
	Control node and switch setup
	Installing Red Hat ELAS on the control node(s)
	Configuring storage
	Installing and upgrading Cassatt Active Response
	Adding networks and switches to Cassatt Active Response
	Adding application nodes
	Adding Applications

know-how:

Implementation Worksheet: Data Center Edition, Premium Edition

This worksheet is designed to help you gather the values and information you'll need to implement a Cassatt Active Response environment for utility computing. I listed each document you might use, and each value you'll need as you follow the document. Next to each value I noted the planning document that will help you determine the right value for your implementation.

Although I put the tasks in roughly the order you'll do them, you may do them in a slightly different order, and you might not need all of the documents I listed.

You can print this document if you want to record your values and make notes as you work through the installation.

Control node and switch setup

Use this document if you are installing Premium Edition (which uses a single control node), regardless of vendor:
Control Node Setup: Single Server (All)

Use one of these documents if you are installing Data Center Edition with two control nodes:
Control Node Setup: Dual Servers (Dell/HP)
Control Node Setup: Dual Servers (IBM)

Item	Your Value(s)	Background or planning document
VLAN architecture, if using Virtualization Manager (Data Center Edition only)		Understanding Cassatt Active Response Network Manager
Static IP address(es) for gateway(s)		Network Addresses: Calculating Requirements
IP address: control node 1 Power controller* IP address: control node 2 Power controller*
Netmask

* Dual control nodes only

Installing Red Hat ELAS on the control node(s)

The Red Hat ELAS installation calls for the values in the following table. A few values used in setting up control node hardware are used again when installing Red Hat ELAS; those values are not repeated in this section.

Control Node: Installing Red Hat ELAS

Item	Your Value(s)	Background or planning document
Control node IP addresses (1 or 2)		Network Addresses: Calculating Requirements
Fully qualified domain name (1 or 2)		N/A
DNS server IP address
Root password

Configuring storage

Use the following table to record shared storage information.

Control Node: Configuring Storage Access

Item

Your Value(s)

Background or planning document

Storage solution and disk space requirements for /cassatt

Understanding Storage Hardware Options

Understanding Storage Management in Cassatt Active Response

Storage Space: Calculating Requirements

Installing Cassatt Active Response

Several values used in setting up control node hardware are used again when installing Cassatt Active Response; those values become the defaults during installation and are not repeated in this section.

Control Node: Installing Cassatt Active Response

Item	Your Value(s)	Background or planning document
User authentication mechanism and accounts		User Authentication and Management
Control node and application node hardware vendor and power controller type		Understanding Hardware: What Works Best with Cassatt Active Response Understanding Automation: Power Management for Application Nodes
Control node host name		N/A
Control node VIP*		Network Addresses: Calculating Requirements
Shared storage mount point		Control Node: Configuring Storage Access
NAS only: NFS server IP; export path from the NAS		N/A
Power controller login names and passwords (for each type of power controller in control nodes and application nodes)		N/A
Firewall rules on/off		N/A
Automatic discovery on/off		Understanding Automation: Node Discovery, Inventory, and Quarantine
Virtual nodes only: ESX?		Understanding Cassatt Active Response Virtualization Manager
DHCP range: First available IP Last available IP		Network Addresses: Calculating Requirements
SMTP mail server host name Port number Username Password		N/A
JMX monitoring port RMI port		N/A
SNMP port Agent version Read community Write community Update interval		N/A

* Dual control nodes only

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Adding networks and switches to Cassatt Active Response (Data Center Edition only)

Adding networks and switches to Cassatt Active Response allows you to take advantage of the Network Manager for applications that have networking requirements beyond a single, flat network. For more information, read Understanding Cassatt Active Response Network Manager.

Adding networks and switches to Cassatt Active Response is a simple process in the Cassatt Active Response Controller; you will need the information in the following tables for each network and switch Cassatt Active Response will manage.

Networks

Item	Your Value(s)	Background or planning document
Network address		Network Addresses: Calculating Requirements
Netmask
Gateway IP address (if needed)
VLAN number

Switches

Item	Your Value(s)	Background or planning document
Switch type		N/A
Connection type
Connection information: Hostname or IP Address Port Number Login Password Device Prompt (if needed for the connection type)

Adding application nodes

Several values used in setting up control node hardware and installing Cassatt Active Response are used again when in this section; those values are not repeated in this section.
Application Node Setup: Dell
Application Node Setup: HP
Application Node Setup: IBM
Application Node Setup: Nodes That Use External Power Controllers
External Power Controllers: Configuration and Setup
Application Node Setup: Virtual Power Controllers

IBM BladeCenters only:

Item	Your Value(s)	Background or planning document
BCMM and BladeCenter switch IP addresses		Network Addresses: Calculating Requirements
BladeCenter switch host name		N/A

External power controllers only:

Item	Your Value(s)	Background or planning document
External power controller static IP address		Network Addresses: Calculating Requirements
Gateway IP address
Netmask
SNMP username and authentication phrase or SNMP write community		External Power Controllers: Configuration and Setup

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Adding applications

Understanding Blueprints for Deploying Applications

For each image you are deploying, you'll need most of the values from the following three tables. The actual values you'll need depend on your image type: Cassatt Active Response collects slightly different information, and in a slightly different order, based on the operating system and whether the application is a Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM).

Image capture

Item	Your Value(s)	Background or planning document
Image name		N/A
Image version
Image type (linux, vmhost, windows, solaris)
IP address of the image host
Root password for the image host
Description of image
Requires personalization		Understanding Image Creation and Capture
Instance-specific directories
Custom attributes
Hardware architecture (ia32, sparc)
Hardware requirements: Min/max CPU speed Min/max CPUs/node Min/max RAM Min/max NICs HBA/HBA key Local disk (y/n) Min/max local disk size Swap space Temp space (y/n)
Local installation		Alternative to NFS: Image on Local Disk
System timeout		Understanding Image Creation and Capture
OS name		N/A
OS version		N/A
OS monitoring: SNMP (y/n) SNMP port Read community SNMP timeout SNMP collection interval SNMP retry count Ping (y/n) Ping timeout Ping collection interval Ping retry count Script (y/n) Script pathname Script timeout Script collection interval Script retry count		Understanding Monitoring Collectors

Use a copy of the next table for each application that you want to monitor.

Item	Your Value(s)	Background or planning document
Application name		N/A
Application version
Application description
Application monitoring: SNMP (y/n) SNMP port Read community SNMP timeout SNMP collection interval SNMP retry count HTTP (y/n) HTTPS (y/n) HTTP port HTTP path HTTP timeout HTTP collection interval HTTP retry count Script (y/n) Script pathname Script timeout Script collection interval Script retry count JMX (y/n) JMX user name JMX password JMX listen port JMX classpath JMX timeout JMX collection interval JMX retry count		Understanding Monitoring Collectors

Tier creation

Several values are prepopulated from those you entered during image capture. You can change the values during tier creation when the tier requirements differ from those captured for the image, so those items are repeated in this table.

Item	Your Value(s)	Background or planning document
Name		N/A
Description
Image
Email alerts on/off Email address Email on tier critical Email on tier warning		Understanding Tier Configuration and Personalization
Reboot on failure (y/n)
Auto move to maintenance pool
Priority
Node harvesting on/off
Operational target
Minimum nodes
Maximum nodes
Hardware requirements: Architecture Min/max CPU speed Min/max CPUs Min/max RAM Min/max NICs IP multipathing Min local disk size HBA/HBA key
Custom attributes
Tier depends on another tier

Use a copy of the next table for each network the tier requires (Data Center Edition only).

Item	Your Value(s)	Background or planning document
Network Dedicated (y/n) (secondary networks only)		Understanding Cassatt Active Response Network Manager Network Addresses: Calculating Requirements
IP assignment: System assigned Manual (list reserved)		N/A
Host names: System assigned Prefix Individual (list)		N/A

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