Lyve Rack R1 Installation Guide
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7 | Pre-boarding Lyve Rack R1
Pre-boarding Lyve Rack is a one-time process of reserving network IP addresses with the assistance of
the site network administrator. The network address administration and reservation process must be
completed before powering on Lyve Rack R1.
7.1 | General requirements for network
configuration
Note
:
Refer to the
Lyve Rack R1 Information Sheet
for planning purposes.
Lyve Rack R1 requires three network domains to be configured by the customer:
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Management Network (3x IP addresses: 1 each per server and 1 floating IP address).
Both static virtual IP and DHCP IP addresses are supported.
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BMC Network (2x IP addresses: 1 each per BMC on each server).
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High Speed Public Data Network (3x IP addresses: 1 each per server and 1 floating IP
Address).
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2x Public Data Interface used for Lyve Rack R1 Object Store Address
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1x floating IP address
Lyve Rack R1 also uses a private network domain which does not require customer configuration:
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High Speed Private Data Network (2x static virtual IP addresses: 1 each per server).
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The network address for this private network is automatically setup by Lyve Rack R1
for its internal cluster communication.
A floating IP address, also known as a Virtual IP address (VIP), is an address that more than one
server listens to. High availability systems such as Lyve Rack R1, use this concept to perform load
balancing and improve availability to network clients.
