Functions¶

List of Available Functions¶

Although customers can Create / Delete vSphere ESXi server (hereinafter, Server), the management of the server is carried out in the baremetal server menu.

Please note that some bare metal server menu functions are not available. (The difference from the baremetal server menu is described in the dedicated hypervisor common section)

Create Server¶

Functions			Overview
Server Details	Server Name		Customers can set the name of the server and the host name of the server.
	Overview		Customers can set the description of the server.
	Flavor		Customers can select the server from multiple specification flavors (type of server).
	Image	Official Image Template	Customers can select the vSphere ESXi image template designated by this menu and create the server.
	Hypervisor setting		About the User name/Locale setting/Security setting(Firewall and SSH), is set with a default value of this menu
Zone/Group			Customers can either specify the zone/group, to which the server belongs, or set it as random (Any Zone).
Access and Security	Administrator Password		Customers will be able to set a password for the root account.
Network	Select Logical Network		Customers can set up a logical network created in advance as a server. Customers should set minimum one Logical Network (Data Plane), and maximum upto four Logical Networks (two Data Plane and two Storage Plane). A maximum or 2 Logical Networks (data plane:1/storage plane:1) is set. The Logical Network to be connected to the Common Function Gateways, for which the customer had subscribed in advance, will be set automatically.
	Set IP Address		Customers can set the IP address for the server VMkernel interface.
Disk	Set Disk Partitioning	Disk partitioning	The default value of this menu is set.
		RAID level	Set the RAID level setting with the default value.
Meta Data			Customers can set server metadata when providing servers.

Delete Server¶

Functions			Overview
Delete server			Customers can select one or multiple Baremetal Server to delete.
Erase Data on Hard Disk			Once Customers delete the Server, internal data which they stored within the hard disk will be erased automatically.

Manage Server¶

Functions			Overview
Power Action			Customers can use Baremetal Server menu functions.
Remote Console Access (RCA)	SSL VPN		Customers can use Baremetal Server menu functions.
	Console Access		Customers can use Baremetal Server menu functions.
	IPMI		Customers can use Baremetal Server menu functions.
Server Details	Overview	Information/specifications/physical NIC port/OS setting	Customers can use Baremetal Server menu functions.
	Physical NIC Port	Port addition/setting change/deletion	Customer can use with the exception of some of the functions of the baremetal server menu.
Hypervisor information	Server list		Customer can list hypervisor name, type and template image name customer use in the same tenant.
	Overview	Information	Customer can confirm the hypervisor name and type.
		Image	Customer can confirm the template image name is used.
		Baremetal Server	Customer can see the baremetal server name that has been introduced in the vSphere ESXi Server.
UEFI			Customers can use Baremetal Server menu functions.
API			We provide API unique to this menu.

[1]	About the segment type, only the vlan type will be available. Flat type is not available.

Descriptions of Each Function¶

Create Server¶

Server Details¶

Server Name

Customers can set the server name created by the customer.

Customers can set a Server name via Customer Portal / API.
Customer can set server name from 1 to 63 characters.
Customers can set sever name which is also configured as OS hostmame of an Official Image Template.
Please note that the server name displayed in the Customer Portal will not be changed even if the customer changes the vSphere ESXi host name.

Server ID

ID given by this menu for each server unit.

Server ID is unique within a Region.
Customers cannot change server ID.
Server ID displayed on the Baremetal Server menu side and the server ID displayed on the Dedicated Hypervisor side are different.

(Please provide NTT Com with the server ID displayed on the Dedicated Hypervisor side in case of inquiries using tickets, etc.)

Entry rules

Items	Mode	Rules
Server Name	Customer Portal/API	Available characters: a-z A-Z 0-9 Character “-” cannot be used at the beginning and the ending of a sentence. Length of characters: 1-63 (byte)

Flavor

Customers can provision Baremetal Server by selecting a server from the list of Flavors via Customer Portal / API.

It is also possible to provision a mix of different flavors within a Tenant.
Configuration of each flavor is the same as the Baremetal Server menu flavors.

Please refer to the menu list for available flavors.

Images

Customer can choose a hypervisor to pre-install on the baremetal server.

Zone/Group

Customers can choose whether to accommodate server accommodation groups either in two groups or randomly.
For more details, please refer to the Service Description of Region/Zone/Group
<https://ecl.ntt.com/documents/service-descriptions/region_zone_group/region_zone_group.html>

Hypervisor setting¶

User name

The following items are set as the user name and user authority created when the server is created.

Items	Customer’s user	Service management user
User Name	root	ecl_admin
Permission	Admin	Admin

Warning

In addition, service management user is in charge of the management of the service. Setting change by the customer is prohibited.

Locale setting

Keyboard Sequence Settings are set as follows:

Items	Details
Keyboard Layout	English (US)

Security Settings

Security setting is as follows.

ESXi Shell

Items	Details
SSH Service	Started
Startup Policy	Start and stop with host

SSH

It is provided with the following settings.

Items	Details
SSH Service	Started
Startup Policy	Start and stop with host
Port	22
Protocol	2
Password Authentication	N
Public key Authentication	N
Keyboard Interactive Authentication	Y

Warning

The following setting is provided. This setting will be used by NTT Com for management purposes, so changes to this setting by customers are prohibited.

Detailed setting

With the above security settings, a warning will be displayed when using with vSphere Client etc. For this reason, we have hidden warning with the following setting change.

Items	Details
UserVars.SuppressShellWarning	1

Access and Security¶

Administrator Password

The password of the user to be created can be set as follows.

Items	Customer’s user	Service management user
User Name	root	ecl_admin
Password	Customers can set their optional values via Customer Portal / API. If no value is entered, a random value will be provided.	Password, which is randomly generated, will be given.

Warning

In addition, service management user is in charge of the management of the service. Setting change by the customer is prohibited.

Network setting¶

Based on the network setting designated by the customer, logical network ports are automatically created for data plane/storage plane physical NIC ports (2 ports each).
The network settings are all provided with physical redundant NIC port.
*In addition to the above, port settings for connecting to common function gateways are set automatically.

Logical Network setting

Customers can designate their own parameters for this setting, other than the setting to connect to Common Function Gateways.

However, the segment type can only be vlan for setting.

Logical Network	Plane	IP Address / Subnet	Default Gateways	Segmentation Types	Segmentation ID	VMkernel Interface Name
Common Function GW segment	DATA	Value designated in this menu	Value designated in this menu	vlan	3 [2]	vmk0
Logical Network 1	DATA	Value specified by Customers	Designated subnet resource value	vlan	Value specified by Customers	vmk1 - vmk4 It is set with either
Logical Network 1	DATA	Value specified by Customers	Above designated subnet resource value	vlan	Same as the above designated value	vmk1 - vmk4 It is set with either
Logical Network 2	Storage	Value specified by Customers	Designated subnet resource setting values	vlan	Value specified by Customers	vmk1 - vmk4 It is set with either
Logical Network 2	Storage	Value specified by Customers	Above designated subnet resource value	vlan	Same as the above designated value	vmk1 - vmk4 It is set with either

[2]	VLAN segment ID 3 is used by NTT Com, so customers cannot use it.

Note

Each data plane / storage plane of the logical network can only set one segment ID in the phase of creating servers.
Based on the network settings specified by the customer above, ports of Logical Network are automatically created for physical NIC ports (2 ports) of each plane and provided with communication redundancy of physical NIC ports secured. Will be
if the customer doesn’t specify the address, unused address of the customer-specified logical network (including subnet) will be set automatically. (If the address is given by the customer, the specified address is set.)

VMkernel Interface created by our company in the above is provided with the following setting value

VMkernel Interface Name	VMkernel Port Network label	vMotion	Fault Tolerance Logging	Management Traffic	iSCSI Port Binding	Virtual Switch Name
vmk0	ECL Admin Management Network	Disable	Disable	Disable	Disable	DATA Plane vSwitch
vmk1	User Network 1	Disable	Disable	Enable	Disable	Set to the virtual switch of the Plane to which the specified logical network belongs.
vmk2	User Network 2	Disable	Disable	Disable	Disable	Set to the virtual switch of the Plane to which the specified logical network belongs.
vmk3	User Network 3	Disable	Disable	Disable	Disable	Set to the virtual switch of the Plane to which the specified logical network belongs.
vmk4	User Network 4	Disable	Disable	Disable	Disable	Set to the virtual switch of the Plane to which the specified logical network belongs.

The failover setting of VMkernel Interface created by our company in the above is as follows

VMkernel Interface Name	NIC teaming policy	Failover order
vmk0	Identical to virtual switch policy	Identical to virtual switch policy
vmk1	Identical to virtual switch policy	Identical to virtual switch policy
vmk2	Identical to virtual switch policy	Identical to virtual switch policy
vmk3	Identical to virtual switch policy	Identical to virtual switch policy
vmk4	Identical to virtual switch policy	Identical to virtual switch policy

Warning

vmk0 is used for managing hypervisor, such as license management, by provider side.

Please do not change this interface setting.

** Standard virtual switch (vSphere Standard Switch) setting **

The Standard Switch is created for the data plane and for the storage plane and it is set to the physical NIC port of the baremetal server for each plane type in each of the Switches.

For the connection configuration of the server’s physical NIC port and the network switch port, please check the Service Description of the baremetal server menu.

Virtual Switch Name	NIC teaming policy				Failover order
	Load balancing	Failover Detection	Notification to switch	Failback
Data Plane vSwitch	Route based on source virtual port ID	Link state only	Yes	Yes	Active:vmnic0 Active:vmnic3
Storage Plane vSwitch	Route based on source virtual port ID	Link state only	Yes	Yes	Active:vmnic1 Active:vmnic2

Hard Disk Settings¶

Disk partitioning is installed according to the standard setting of vSphereESXI. (It is used in the system domain of ESXi, and the remaining volume is provided as data storage volume).

Meta Data¶

Customers can set the metadata of servers when they are provided in the form of key / value pairs.

Customers are noted that there are restrictions over parameters as below:

Items	Methods	Numbers	Unit
Maximum Number of Configurable Key/Value Pair	Customer Portal / API	128	Pairs
Maximum Letter Size of Configurable Key and Configurable Value Respectively	Customer Portal / API	255	byte

Delete Server¶

Server selection¶

Customers can select the server to delete from the Customer Portal/API.
Deletion cannot be made through operations on the Baremetal Server menu side.
If the deletion is made via the Customer Portal, a re-confirmation message will be displayed. However, please note that the re-confirmation will not be shown if the deletion is made via API.

Deletion of data within disk¶

Once Customers delete the Baremetal Server, internal data which they stored within hard disk will be erased automatically.

For more information, Please check the service manual of the baremetal server menu <https://ecl.ntt.com/documents/service-descriptions/baremetal-server/index.html>

Manage Server¶

Power Operations¶

Customers can operate the power for the server,

For more information, Please check the service manual of the baremetal server menu <https://ecl.ntt.com/documents/service-descriptions/baremetal-server/index.html>

Remote console access (RCA) ¶

Customers can access Baremetal Server IPMI via SSL VPN.

For more information, Please check the service manual of the baremetal server menu <https://ecl.ntt.com/documents/service-descriptions/baremetal-server/index.html>

Server Details¶

Customers can check detailed information on servers.

For more information, Please check the service manual of the baremetal server menu <https://ecl.ntt.com/documents/service-descriptions/baremetal-server/index.html>

Hypervisor information¶

Server List

Items	Details
Name	Displays the server name set by Customers.
Overview	Hypervisor description designated by the customer is displayed.
Hypervisor type	Hypervisor type is displayed. vsphere_esxi will be displayed in this menu.
Image	Used template image name is displayed.
Baremetal Server	Display the baremetal server name of the server.
Status	Displays the current status values of Baremetal Server. Values can be ACTIVE, BUILD, REBUILD, RESIZE, VERIFY_RESIZE, ERROR, DELETED.
Action	It can be implemented the deletion of the server for each server.

**2.Server Details: Information Overview

Items	Details
Name	Displays the server name set by Customers.
ID	Display the value of the server ID
Overview	Hypervisor description designated by the customer is displayed.
Hypervisor type	Hypervisor type is displayed. vsphere_esxi will be displayed in this menu.
Status	Displays the current status values of Baremetal Server. Values can be ACTIVE, BUILD, REBUILD, RESIZE, VERIFY_RESIZE, ERROR, DELETED.

** 3 Overview - Image **

Items	Details
Image	Used template image name is displayed.

** 4. Overview bare metal server **

Items	Details
Baremetal Server	Display the baremetal server name of the server.

Overview

Menu

Functions¶

List of Available Functions¶

Create Server¶

Delete Server¶

Manage Server¶

Descriptions of Each Function¶

Create Server¶

Server Details¶

Hypervisor setting¶

Access and Security¶

Network setting¶

Hard Disk Settings¶

Meta Data¶

Delete Server¶

Server selection¶

Deletion of data within disk¶

Manage Server¶

Power Operations¶

** Remote console access (RCA) **¶

Server Details¶

Hypervisor information¶

Remote console access (RCA) ¶