Servers

The information on the Servers tab shows all the servers that are part of your installation.

An indicator near the name of a server shows whether a specific server is reachable (green light) or unreachable (red light). The Servers page provides the following activities:

Prior to adding a new server, make sure you have installed the PortaSwitch software on it using the provided PortaSwitch installation ISO files.

To add a new server, click the Add button in the toolbar and fill in the information about this server:

• Name – type in the new server’s name. To avoid confusing the system, do not use a name that begins with "porta-".
• Cluster node name – this is the internal name for a server that’s part of a cluster. By default, it equals the name of the server. You can only define it when adding the server.
• IP address – when adding a server to the installation on this page, an IP is specified. This IP is automatically considered internal, so it (and its NIC) becomes read-only in the Network configuration UI.
• Select the site where the server is located, a time zone in which this server is operating, and its description.

You can also add a newly installed server to the list using auto-detection:

• Click the Scan for servers button on the Servers tab.
• The dialog automatically shows you the internal network that is already configured on the PortaSwitch servers. Click on the corresponding checkbox near the network to select it and then click Scan.

  
  

  If you need to scan an additional network, click Add network before scanning and specify its IP address.
• Once the new servers of the network are automatically detected by the Configuration server, they are displayed in the Found PortaSwitch servers dialog and show their IP address, name (server hostname), and installed software version (server version).

  To add a specific server to the list on the Servers tab, mark the corresponding checkbox and click Save.

  

The selected servers will be automatically added to the server list in standby mode. You can later check the server details and specify the node, site, and time zone.

To edit an existing server’s attributes, double-click on the row that has the server you want to modify.

When clicking the   Server Information button, an additional block opens. This block contains several tabs with different server properties. You can switch between these tabs to access the corresponding information.

The System tab displays basic hardware and software information about the selected server:

The Network tab shows all the IP addresses configured for the selected server.

They are grouped by network interface. The following columns are shown:

• IP Address
• Cluster IP address (specifies if this IP address is dedicated to a cluster)

To change either the IP address and/or the subnet mask, just double-click on the specific list element. Edit the parameters in the pop-up window and then press OK.

The Add   button in the toolbar allows you to add a new IP address to a network interface (only those network interfaces that do not have an internal IP address are available) or to add virtual interfaces.

To add and/or modify static routes for a specific server, click the   Static routes icon.

To add a new static route, click the Add   button and select the route type (IPv4, IPv6). Specify the required parameters in the pop-up window and click Save.

To change the parameters later on, double-click on the row of the static route you wish to modify.

The Network page provides the following:

Using the Services tab you can control the services that are located on the selected server.

The Services tab provides the following activities:

Services are grouped by instances created on the server. The top Common group contains general services.

The RPMs tab displays RPM packages installed on the selected server.