N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, Control Center Management Guide

Menus

There are three menu option buttons in the Editor. The menus for a farm in Design state are File, Edit, and Submit.

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Note –

This menu changes depending on the state of the farm.


Submit - Click Submit to submit a completed farm design for validation.

The following table describes the File options:

Table 2–2 File Menu Options

Options 

Description 

New

Click New to create a new farm.

Open

Click Open to display the Open Logical Server Farm dialog box. Select a farm from a filtered list, for example, All, Design, Active, Standby, and Inactive.  

Save

Click Save to save a new farm or save changes to an existing farm. If the farm does not have a name, you are prompted to provide one. 

SaveAs

Click SaveAs to save an existing farm as a new design. This is useful for using an existing farm as a template for creating new farm designs. 

Delete

Click Delete to delete a farm in Design state or Inactive state. The following message displays. 

You are about to permanently remove the current farm. Proceed? Click OK to proceed. 

Rename

Click Rename to change the name of current farm. Only farms in the Design state can be renamed. 

Summary

Click Summary to view a textual summary of farm elements and their configurations. 

Import 

Click to Import a farm. See How To Import a Farm.

Export 

Click to Export an existing farm. See How To Export a Farm.

The following table describes the Edit options.

Options 

Description 

Undo/Redo

Undo and redo the last action.  

  • The Editor provides infinite Undo and Redo for anything done in the Editor. However, the Undo history is not preserved across saves.

  • Any changes made when configuring an element are saved as a group of changes. These changes are undone as a group if more than one thing changes during a dialog session.

  • As a shortcut, press Ctrl-Z to undo an action and press Ctrl-Y to redo it.

Change I-Fabric

Choose Change I-Fabric to select a different I-Fabric in which to deploy your farm. The choice of a specific I-Fabric depends on your specific needs and the available resources in each I-Fabric. 

Configure VLANs 

Choose Configure VLANs to change the mode of configuration for VLANs between manual and automatic. When you change the VLAN policy to manual configuration, you can create, delete, and rename VLANs, as well as associate a wire color to each VLAN. 

Configure Disks 

Choose Configure Disks to view and manage storage resources.