Infrastructure
The
infra
section consists of two subsections,
switches
and
servers
.
The following table describes the parameters in the
switches
subsection.
This example shows the parameters for the second StoreFabric SN2100M switch (SN2100M-2). The first StoreFabric SN2100M switch (SN2100M-1) must be similarly configured.
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.
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.
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
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
NOTE:
The password must conform to following conventions:
|
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. |