Private Cloud Appliance Infrastructure Administration

The Private Cloud Appliance administrators manage and configure the infrastructure from the Service Enclave. This highly restricted part of the system provides tools for hardware and capacity management, tenancy control, and centralized monitoring of components at all system layers.

An appliance administrator is a highly privileged user with access to the physical components of Private Cloud Appliance. There is no functional relationship between an appliance administrator account and a tenancy administrator account; these are entirely separate entities. While appliance administrators may be authorized to create and delete tenancies, their account does not grant any permission to access a tenancy or use its resources. An appliance administrator has no access whatsoever to user data or instances.

A policy framework is provided to define the access privileges granted to administrator accounts. It includes predefined authorization groups and permissions, which can be extended and customized. See Controlling Administrator Access Privileges.

For more information about the Service Enclave, see Enclaves and Interfaces. General usage is described in the following topics:

• Using the Service Web UI

• Using the Service CLI

For information and instructions related to appliance hardware administration and external connections, see these topics:

• Performing Administrative Operations on Compute Nodes

• Integrating GPU Expansion Nodes

• Integrating a Compute Expansion Rack

• Creating and Managing Flex Networks

• Reconfiguring the Private Cloud Appliance Network Environment

For information and instructions related to other administration functions of the Service Enclave, see these topics:

• Managing Private Cloud Appliance Administrator Accounts

• Managing Private Cloud Appliance Tenancies

• Viewing and Setting Resource Limits

• Status and Health Monitoring

• System Backup and Restore

• Disaster Recovery