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Deploying Red Hat OpenStack Platform Virtual Infrastructure Manager
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Introduction to Red Hat OpenStack Virtual Infrastructure Manager
HPE Telco Blueprint logical architecture
About control plane
About compute plane
About storage plane
About hyper-converged infrastructure plane
Network plane
About VLAN and VxLAN configurations
HPE Telco Blueprint network diagram
Plan
HPE Telco Blueprints Mix-and-Match options
HPE Telco Blueprint validated combinations for starter kit
Management and data traffic
HPE Telco Blueprint validated combinations for expansion kit
HPE Telco Blueprint hardware components
HPE Telco Blueprint Starter Kit - Undercloud host
HPE Telco Blueprint Starter Kit - VIM Controller
HPE Telco Blueprint Starter Kit - Compute Node
HPE Telco Blueprint Starter Kit - Storage Node
HPE Telco Blueprint Starter Kit - Hyperconverged Infrastructure Node
HPE Telco Blueprint Expansion Kit - Compute Node
HPE Telco Blueprint Expansion Kit - Storage Node
HPE Telco Blueprint Expansion Kit - Hyperconverged Infrastructure Node
Management network combinations
Data network combinations
HPE Telco Blueprint software components
HPE Telco Blueprint firmware components
Deployment options recommendations
HPE Telco Blueprints Deployment options recommendations
Recommended CPU specifications
Recommended memory specifications
Recommended storage disks specifications
Recommended NIC specifications
Recommended switch specifications
Recommended cabling specifications
VNF workload placement for optimal performance
Red Hat Ceph recommendations
Prepare
HPE Telco Blueprint installation prerequisites
Technical skills and knowledge
Customer usage documentation
Checklist: Verifying the installation requirements
Generating input JSON using HPE Telco Infrastructure Configuration Generator
Sample input JSON
Hardware initialization and configuration
Physical cabling using Port map
Configuring ILO-OOBM VLAN in the customer infrastructure switch
Configuring CAN and OAM VLAN in the customer infrastructure switch
Configuring switches
Manually configuring FlexFabric 5900 (Management) switch
Manually configuring HPE FlexFabric 5950 (Data) switches
Installing Cumulus Linux NOS and license on ONIE switches
Manual switch uplink configuration
Manually configuring data switch for the starter and expansion kits
Establishing connectivity between starter kit and expansion kit switch with customer network switch
Example VxLAN tunnel configuration for starter kit with compute expansion kit
HPE 3PAR Disk Enclosure Expansion
Deploy
NFV Platform Software Toolkit
HPE Telco Blueprint installation sequence
Software installation and configuration using NPS toolkit
Downloading artifacts from the My HPE Software Center
Deploying NPS toolkit VM
Installing NPS toolkit Web API server and Redis containers in NPS toolkit VM
Download and configure RHOSP repository
Uploading input JSON file
Deploying switch configuration
Applying switch configuration for expansion kit
Enabling iLO DHCP service
Assigning DHCP IP addresses to iLO servers in case of third-party switches
Hardware precheck
Default hardware precheck profiles
Validating a single server or list of servers or all the servers with the provided hardware precheck profile
Validating range of servers with the provided hardware precheck profile
Validating servers based on role with the provided hardware precheck profile
Performing the hardware preparation
Preparing the hardware
Applying BIOS settings on servers
Applying RAID settings on servers
Applying NIC settings on servers
Applying SNMP settings on servers
Deploying Image Service
Installing image service
Configuring Image service
VIM autodeployment
Autodeploy VIM Undercloud
VIM Overcloud deployment with Ceph
Autodeploying VIM Overcloud with HPE 3PAR
Verifying the post cloud deployment
Manage
Management procedures
Backing up and restoring VIM Undercloud
Shutting down VIM nodes, switches, and rack
Starting up rack, switches, and VIM nodes
Performing sanity check of all hardware
Troubleshoot
Troubleshooting blueprint deployment issues
Image service installation fails
Installation status is
Not done
Installation status is
Failed
Hardware configuration failure
Kubernetes pods in completed or error state
Node introspection fails with
clean failed
message
Operations failure on HPE 3PAR volumes
Overcloud installation fails
Overcloud update fails
Red screen error on iLO console due to bad OS boot entry
Undercloud installation fails
Rectifying Undercloud uninstall failures
Switch automation status shows Failed
install_nps.sh
script failure
Unable to access pods going to pending state
Executing an NPS CLI command fails
Improper nodes registration
Rectifying an incorrect user input in the JSON file
NPS VM does not start up if NPS host is rebooted
Failures during artifacts creation
Reference
Generic RHOSP configurations
Red Hat Subscription management
Unregistering Red Hat Subscription
Retrieving Pool ID from Red Hat OpenStack Subscription
Manual NPS toolkit deployment and other configurations
Specifications of NPS Toolkit Virtual Machine
Modifying default credentials for NPS toolkit Web API server
Configuring Internet connectivity on NPS toolkit VM
Sample Input JSON files
Generating an input JSON using the TICG for Addon Kits
Generating an input JSON for Addon servers
Generating an input JSON for Addon switches
Generating an input JSON for Addon servers and switches
Input JSON file configuration
Infrastructure parameters for input JSON
Networking parameters for input JSON
Platform management parameters for input JSON
Compute Node parameters for input JSON
External Storage parameters for input JSON
Manual installation of individual NPS toolkit components
Manually configuring RHEL repositories and installing dependant packages
Installing Kubernetes manually
Manually installing and configuring Kubernetes cluster
Parameter descriptions in
source_input.rc
file
Parameter descriptions in
input.yaml
file
Audit Log
Server configurations
Generating self-signed SSL certificates for NPS toolkit Web API server
Calculation of OVS-DPDK parameters
Calculation of reserved host memory and CPU allocation ratio for HCI servers
Assigning static iLO-OOBM IP addresses to all the servers
Assigning static iLO IP address to HPE ProLiant DL or HPE Synergy servers
Assigning static iLO IP address to m510 server cartridges in HPE EL4000 Edgeline System
HPE Synergy compute addition
HPE Synergy First Time Setup
HPE Synergy console - First time setup
HPE Synergy configuration settings
Mellanox SH2200 Switch Module for HPE Synergy configuration
Adding and scaling up a HPE Synergy compute
Creating a custom hardware precheck profile
Sample hardware precheck profile
Hardware pre-check profile format
Switch profile customization
Creating customized switch profile
Manual switch configurations
Removing servers and switches
Manually configuring Cumulus NOS 6900 (Management) ONIE switch
Manually configuring ONIE (Cumulus NOS) HPE 6960 (Data) switches
Sample switch configurations
Sample Configuration for Mellanox (HPE StoreFabric SN2100M) Switches
Starter kit sample configuration
Expansion Kit sample configuration for HPE FlexFabric 5950 data switches
Hardware profiles
Default hardware profiles
BIOS settings for hardware profiles
NIC based settings for hardware profiles
Creating a custom hardware profile
Sample hardware profile
Hardware profile format
Allowed Redfish key and values of NIC settings based on server model
Allowed Location, Instance, port number and values for network boot settings based on server model
Allowed values of DeviceType in the structured boot string
Allowed values of Location in the structured boot string
Allowed values of Qualifier in the structured boot string
Examples of structured boot strings
BIOS parameters validation
RAID settings validation
NIC settings validation
SNMP configuration
Manual VIM deployment
Installing VIM Undercloud
Installing VIM Overcloud
Adding a compute or storage node
Websites, Support, and other resources
Websites
Support and other resources
Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support
Accessing updates
Remote support
Warranty information
Regulatory information
Documentation feedback
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