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A public Intercloud Fabric cloud represents a collection of compute, network, and storage resources available at a given cloud provider location. You can distribute these resources among your different users by creating VDCs associated with the Intercloud Fabric cloud.
An Intercloud Fabric link includes two virtual gateways: one on the private cloud and one on the public cloud. The gateway on the private cloud is referred to as the Intercloud Fabric Extender, and the gateway on the public cloud is referred to as the Intercloud Fabric Switch (ICS). A secure Layer 4 tunnel connects the gateways, thereby extending the Layer 2 private cloud network into the public cloud.
An Intercloud Fabric cloud can support a maximum of 100 VMs.
After you create an Intercloud Fabric cloud on a public virtual account, you cannot modify the public virtual account to a different provider account.
You have created an account in the provider cloud.
You have the credentials for the cloud provider such as access key and access ID for Amazon AWS, and username, password, and URI for other Cisco Intercloud Fabric for Provider (Cisco ICFP)-based providers.
In the Amazon Web Services GUI, you can access the security credentials for Intercloud Fabric by navigating to . Click the Access Keys (Access Key ID and Secret Access Key) (+) icon to obtain the AWS access key ID. To create a new access key, click Create New Access Key. Download the key file to get the access key ID and secret access key. Optionally, click Show Access Key to see the access key ID and the secret access key.
You have installed the Intercloud Fabric components.
If you are using a Cisco Nexus 1000V in the private cloud, you have added the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch to Intercloud Fabric.
Creating an Intercloud Fabric cloud includes the following steps:
Use this procedure to provide public cloud credentials.
Step 1 | Log in to Intercloud Fabric. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Complete the
following fields for
Provide
Public Cloud Credentials:
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Step 4 | Click Submit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | To view the status of the task, see Managing Service Requests. |
Use this procedure to create an Intercloud Fabric cloud, which involves defining an Intercloud Fabric cloud and creating an Intercloud Fabric link.
You have installed the Intercloud Fabric components.
You have created a private virtual account.
You have created a public virtual account.
You have the required configurations and hardware to enable a dedicated network connection between the public cloud and AWS VPC using AWS Direct Connect. This prerequisite is required for enabling Direct Connect.
When Direct Connect is enabled, the provider's private IP address that is assigned to the Intercloud Fabric Switch is used by the Intercloud Fabric component and the Intercloud Fabric Extender to establish a tunnel.
Step 1 | Log in to Intercloud Fabric. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click the Define ICF Cloud tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Complete the
following fields for
Define
ICF Cloud:
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Step 5 | Complete the
following fields for
Advanced Settings:
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Step 6 | Click the Create ICF Link tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 7 | Complete the
following fields for
Configure
Link.
Configuring an Intercloud Fabric link allows you to provide a secure connection between the private cloud and the public cloud. If there is a firewall on the path, ensure that TCP ports 22 and 443 are open for outbound connections. In addition, the firewall should allow UDP ports 6644 or 6646 outbound for UDP tunnels, or TCP ports 6644 or 6646 outbound for TCP tunnels. Use HTTPS tunnel mode if only ports 443 and 22 are open.
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Step 8 | Complete the
following fields for
Specify
IP Pool.
An IP pool is required for the Intercloud Fabric Extender (ICX) in the public cloud, the Intercloud Fabric Switch (ICS) in the private cloud, and Routing Service. The maximum number of IP pools specified depends on the deployment type. For standalone type, a minimum of 3 IP addresses must be available. For HA, a minimum of 6 IP addresses must be available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 9 | Complete the
following fields for
Specify
Link Placement.
This is the location where ICX is installed in the private cloud. For HA, it is recommended that you use a different host for secondary ICX.
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Step 10 | Click Submit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 11 | To view the status of the task, see Managing Service Requests. |
Use this procedure to create a VPC.
Step 1 | Log in to Intercloud Fabric. | ||||||||
Step 2 | Click . | ||||||||
Step 3 | Click Create VPC. | ||||||||
Step 4 | Complete the following fields for
Create VPC:
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Use this procedure to create a subnet.
A Virtual Data Center (VDC) is a set of resources that are assigned to user groups. An administrator can set polices on the VDCs to control the resources that are used by the user groups they are assigned to. A user group can be associated with many VDCs, catalogs, and policies.
Use this procedure to create a virtual data center and associate it with an Intercloud Fabric cloud.
Step 1 | Log in to Intercloud Fabric. | ||||||||||
Step 2 | Click Create VDC. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | Complete the
following fields for
Create
VDC:
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Step 4 | Click
Advanced
Settings and complete the following fields:
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Step 5 | Click Submit. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | To view the status of the task, see Managing Service Requests. |