How To Add a Contract Type

Contract type names are case sensitive.

Steps

1. On the Main screen, click Admin on the navigation bar.

2. Click the Contract Types button in the Configuration tools bar.

3. Click Add Contract Type.

4. In the Name field, type the name of the contract.

   The length cannot exceed 30 characters.

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   Note –

   If another contract with the same name already exists within the system, an error message displays, and you are prompted to rename the contract.

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5. In the Description field, type a brief description, up to 255 characters in length, for the type of contract.

6. Select a minimum system from the Minimum System drop-down menu. The available choices are No Minimum, SUs Only, Hardware Types only, or SUs and Hardware Types.

7. If either the minimum or maximum parameter of the selected farm type is of SUs only or SUs and Hardware Types, you must enter a value between 0 and 2147483647 for the SU fields, except when No Maximum is selected.

   See How To Set Contract Parameters.

8. Select a maximum system from the Maximum System drop-down menu. The available choices are No Maximum, SUs Only, Device Types only, or SUs and Hardware Types.

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   Note –

   SUs defined during I-Fabric Implementation only denotes that the limit is based on total service units, while Device Types denotes that the limit is based on the types and quantities of devices.

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9. In the Flex Permissions for Active Farms window, select or deselect each resource type to grant or deny permissions for performing various actions on a resource type.

   • Select Create to give users permission to add the resource to an active farm.

   • Select Remove to give users permission to remove a resource from an active farm.

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   Note –

   The flex permissions only apply to the Control Center User and Account Manager profiles. As an administrator, you are not bound by this restriction when working in the Editor. You can flex up or flex down a farm and commit your changes. However, this request for flex creates a BLOCKED_REQUEST in the I-Fabric to indicate that the flex request has been blocked. You can check whether the resources exist in the I—Fabric and unblock the request to allow flexing to become effective. Refer to How To Unblock a Farm Activation Request for information on how to unblock farm requests.

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10. Click Commit Changes to initiate the creation of the contract type.

See Also

• Setting Contract Parameters

• How To Set Contract Parameters