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N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, Control Center Management Guide
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Preface
Part I Control Center Management Concepts
Chapter 1 Control Center Management Overview
Overview
I-Fabric Components
N1 Provisioning Server Software
Farm Lifecycle
Farm States
Design Farm State
Active Farm State
Standby Farm State
Inactive Farm State
Service Processor States
Chapter 2 Control Center Application Overview
Control Center Concepts
Access Privileges
Farm Management Tasks
Farm Management Responsibilities
Task Roles for Each Farm Lifecycle State
Control Center Accounts
Control Center Security and Certificates
Security Certificate
Control Center Component Overview
Main Screen
News Details and Farm Details
News and Messages
Farm Details
Farm Chooser
Farm View Area
Administration Screen
Navigation Bar
Tools Bar
Current Selections
Lock Current Farm
Modifying Current Farm
Administration Tools
System Buttons
Editor Screen
Menus
Farm Elements Palette
Farm Details
Session Expiration Checking
Tracking Change
Viewing Farm Details
Viewing the Account Request Log
How to View the Account Request Log
Viewing Pending Farm Requests
Viewing the Farm Request Screen
Viewing Active Farms
How To View the Active Farm
Viewing a Farm Summary
Summary of Farm Configuration
Element Configuration Details
How To View a Farm Summary
Viewing Element Configuration
How To View Element Configuration
Monitor Screen
Monitor Option Buttons
Logging In to the Control Center
How to Log In from the Browser
Chapter 3 Account Administration
Account Concepts
Understanding User Accounts
DNS Naming Conventions
Farm Naming Conventions in the Control Center
Managing Accounts
Adding, Deleting, and Updating Accounts
How To Add a New Account
How To Delete an Account
How To Update an Existing Account
Viewing and Updating Account Information
How To Access the Account Information
Adding, Viewing, and Removing Users
How To Add New Users
How To View Information for an Existing User
How To Remove a User
Adding User Groups
How To Add a User Group
Changing User Information
How To Change User Information
How to Change Your User Password
Setting Up Contact Methods
How To Add Contact Methods
Managing User Profiles
Adding, Deleting, and Updating User Profiles
How To Add a New User Profile
How To Delete a User Profile
How To Update a User Profile Information
User Login Status
How To View and Change the Login Status of Account Users
Managing Contract Types
How To Add a Contract Type
How To Delete a Contract Type
How To Update Contract Type
Setting Contract Parameters
How To Set Contract Parameters
Managing News Content
How To Add and Publish An Article
Part II Farm Management Tasks
Chapter 4 Building, Updating, and Monitoring Server Farms
Designing and Editing Server Farms
Designing a New Farm
How To Design a New Farm
Designing and Assembling Elements for the Farm
More About the Elements
How To Edit Existing Farms
Connecting Farm Elements
Farm Element Wiring Rules
Using Configuration Dialogs
Importing and Exporting Farms
Importing and Exporting Farms
How To Export a Farm
How To Import a Farm
How To Download Sample Farms
Configuring Servers and Virtual Interfaces
Configuring Servers and Server Groups
How To Configure Servers
How To Create a Group of Servers
Configuring Virtual Interfaces
How To Configure Virtual Interfaces
Configuring Subnets and VLANs
Configuring the Subnet
How To Configure the Internal Subnet
How To Configure the External Subnet
Configuring a VLAN Manually
How To Add a VLAN Configuration
How To Delete a VLAN Configuration
Configuring the Ethernet Port for Unmanaged Devices
Configuring Unmanaged Devices
Ethernet Port Best Practices
Configuring the Ethernet Port Element for Unmanaged Devices
Using the Unknown Device Type
How To Configure the Ethernet Port Element
Configuring Load Balancers
Configuring the Load Balancer
HA Configuration
Load Balancer Best Practices
How To Configure the Load Balancer
How To Configure a Load Balancer in Path Failover Mode
How To Configure Servers for Load Balancing
How To Modify a VLAN Configuration for Load Balancing
Saving and Activating Farms
Saving and Validating the Farm
Validating Farms
How To Validate a Farm
Submitting a Farm Design for Activation
Control Center Rules Checking
How To Submit the Farm For Activation
Farm Activation Tasks
Unblocking Farm Activation Requests
How To Unblock a Farm Activation Request
Tracking the Activation Process
Farm Details
How To View a History of Farm Requests
Activating the Farm Manually
Activating Farms By Using the Farm Activation Command
How To Activate a Farm By Using the Farm Activation Command
Cancelling a Farm Request
How To Cancel a Farm Request
Locking and Unlocking a Farm
How To Lock a Farm
How To Unlock a Farm
Resetting Your Farm Lock Password
How To Reset Your Farm Lock Password
Locking and Unlocking a Farm Using the CLI
How To Lock a Farm Using the CLI
How To Unlock a Farm Using the CLI
Checking Resource Availability
How To Check Resource Availability
Delivering Active Farms
Communicating Activation Information To Users
IP Addresses
Device Passwords
Additional Information
Updating Active Farms
Adding and Removing Computing Resources from a Farm
How To Add and Remove Resources from an Active Farm
Changing the State of a Farm
Placing a Farm On Standby
Deactivating a Farm
How To Change the State of a Deployed Farm To Standby or Inactive
How To Unblock a Farm Request After Deactivating or Setting a Farm To Standby
Freeing Ethernet Port or Unmanaged Devices
How To Free an Ethernet Device and Remove the Device From the Database
Canceling Standby and Inactive Request
How To Cancel a Request For Standby or Deactivation
Reactivating a Farm
How To Reactivate a Farm
How To Unblock the Farm Request After Reactivating the Farm
Deleting a Farm
How To Delete a Farm From the Main Screen
How To Delete a Farm From the Editor Screen
Copying a Farm
How To Copy a Farm
Monitoring Active Farms
Monitoring Availability of Farm Elements
Monitoring Servers
Monitoring Load Balancers
Monitor Option Buttons
Setting Up Element Monitors and Alarms
How To Set Up Monitors
How To Set Up Element Alarms
Editing Monitors and Alarms
How To Edit an Existing Monitor or Alarm
Using the Monitors
How To Monitor Servers
Unresponsive Servers
Chapter 5 Image Management
Image Overview
Image Management
How To Change an Account Image Name
How To Add OS or Application Profiles to An Image
How To Delete Image Properties
How To Delete an Account Image
Finding an Image
How To Find an Image
Software Profiles
How To Create Global Operating System and Application Profiles
How To Create Account Operating System and Application Profiles
Data and Application Migration
Creating, Managing, and Using Account Images
Managing Account Images
Snapshot Best Practices
How To Manage Account Images
Managing Account Software Profiles
How To Manage Account Software Profiles
Using an Account Software Image
How To Use an Account Software Image
Creating an Account Image By Using Snapshot
How To Create an Account Image By Using Snapshot
Load Balancer Snapshot
How To Snapshot Load Balancer
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
Overview
External and Internal Farm States
External States
Internal States
Farm Requests
Farm Activation Problems
Determining Whether a Farm Operation Succeeded or Failed
Diagnosing the Failure
Resolving the Failure
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