Infrastructure

The infra section consists of two subsections, switches and servers.

The following table describes the parameters in the switches subsection.

NOTE:

This example shows the parameters for the second StoreFabric SN2100M switch (SN2100M-2). The first StoreFabric SN2100M switch (SN2100M-1) must be similarly configured.

Table 11: Switches
Parameters Description
description Enter the descriptive information of the corresponding switch.

Optional. If you do not need this parameter, delete the same from your Input JSON file.

type Enter the description of the corresponding switch type.
oob_mgmt_ip address Enter the available IP address from the iLO-OOBM network.
name Enter the descriptive name of the corresponding switch.
user Enter the username that is used to access the corresponding switch.
password Enter the password that is used to access the corresponding switch.
anycast_ip Enter the anycast IP address.
loopback_address Enter the loopback IP address.
bgp_autonomous_system_num Enter the BGP autonomous system number from the network topology.
protocol Autopopulated as VXLAN during JSON generation.

The following table describes the parameters in the Servers subsection.

NOTE:

The details of one the servers are provided as an example in the following table. Based on the number of servers in your environment, the remaining servers must be similarly configured.

Table 12: Servers
Parameters Description
hostname Enter the hostname for iLO.

This value is mapped to the server name of iLO. You can also accept the default or existing value by entering NA in this parameter.

Optional. If you do not need this parameter, delete the same from your Input JSON file.

hw_profile Enter the name of the Hardware profile of the servers.

In this case, profile can be default_management_profile, default_edge_resource_profile.

role Enter the name of the role of the corresponding servers. Role of the server. In this case, role can be mgmt_pod, resource_pod
serial Enter the serial number of the corresponding servers which are available on the sticker label on the physical servers.
NOTE:

This parameter is mandatory only if the DHCP service is used.

user Enter the corresponding username that is used to access iLO.
NOTE:

This user is a new Administrator user that is created when the Input JSON file is uploaded.

password Enter the corresponding password of the administrator user to access iLO.

This parameter is used in conjunction with the user parameter.

NOTE:

The password must conform to following conventions:

  • The minimum number of permissible characters is 7.

  • The maximum number of permissible characters is 20.

  • The password must contain at least 1 numeral.

  • The password must contain at least 1 lowercase alphabet.

  • The password must contain at least 1 uppercase alphabet.

model Model description of the corresponding servers.
label_password This field will be used when DHCP is assigned to iLO servers. It is the password for default user "Administrator"
custom_data It contains esxi_mgmt_ip, esxi_host_name, and esxi_root_pw
esxi_mgmt_ip Management IP for ESXi server.
esxi_host_name Enter hostname of ESXi server in FQDN format.
esxi_root_pw Root password for ESXi server.