HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 Update 1 Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide

Table 4 Load Balance tab details (continued)
DescriptionLoad Balance tab
Virtual (external) IP address associated with the DNS name of the
service.
IP Address
A comma separated list of IP address and port pairs. Each pair
describes a server that serves the actual content of the service
Members
(website, ftp site, database, and so on). These are IP addresses of
the servers in the server group.
Configuring an environment for ESXi cluster provisioning
Matrix infrastructure orchestration enables the deployment of a configured VMware ESXi VM Host
or a collection of VM Hosts in a VM cluster. The VM Host or VM cluster includes servers, storage,
and network configuration.
Using infrastructure orchestration designer, an architect creates a service template containing one
or more VM Hosts with configured shared storage and networking. Deploying the template results
in a complete, functioning VM cluster that is ready to have VM guests deployed.
In a federated CMS environment, a VM cluster can be deployed only to the primary CMS.
For detailed configuration steps and for information about creating a template to provision to a
VM cluster, see the HP CloudSystem Matrix How-To Guide: ESXi Cluster Provisioning white paper
at the following website:
http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs
Configuring an environment for physical provisioning
For physical provisioning to perform correctly, set the following attributes in the ..\Program
Files\HP\Matrix infrastructure orchestration\conf\hpio.properties file.
• Set physical.max.concurrent.requests=10 to limit the number of concurrent physical
logical servers provisioned. If the attribute is set to a value greater than 10, physical logical
server provisioning might fail.
• Set npiv.integrity.enabled=true to enable multi-initiator N-Port ID Virtualization
(m-NPIV) support on Integrity servers. Auto provisioning of storage that includes both private
and shared disks requires m-NPIV support. The npiv.integrity.enabled property is
disabled by default.
m-NPIV is supported on Integrity server blades using the QLogic FC controller with the HP-UX
11i v3 Update 8 (March 2011) and later release.
Physical provisioning requires:
• Available VC domain groups in HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM)
• Configuring server deployment platforms including Insight Control server provisioning, Insight
Control server deployment, Ignite-UX, or HP Server Automation (SA)
• Creating SAN-backed storage
See “Matrix infrastructure orchestration storage management” (page 144) for more information.
• Creating job folders (this is specific to Insight Control server deployment; see “Creating server
deployment job folders” (page 32)).
Verifying VC domain groups
Matrix infrastructure orchestration requires Virtual Connect domain groups. To create a VC domain
group or verify an existing group, see the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User Guide at
the following website:
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