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VMware-to-ZStack Case Collection
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Bare Metal Instance
New Bare Metal Instance
Procedure
- In the navigation pane, choose .
- Select the target bare metal chassis.
- On the bare metal chassis details page, click .
- In the New Bare Metal Instance dialog, set the following parameters to complete the basic information:
- Name: Set a name for the bare metal instance.
- Description: Optional. Enter a description.
- Bare Metal Chassis: Displays the bare metal chassis.
- Platform: Only Linux is supported.
- Image: Select an image for installing the OS.
Note: - ISO format only.
- You need to upload the image to the standalone image storage in advance.
- Supports both custom platform OS and mainstream Linux distributions, including RHEL/CentOS series, Debian/Ubuntu series, and SUSE/openSUSE series.
- Bare Metal Template: Select a bare metal template to quickly generate pre-configured files for unattended batch OS installation. For more information, see Bare Metal Template.
- Auto Overwrite Data: Choose whether to enable automatic data overwrite.Note:
- When enabled, the original data will be automatically overwritten when bare metal instances are deployed.
- Otherwise, the installation of operating systems may pause. You need to access the console to manually configure disks.
- Click Next.
- Set the following parameters to complete system and network configurations:
You can configure system and network information for bare metal instances either individually or in batches.
- Operating System: Displays the selected OS.
- Username: Set a username. For batch configuration, default username is root.
- Password: Set a password.
- Network Device: Configure a business network for the bare metal instance.
- Device Type: Choose NIC or NIC Bond.
- NIC Bond Name: Set a name for the NIC bond, when selecting NIC bond as the device type.
- NIC Bond Type: Select bond mode when selecting NIC bond as the device type. Options include Mode 1 (Active-Backup) and Mode 4 (LACP).
- NIC: Select an NIC.
- Distributed Port Group: Select a distributed port group.
- Review the configuration and click OK.
Bare Metal Instance Status Management
Bare metal instances have the following state and deployment status:
| State | Deployment Status |
|---|---|
State includes:
| Deployment status includes:
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Delete a Bare Metal Instance
Prerequisites
(Optional) The platform provides deletion protection for bare metal instances. You can define how resources are deleted by customizing the deletion policy in system parameters. By default, the platform adopts a never delete policy for bare metal instances. Deleted resources are first moved to the recycle bin and retained until you manually expunge them. For more information, see System Parameters.
Procedure
- In the navigation pane, choose .
- Select the target bare metal instance.
- On the bare metal instance details page, click . To delete multiple bare metal instances at once, go to the Bare Metal Management tab of the data center details page. Select the bare metal instances that you want to delete, then click .The delete button label changes based on the Bare Metal Instance Deletion Policy. When the deletion policy is set to immediate deletion, the button appears as "Delete". When the deletion policy is set to never delete, the button appears as "Move to Recycle Bin".
- In the confirmation dialog, acknowledge the risk and click OK.
Results
Deleting a bare metal instance also powers off related bare metal chassis, which might affect your business continuity. Proceed with caution.Next Chapter: Glossary