HPE Software Center
      • Deploying NPS toolkit VM
      • Installing NPS toolkit Web API server and Redis containers in NPS toolkit VM
      • Download RHOCP and HPE Nimble CSI driver artifacts
        • Download RHOCP artifacts for online mode of installation
        • Download RHOCP artifacts for offline mode of installation
      • Uploading Input JSON file
      • Servers and Switches Configuration
        • Configuring servers and switches
          • Deploying switch configuration
          • Deploying Aruba switches configuration
          • Applying switch configuration for expansion kit
          • Enabling iLO DHCP service
          • Assigning DHCP IP addresses to iLO servers in case of third-party switches
          • Hardware precheck
          • Performing the hardware preparation
          • Connecting border leaf switches to external network
        • Configuring servers and switches using ODIM RA
          • Deploying Open Distributed Infrastructure Management
          • Deploying Composable Fabric Manager
          • Selecting OOBM IP allocation
          • Hardware precheck
          • Performing the hardware preparation
          • Creating port map for switch automation
          • Setting up CFM configuration for switch automation
          • Deploying switch configuration
          • Connecting a Fabric to an external network
      • Deployment of RHOCP VIM components
        • Deploying OCP using nps autodeploy
      • Checking for cluster completion
    • Management procedures
      • Configuring an external DHCP server
      • Performing sanity check of all hardware
      • Red Hat OpenShift Post Deployment Customizations
        • Opting out of remote health reporting
        • Configuring the OpenShift-Samples Operator
      • Shutdown and startup of RHOCP
        • Shutting down RHOCP
          • Backing up switch configuration data
          • Backing up etcd data
          • Backing up projects and PVC yaml files of HPE Nimble storage
          • Checking the certificate expiry date
          • Regenerating certificates
          • Shutting down the worker nodes and master nodes
        • Starting up RHOCP nodes
        • Backup and restore of RHOCP
    • Troubleshooting
      • Troubleshooting blueprint deployment issues
        • NPS VM reloads or reboots during OS installation
        • NPS VM does not start up if NPS host is rebooted
        • Unable to access NPS VM externally
        • Worker or master nodes are not in "READY" state
        • Failure of worker node due to MTU mismatch
        • Installation failure of master or worker nodes
        • Failure of bootstrap nodes installation
        • RAID failures rectification
        • Red screen error on iLO console of a server due bad entry in OS boot
        • PXE boot issues with bootstrap or master or worker
        • Removing Server Profiles and Switch Profiles
        • Cleaning up Kubernetes pods
        • Kubernetes pods are not in Running status
        • Nodes deletion failed
        • Failure during creation of ignition file
        • Storage configuration fails
        • Image registry configuration failed
        • Installing image service on RHEL nodes is not complete
          • Cumulus version is incorrect
        • Installing image service on RHCOS nodes is not complete
        • SR-IOV configuration fails
        • Switch automation status shows Failed
        • Executing an NPS CLI command fails
        • Unable to access pods going to pending state
        • Cleaning up CFM entries from ODIM RA
        • Rectifying an incorrect user input in the JSON file
        • Private registry creation failed
        • Unable to pull images to the image registry
        • Failure with switch synchronization
        • Master nodes get localhost as hostname
        • Worker nodes get localhost as hostname
    • Manual procedures
      • Generic RHOCP configurations
        • Red Hat Subscription management
          • Unregistering Red Hat Subscription
        • Retrieving Pool ID from Red Hat Subscription
        • Installation of NPS toolkit Host
        • Other method to deploy OCP using Red Hat
        • Logging in to OCP cluster as kubeadmin
        • Changing administration and maintenance of cluster, from current Bastion host (NPS Toolkit VM) to separate Bastion host
        • Downloading the installation pull secret
      • NPS configurations
        • Manual installation of individual NPS toolkit components
          • Manually configuring RHEL repositories and installing dependant packages
          • Installing Kubernetes manually
        • Generating an input JSON using the TICG for Addon Kits
          • Generating an input JSON for Addon servers
          • Generating an input JSON for Addon switches
          • Generating an input JSON for Addon servers and switches
        • Sample Input JSON
        • Input JSON file configuration
          • Networking
          • Platform Management
          • Infrastructure
          • Computes
          • External storage
          • Plugin services
        • Modifying default credentials for NPS toolkit Web API server
        • Parameter descriptions in source_input.rc file
        • Parameter descriptions in input.yaml file
        • Configuring Internet connectivity on NPS toolkit host
        • Specifications of NPS Toolkit Virtual Machine
        • Audit Log
      • VIM configurations
        • Adding RHCOS worker node
          • Adding new servers to DNS and Load Balancer
          • Adding new server data to NPS toolkit VM
          • Configuring switch for newly added servers
          • Deleting image service
          • Hardware preparation
          • Deploying image service
          • Approving CSR certificates for newly added worker nodes
          • Patching the newly added worker node status
          • Configuring SR-IOV on the newly added worker nodes
        • Approving CSR Certificate
        • Manual Deployment of RHOCP VIM Components
          • Creating RHOCP Ignition File
          • Bring up bootstrap node and master node
          • Add RHCOS worker nodes
          • Deploying HPE Nimble CSI driver for storage
          • Configuring storage for image registry
          • Configuring Operator Lifecycle Manager
          • Configuring SR-IOV
        • Parameter descriptions in arguments.json file
        • Parameter descriptions in input_vars.yaml file
      • Server configurations
        • HPE DL server cleanup procedure
        • Assigning static iLO-OOBM IP address to DL servers
        • Deleting workers nodes from cluster
        • Removing servers and switches
        • Creating a custom hardware precheck profile
          • Sample hardware precheck profile
          • Hardware pre-check profile format
      • Hardware profiles
        • Default hardware profiles
          • BIOS settings for hardware profiles
          • NIC based settings for hardware profiles
        • Creating a custom hardware profile
          • Sample hardware profile
          • Hardware profile format
          • Allowed Redfish key and values of NIC settings based on server model
          • Allowed Location, Instance, port number and values for network boot settings based on server model
          • Allowed values of DeviceType in the structured boot string
          • Allowed values of Location in the structured boot string
          • Allowed values of Qualifier in the structured boot string
          • Examples of structured boot strings
        • BIOS parameters validation
        • RAID settings validation
        • NIC settings validation
        • SNMP configuration
      • Switch configurations
        • Switch profile customization
        • Sample Configuration for Mellanox SN2100 Switches
    • Support information
      • Websites
      • Support and other resources
        • Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support
        • Accessing updates
        • Remote support
        • Warranty information
        • Regulatory information
        • Documentation feedback