CEE Library Overview
Cloud Execution Environment

Contents

1Introduction
1.1Product Numbers
1.2Library Distribution and Access
1.3Library Access
1.4Library Structure
1.5Document Types
1.6Related Information

2

Cloud Execution Environment Library
2.1Safety and Environment
2.2Library Overview
2.3Product Overview
2.4Planning
2.5Installation
2.6Initial Configuration
2.7Operation and Maintenance
2.8Emergency
2.9Interface

1   Introduction

This Library Overview presents the information available for Cloud Execution Environment (CEE).

1.1   Product Numbers

The product numbers and delivery information is provided in Table 1.

Table 1    Product Numbers

Product Name

Product Number

Library

CEE R6 R5A

AZE 102 01/5 R5A

EN/LZN 792 0001/8 R5A

1.2   Library Distribution and Access

CPI libraries are distributed as follows:

1.3   Library Access

For information on how to access the library, refer to How to Get Started with Active Library Explorer.

1.4   Library Structure

The library consists of documents grouped into the following main folders:

1.5   Document Types

The documents are grouped into the following three types:

1.6   Related Information

Trademark information, typographic conventions, definition, and explanation of acronyms and terminology used in this library, refer to the following documents:

2   Cloud Execution Environment Library

This section describes the library contents for CEE.

2.1   Safety and Environment

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 2. These documents are intended for personnel who work with Ericsson products.

Table 2    Safety and Environment

Title

Description

Type

Personal Health and Safety Information

 

Information important for health and safety in the workplace and in the external environment.

Descriptive, Operative

System Safety Information

 

Information important for product safety.

Descriptive, Operative

2.2   Library Overview

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 3. These documents are intended for all personnel involved in work related to any aspect of the product.

Table 3    Library Overview

Title

Description

Type

CEE Library Overview

 

Overview of the library.

Reference

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

 

Explanations of all terms, abbreviations, and acronyms that occur in the library.

Reference

Trademark Information

 

Trademark information used in the library.

Reference

Typographic Conventions

 

Typographic conventions used in the library.

Reference

How to Get Started with Active Library Explorer

 

Introduction to the use of Active Library Explorer to read Ericsson CPI.

Reference

2.3   Product Overview

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 4. These documents are intended as an introduction for all personnel who want to learn more about the product.

Table 4    Product Overview

Title

Description

Type

CEE Technical Description

 

This document is a technical description of the product.

Descriptive

Atlas Overview

 

This document describes the CEE management system Atlas. For detailed information about using the Atlas Dashboard, refer to Atlas Dashboard Administrator User Guide and Atlas Dashboard End User Guide.

Descriptive

Free and Open Source Software

 

This document contains notices and license documentation related to the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) that is included in CEE.

Descriptive

CEE R6 License Package List

 

This document contains the 3PP license packages used by Mirantis OpenStack v9.0.

Descriptive

2.4   Planning

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 5. These documents are intended for personnel responsible for planning, implementation, and product handling.

Table 5    Planning

Title

Description

Type

CEE R6 Network Impact Report

 

This document describes the changes within current release of CEE R6 compared to CEE 16A and the operator's overall network, including all affected products and functions.

Descriptive

Multi-Server System Dimensioning Guide, CEE R6

 

This document describes the generic HW requirements and characteristics and dimensioning of CEE. This document is valid for multi-server configuration.

Descriptive

HP System Dimensioning Guide, CEE R6

 

This document describes CEE HW requirements and characteristics and dimensioning of CEE. This document is valid for HP platform.

Descriptive

BSP System Dimensioning Guide, CEE R6

 

This document describes CEE HW requirements and characteristics and dimensioning of CEE. This document is valid for Blade Server Platform (BSP) platform.

Descriptive

Single Server System Dimensioning Guide, CEE R6

 

This document describes CEE HW requirements and characteristics and dimensioning of CEE. This document is valid for single server deployment.

Descriptive

Customer Acceptance Test Object List

 

This document contains the list of test cases described in Customer Acceptance Test Specification and summarizes the results of the customer acceptance test.

Operative

Customer Acceptance Test Specification

 

This document provides cases to execute a customer acceptance test of the functionality of CEE 16A.

Operative

2.5   Installation

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 6. These documents are intended for personnel performing hardware installation, software installation, and configuration.

Table 6    Installation

Title

Description

Type

Common CEE Installation Documents

   

CEE Installation

 

This document describes the complete procedure for deploying a CEE region.

Operative

Preparation of Kickstart Server

 

This document describes the preparation of the installation laptop that is used for the CEE SW installation process.

Operative

SW Installation in Single Server Deployment

 

This document describes procedures for installing the SW in a CEE region. This document is valid for single server deployment.

Operative

SW Installation in Multi-Server Deployment

 

This document describes procedures for installing the SW in a CEE region. This document is valid for multi-server deployment.

Operative

Dell Installation

   

Dell PowerEdge R630 HW Installation

 

This document describes procedures for installing Dell PowerEdge R630 for CEE.

Operative

Dell PowerEdge R630 Server Configuration

 

This document describes procedures for configuring Dell PowerEdge R630 server for CEE.

Operative

Dell PowerEdge R630 Server BIOS Configuration for CEE

 

This document describes procedures for configuring BIOS settings for a newly inserted Dell PowerEdge R630 server in CEE.

Operative

HP Installation

   

HP c7000 HW Installation

 

This document describes procedures for installing HP c7000 HW for CEE.

Operative

HP c7000 Configuration

 

This document describes procedures for configuring HP BladeSystem c7000 to be used in CEE.

Operative

HP c7000 Server BIOS Configuration

 

This document describes procedures for configuring the blade BIOS settings for a newly inserted blade in an 1.1 HP c7000 based CEE.

Operative

Extreme X670V Configuration

 

This document describes procedures for installing Extreme X670V Switches to be used as Traffic and Storage Switches.

Operative

Extreme X770 Configuration

 

This document describes procedures for installing Extreme X770 Switches to be used as Traffic and Storage Switches.

Operative

Extreme x460 Configuration

 

This document describes procedures for installing Extreme X460 Switches to be used as Control Switches.

Operative

VNX5400 SW Installation

 

This document describes the software installation of a VNX® 5400 model with VNX for Block (SAN) storage on CEE.

Operative

Atlas Installation

   

Atlas SW Installation

 

This document describes procedures for installing Atlas. Atlas is a cloud management tool, based on the OpenStack Dashboard, and delivered as a part of CEE.

Operative

2.6   Initial Configuration

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 7. These documents are intended for personnel performing SW installation and initial configuration.

Table 7    Initial Configuration

Title

Description

Type

Configuration File Guide

 

This document describes the configuration file changes to be made when installing CEE.

Operative, Descriptive

Fuel Plugin Configuration Guide

 

This document describes the different Fuel plugins available for the Cloud Execution Environment (CEE), and the mandatory Fuel plugins for a supported CEE configuration.

Operative, Descriptive

2.7   Operation and Maintenance

Documents within this area are listed in the subsections below. These documents are intended as an introduction for personnel involved in any operation and maintenance activity.

Table 8    Operation and Maintenance

Title

Description

Type

CEE Connectivity User Guide

 

This document provides an overview of the available interfaces in CEE, and instructions on how to connect to these. The document covers the interfaces from both a CEE user and CEE administrator point of view

Descriptive, Operative

2.7.1   Fault Management

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 9. These documents are intended for personnel performing fault handling, alarm handling, and troubleshooting.

Table 9    Fault Management

Title

Description

Type

Data Collection Guideline

 

This document provides step-by-step instructions required during data collecting activities.

Descriptive, Operative

2.7.1.1   Alarms

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 10. These documents are intended for personnel performing alarm handling.

Table 10    Alarms

Title

Description

Type

Bandwidth Overallocated due to Race Condition

 

The alarm is issued by the Managed Object (MO) Node when the periodic algorithm detects that the bandwidth requirement for the virtual machines (VMs) running on the node exceeds the available bandwidth.

Operative, Descriptive

Centralized Storage Alert

 

This alert is issued when an alert happens in Centralized Storage Array during running of CEE.

Operative, Descriptive

CIC Failed

 

This alarm is issued when the periodic supervision algorithm detects that one of the three Cloud Infrastructure Controllers (CICs) has failed the availability test three consecutive times, and, after that, remains unavailable for more than five minutes.

Operative, Descriptive

CIC Restarted

 

This alert is issued in the following situations:


  • The periodic supervision algorithm detects that one of the CICs has failed the availability test three consecutive times, and, following that, it passes the test and becomes available again.

  • A previously unknown CIC passes the availability test for the first time.

Operative, Descriptive

Complete CIC Service Restarted

 

This alert is issued for a Region by the Managed Object (MO) CtrlDomain when the periodic uptime measurements show that the uptime for all three CICs has decreased, which means that all CICs have been simultaneously unavailable.

Operative, Descriptive

Compute Host Failed

 

This alarm is issued by the MO ComputeHost when the periodic supervision algorithm detects that the Compute Host has failed the availability test three consecutive times, and, after that, remains unavailable for more than five minutes.

Operative, Descriptive

Compute Host Restarted

 

This alert is issued in the following situations:


  • The periodic supervision algorithm detects that one of the Compute Hosts has failed the availability test three consecutive times, and, following that, it passes the test and becomes available again.

  • A previously unknown Compute Host passes the availability test for the first time.

Operative, Descriptive

Core Dump Generated

 

This alarm is issued when a process fails. This alarm is generated when the memory content of the failed process is saved in a core dump. When the Linux kernel fails, the dump is called a crash dump.

Operative, Descriptive

Ethernet Port Aggregator Fault

 

This alarm is issued when the connection to the affected network is lost on both Ethernet ports.

Operative, Descriptive

Ethernet Port Fault

 

This alarm is issued when a network port on a server blade loses connectivity with the related network. The alarm remains active as long as the connectivity is missing. It is possible that the underlying fault requires site visit.

Operative, Descriptive

Ethernet Switch Port Fault

 

This alarm is issued by the MO EthernetPort when the connectivity is lost on an Ethernet switch in the "Top of Rack" switch.

Operative, Descriptive

Expiring Certificate

 

This alarm is issued by the MO CtrlDomain when the Certification Authority (CA) certificate is about to expire.

Operative, Descriptive

Fan Failure

 

This alarm is issued by the MO Fan when malfunction occurs in one or more cooling fans in the "Top of Rack" switch.

Operative, Descriptive

Fencing Failed

 

The alarm is issued by the MO Node when the periodic supervision algorithm detects that the compute host has failed the availability test three consecutive times, and fence_compute_before_evacuation was set to true (meaning that the compute will be fenced down), but fencing was not successful.

Operative, Descriptive

Fuel Failed

 

This alarm is issued when the periodic supervision algorithm detects that the Fuel host has failed the availability test three consecutive times, and, following that, remains unavailable for at least five minutes.

Operative, Descriptive

Fuel Restarted

 

The alert is issued in the following situations:


  • The periodic supervision algorithm detects that the Fuel host has failed the availability test at least three consecutive times, and, following that, it passes the test and becomes available again.

  • A previously unknown Fuel host passes the availability test for the first time.

Operative, Descriptive

High CPU Load

 

This alarm is issued by the MO ServerBlade when the load on the CPU is high.

Operative, Descriptive

High Local Disk Utilization

 

This alarm is issued by the MO ServerBlade when the local disk utilization is high.

Operative, Descriptive

High Memory Utilization

 

This alarm is issued by the MO ServerBlade when the memory utilization is high and exceeds a set threshold level.

Operative, Descriptive

NTP Authentication Failure

This alarm is issued when NTP Authentication Failure occurs. Network Time Protocol (NTP) service on Controller is not able to communicate with one of the upstream NTP servers according to authentication failure.

Operative, Descriptive

NTP Stratum Level Failure

This alarm is issued when NTP Stratum Level Failure occurs. That is, NTP stratum level on any of the CICs are lower or equal to any of the stratum levels on the upstream NTP servers.

Operative, Descriptive

NTP Upstream Server Failure

This alarm is issued when NTP Upstream Server Failure occurs. Upstream failure means that NTP client on CIC hosts cannot reach one of the upstream servers in the NTP server list.

Operative, Descriptive

Power Supply Failure

 

This alarm is issued by the MO PowerSupply when one or more power supplies fail in the "Top of Rack" switch.

Operative, Descriptive

Service Stopped

 

This alert is issued when a service operating at a host is stopped.

Operative, Descriptive

Service Permanently Stopped

 

This alarm is issued if a service operating at a vCIC or Compute node is stopped permanently.

Operative, Descriptive

VM Evacuation Failed

 

This alarm is issued for a Virtual Machine (VM) in the following situations:


  • The automatic evacuation of the VM has failed.

  • The evacuation of the VM is not allowed due to the evacuation policy of the VM.

Operative, Descriptive

VM Unavailable

 

This alarm is issued for a VM when the evacuation of the VM starts. The evacuation is triggered, and the alarm is issued, for all VMs that are hosted on the Compute Host that fails the periodical availability test three consecutive times.

Operative, Descriptive

VMs Restarted due to vSwitch Restart

 

This alert is issued when the VMs are restarted after a virtual Switch (vSwitch) failure in CEE. The alarm is issued by the MO Instance VM.

Operative, Descriptive

2.7.2   Configuration Management

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 11. These documents are intended for personnel performing configuration and fine-tuning. They are also intended for personnel performing provisioning.

Table 11    Configuration Management

Title

Description

Type

Atlas Dashboard End User Guide

 

This document describes the Ericsson Atlas Dashboard modifications, compared to the OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon). It also adds examples on features not described in the community user guide.

Operative, Descriptive

OpenStack End User Guide

 

This document is a user guide for OpenStack end users.

Operative, Descriptive

Atlas Dashboard Administrator User Guide

 

This document describes the Ericsson Atlas Dashboard modifications, compared to the OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon). It also adds examples on features not described in the community user guide.

Operative, Descriptive

OpenStack Administrator Guide

 

This document is a user guide for OpenStack administrators.

Operative, Descriptive

Atlas Multi-Region Configuration User Guide

 

This document describes procedures for enabling multiple CEE regions in Atlas.

Operative

Atlas On Demand Use

 

This document describes procedures for disabling Atlas in a single server CEE installation.

Operative, Descriptive

EMC ScaleIO Version 2.0.x User Guide

 

This document is a user guide for the EMC2 ScaleIO storage solution

Operative, Descriptive

External Networking Connectivity for CEE Tenants in HP and Dell Multi-Server Deployment

 

This document describes procedures for configuring tenant external Border Gateways (BGWs) and Firewall (FW) connections to the CEE Region, in multi-server deployment.

Operative, Descriptive

External Networking Connectivity for CEE Tenants in Single Server Deployment

 

This document describes procedures for configuring tenant external Border Gateways (BGWs) and Firewall (FW) connections to the CEE Region, in single server deployment.

Operative, Descriptive

External Networking Connectivity for CEE Tenants in BSP Deployment

 

This document describes procedures for configuring tenant external Border Gateways (BGWs) and Firewall (FW) connections to the CEE Region, in BSP deployment.

Operative, Descriptive

Fault Management Configuration Guide

 

This document describes procedures for configuring the Watchmen Fault Management in CEE.

Operative, Descriptive

Runtime Configuration Guide

 

This document describes procedures configuring or reconfiguring settings in a running CEE.

Operative, Descriptive

Swift Store on VNX Activation

 

This document describes how to activate the feature Swift store on VNX and move the location of the Swift store from the local disks to the centralized storage (EMC VNX).

Operative

Swift Store on VNX Expansion

 

This document describes how to expand the existing Swift store on the VNX.

Operative

Swift Store on ScaleIO Activation

 

This document describes how to activate the feature Swift store on ScaleIO and move the location of the Swift store from the local disks to the distributed storage (EMC ScaleIO).

Operative

Swift Store on ScaleIO Expansion

 

This document describes how to expand the existing Swift store on ScaleIO.

Operative

vFuel On Demand Use

 

This document describes procedures for disabling/enabling vFuel on a Single Server environment.

Operative, Descriptive

2.7.3   Security Management

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 12. These documents are intended for personnel performing security tasks, including supervision and user administration. They are also intended for personnel performing hardening of the product.

Table 12    Security Management

Title

Description

Type

Security User Guide

 

This document describes Security Management for the supported security services in CEE.

Operative, Descriptive

EMC ScaleIO Version 2.0.x Security Configuration Guide

 

This document describes security management for EMC2 ScaleIO storage solution.

Operative, Descriptive

System Hardening Guideline

 

This document contains general information about the hardening processes, and helps to understand the purpose of product hardening. The document gives an overview of the hardening activities that are performed during the product development, and defines hardening activities that need to be performed during and after the installation.

Operative, Descriptive

CEE Hardening Checklist

 

This document describes procedures for hardening that must be performed to make CEE secure during its whole life cycle.

Operative, Descriptive

Infrastructure Administrator Management Guide

 

This document describes the Cloud Execution Environment Identity and Access Management (CEE IdAM) tool, that is used to manage identities and credentials for Cloud Infrastructure Administrators, and to provide authentication and access control services for user accesses.

Operative, Descriptive

DC Firewall Hardening Guide

 

This document provides the connectivity and network description of the Data Center Firewall (DC-FW) to the Cloud Execution Environment Network (CEE Network) architecture. In the current system, FW is not part of the CEE Region, therefore this user guide gives a high-level overview about the external HW FW solution.

Operative, Descriptive

2.7.4   Hardware Management

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 13. These documents are intended for personnel performing preventive maintenance of the hardware and for personnel involved in troubleshooting.

Table 13    Hardware Management

Title

Description

Type

Replace Extreme X670V/X770 Switch

 

This document describes procedures for replacing the Extreme switch. The document is valid for both X670V and X770 switches.

Operative

Replace Extreme X460 Switch

 

This document describes procedures for replacing the Extreme x460 control switch.

Operative

Region Expansion

 

This document describes procedures for expanding an HP c7000 based CEE with one or more Compute hosts.

Operative

HP c7000 Server HW Expansion

 

This document provides hardware specific procedures for adding one or more blades as part of the hardware expansion of a version 1.1 HP c7000 based CEE with one or more Compute hosts.

Operative

Server Replacement

 

This document describes procedures for replacing a blade in the HP c7000 based CEE.

Operative

HP c7000 Server HW Replacement

 

This document provides hardware specific procedures for replacing a blade in a version 1.1 HP c7000 based CEE.

Operative

2.7.5   Software Management

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 14. These documents are intended for personnel performing preventive maintenance of the software and for personnel involved in troubleshooting. They are also intended for personnel performing backup and restoration.

Table 14    Software Management

Title

Description

Type

Atlas Software Management Guide

 

This document describes how to manage the Atlas software.

Descriptive, Operative

Atlas SW Upgrade

 

This document describes procedures for updating and upgrading the SW in an existing CEE Atlas Server.

Operative

Atlas Backup

 

This document describes procedures for backing up the configuration of Atlas for CEE. For more information about the atlas command used for the backup procedure, refer to Atlas Software Management Guide.

Descriptive, Operative

Atlas Restore

 

This document describes procedures for restoring the configuration of Atlas for CEE.

Descriptive, Operative

Fuel Synchronization

 

This document describes the manual Fuel synchronization procedure and the change to cold-stand-by vFuel.

Operative

CEE SW Update and Rollback

 

This document describes procedures for performing a CEE SW update or rollback between CEE R6 releases.

Operative

Extreme Switch Firmware Upgrade

 

This document describes procedures for upgrading the Firmware (FW) for the Extreme switch.

Operative

2.7.6   Health Check

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 15. These documents are intended for personnel performing installation, preventive maintenance of the software, and provisioning tasks. They are also intended for personnel involved in troubleshooting.

Table 15    Health Check

Title

Description

Type

Health Check Procedure

 

This document is to help support engineers check that CEE operates in a fault-free state, and to detect issues that can affect normal operation.

Descriptive

2.8   Emergency

Documents included in this area are listed in Table 16. These documents are intended for personnel authorized to perform an emergency recovery.

Table 16    Emergency

Title

Description

Type

Emergency Recovery Procedure

 

This document provides a systematic approach for resolving a system emergency experienced in CEE.

Descriptive

2.9   Interface

Documents included in this area are shown are listed in Table 17. These documents are intended for personnel needing to understand the logical entity, including interfaces and protocols.

Table 17    Interface

Title

Description

Type

OpenStack API Complete Reference

 

This document is a complete reference of the Application Programming Interface (API) operations and extensions of OpenStack.

Descriptive, Reference

OpenStack Orchestration API in CEE

 

This document is an introduction to the API of the OpenStack Dashboard-based cloud management component Atlas in CEE.

Descriptive, Reference

OpenStack Heat

 

This document describes the OpenStack Heat service and contains the Heat Orchestration Template (HOT) guide.

Descriptive, Reference

Atlas OVFT API

 

This document describes the Atlas Open Virtualization Format Translator (OVFT) API used in CEE.

Descriptive

Atlas OVF to HOT Mapping

 

This document describes a mechanism for translation of OVF descriptors into HOT templates.

Descriptive

Atlas CLI End User Guide

 

This document describes the syntax descriptions and examples of the commands used for managing Atlas by using the CLI.

Descriptive, Operative

In Service Performance Northbound API

 

This document describes the structure and content of the In-Service Performance (ISP) Log File in CEE.

Descriptive

Fault Management Northbound API

 

This document describes the Fault Management (FM) Northbound API used in CEE.

Descriptive

Performance Management Northbound API

 

This document describes the northbound interfaces of CEE used for Performance Management (PM).

Descriptive

Preconfigured Key Performance Indicators

 

This document describes the factory default key performance indicators (KPIs) available at the northbound interfaces of CEE used for performance management.

Descriptive

Audit and Security Logging

 

This document describes the Northbound Interface of the Log Aggregator that is part of CEE.

Descriptive

Security Information and Event Management

 

This document describes the interface between the external Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems and the Log Collector in Atlas.

Descriptive

OpenStack Identity API in CEE

 

This document is an introduction to using the API of the OpenStack component "Identity" (Keystone) in CEE.

Descriptive

OpenStack Compute API in CEE

 

This document is an introduction to using the API of the OpenStack component "Compute" in CEE.

Descriptive

OpenStack Networking API in CEE in BSP Deployment

 

This document describes how the API for networking is used in CEE in BSP deployment. The API is based on the OpenStack component "Networking" (Neutron).

Descriptive

OpenStack Networking API in CEE in HP and Dell Multi-Server Deployment

 

This document describes how the API for networking is used in CEE in HP and Dell Multi-server deployment. The API is based on the OpenStack component "Networking" (Neutron).

Descriptive

OpenStack Networking API in CEE in Single Server Deployment

 

This document describes how the API for networking is used in CEE in Single Server deployment. The API is based on the OpenStack component "Networking" (Neutron).

Descriptive

OpenStack Object Storage API in CEE

 

This document is an introduction to using the API of the OpenStack component "Object Storage" in CEE.

Descriptive

OpenStack Block Storage API in CEE

 

This document is an introduction to using the API of the OpenStack component "Block Storage" in CEE.

Descriptive

OpenStack Image Service API in CEE

 

This document is an introduction to using the API of the OpenStack component "Image Service" in CEE.

Descriptive

OpenStack Telemetry API in CEE

 

This document is an introduction to using the API of the OpenStack component "Telemetry" in CEE.

Descriptive



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