Clearcube Grid Center Admin Guide 4.11 Bedienungsanleitung

Grid Center 4.11Administrator’s GuideClearCube Technology, Inc.

4 • Introduction Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guideinstallation CD for more information, or contact ClearCube using the resources listed in Conta

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Grid Center Installation • 5Grid Center InstallationThe Grid Center Administration Console can be installed on

6 • Grid Center Installation Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guideplease make sure that the current DCI is installed. The installed DCI version can

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Grid Center Installation • 7Secondary Console, if desired. • Administrator logins and passwords for the Consol

8 • Grid Center Installation Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideNote: Verify the versions of your installed components, and uninstall outdated ver

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Grid Center Installation • 97. Enter the Grid Center Server names when you are prompted for them. The Primary

10 • Grid Center Installation Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideInstalling the I8800 I/Port Client The Grid Center I8800 I/Port client is install

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Grid Center Installation • 113. Turn off the Write Filter by double-clicking the Write Filter Disable icon on

12 • Grid Center Installation Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideInstalling Components IndividuallyComponents on the Console and Blade client syst

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Grid Center Installation • 132. The ClearCube Distributed Computing Infrastructure License Agreement is displa

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14 • Grid Center Installation Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideNote: You must begin this process before beginning to uninstall a previous versio

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Grid Center Installation • 15Uninstalling the Administration Console To uninstall the Grid Center Administrati

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Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Grid Center Console • 17Grid Center ConsoleClearCube Grid Center 4.11 is a web-based application that provides

18 • Grid Center Console Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideLaunching the Administration ConsoleLaunch the primary Grid Center Administration Cons

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Grid Center Console • 19Take a TourFigure 4 Grid Center Administration Console Welcome Screen Figure 5 Icons

Figure 6 Network Configuration View 20 • Grid Center Console Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideThe Network Configuration View, shown in Figure 6

Figure 7 Edit Groups View Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Grid Center Console • 21The Edit Groups View (shown in Figure 7) allows the adminis

Figure 8 Switching View Figure 9 Allocation View 22 • Grid Center Console Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideThe Allocation View in Figure 9 all

Figure 10 Update View Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Grid Center Console • 23The Update View (Figure 10) allows sending updates to I/Ports,

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Contents • iContentsContents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 11 Inventory and Health View 24 • Grid Center Console Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Grid Center Clients • 25Grid Center ClientsGrid Center 4.11 provides two types of clients: • I/Port client • B

Figure 13 I/Port Client Login ScreenClick to refresh Blade listClick to select last-connected Blade 26 • Grid Center Clients Grid Center 4.11 Adminis

Figure 14 Dedicated I/Port to Blade MappingGrid CenterAdmin ConsoleUsing dedicated mappings, as many asfour I/Ports can connect to a specified Blade.

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Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Configuring Grid Center • 29Configuring Grid Center Once you have logged into Grid Center for the first time,

30 • Configuring Grid Center Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideClick the Save button to save the configuration. Grid Center connects to the speci

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Configuring Grid Center • 31Discover Network Nodes Click Use Last Discovery to pick up the machines in the lis

Figure 17 Replicating Authentication Database Entries 32 • Configuring Grid Center Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideFigure 17 shows a populated

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Configuring Grid Center • 33BladesThe Blade Configuration screen, shown in Figure 18, allows connecting to ind

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Contents • iiConsole Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34 • Configuring Grid Center Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide2. Enter the Username, Password, and (if required) the Domain Name for this Blade.

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Configuring Grid Center • 354. Only trusted machines can push software updates to I/Ports. To add a trusted ma

Figure 22 Getting I/Port Information 36 • Configuring Grid Center Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideTo see details regarding the I/Port client, c

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Configuring Grid Center • 37“clean” copy of the ServiceDirectory.xml file is available on the ClearCube Suppor

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Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Configuring Grid Center • 39

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Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Allocation • 41AllocationGrid Center utilizes the concepts of I/Port groups and Blade groups for the purpose o

Figure 23 Allocation StrategiesMappingNot AllowedValidMappingI/Port GroupI/Port GroupI/Port GroupI/Port GroupI/Port GroupI/Port GroupSpareBlade Group

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Allocation • 43Creating a Blade Group1. From the main menu, click Blade Groups under Edit Groups. or In the Gr

Grid Center 4.1 Administrator’s Guide Figures • iiiFiguresFigure 1 Grid Center All-in-One Installer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44 • Allocation Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide3. You are prompted for confirmation before the Blade is removed from the group. 4. Click the S

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Allocation • 45choice is None. However, you can add or modify a Blade group and designate it as a Spare group,

Figure 24 Creating an I/Port Group 46 • Allocation Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideNote: I/Ports cannot be added to more that one group. Each I

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Allocation • 47You can create an essentially unlimited number of I/Port groups and leave them unpopulated if y

Figure 25 Allocation View 48 • Allocation Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideThe Resource Users lists show the existing allocations between I/Port

Figure 26 Adding a Shared Resource Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Allocation • 49Creating a Shared User MappingBefore creating a shared user

50 • Allocation Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide1. From the Allocation View, click the Add link.2. Select Dedicated Resource Users from the dro

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Switching and Sparing • 51Switching and SparingFigure 29 Switching View with Default Blade Group Selected The

Figure 30 Selected I/Port 52 • Switching and Sparing Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideWhen an I/Port or a Blade is selected, its information is

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Switching and Sparing • 53Switching an I/Port Switching an I/Port is possible only when the I/Port user has al

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54 • Switching and Sparing Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideSparing an I/Port The Administration Console also allows switching an I/Port to a sp

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Updates • 55UpdatesUpdating an I/Port Grid Center lets the administrator update software on I/Ports without ha

56 • Updates Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide2. Click the first Browse button to locate the update file. 3. Click the second Browse button to l

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Inventory and Health • 57Inventory and HealthViewing I/Port HealthHealth of individual I/Ports can be seen fro

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Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Inventory and Health • 59Viewing Blade Health Health of individual Blades can be seen from the Inventory and H

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Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Appendix A: Using Grid Center with e100 and Capio I/Ports • 61Appendix A: Using Grid Center with e100 and Capi

62 • Appendix A: Using Grid Center with e100 and Capio I/Ports Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideConsole SoftwareThe new I/Ports use the followin

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Appendix A: Using Grid Center with e100 and Capio I/Ports • 63With the Grid Center clients installed on the I/

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Introduction • 1IntroductionClearCube Grid Center 4.11ClearCube Grid Center™ 4.11 is a web-based application t

64 • Appendix A: Using Grid Center with e100 and Capio I/Ports Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideClient SoftwareGrid Center 4.11 maintains full c

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Appendix A: Using Grid Center with e100 and Capio I/Ports • 65The default administrator ID/ password on the Ne

66 • Appendix A: Using Grid Center with e100 and Capio I/Ports Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideNotesWhen re-imaging an Eon e100 XPe I/Port, the

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Contacting Support • 67Contacting SupportClearCubeIn the event you have any problems with your ClearCube softw

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Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Index • 69IndexAActiveState Perlinstalling 5, 12addingBlade group 43I/Port group 44I/Ports to a group 45Admini

70 • Index Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideSshared allocation 41spare allocation 41sparingI/Port 54supportActivePerl 67ClearCube 67switchingI/P

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2 • Introduction Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s GuideManagement Capabilities in Grid Center Grid Center provides several unique management capabili

Grid Center 4.11 Administrator’s Guide Introduction • 3dedicated processors. Usually, these users are already divided into groups with similar comput