Configuring Big Data IP Pools

This chapter contains the following sections:

Big Data IP Pools

Big Data IP pools contain blocks of IP addresses that Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data uses during the creation of Hadoop clusters. The IP addresses in each block must belong to the same subnet mask, default gateway, primary domain name server (DNS), and secondary DNS.


Note

All IP addresses in a Big Data IP pool must be IPv4 addresses.

Adding a Big Data IP Pool

Step 1   On the menu bar, choose Solutions > Big Data Containers.
Step 2   Click the Big Data IP Pools tab.
Step 3   Click Add.
Step 4   1n the IP Pool page of the Create an IP Pool wizard, complete the following fields:
Name Description

IP Pool Name field

A unique name for the IP Pool.

Description field

A short description that identifies the purpose of the pool.

Assignment Order drop-down list

Choose the assignment order. This could be one of the following:

  • Default—A random identity is selected from the pool.
  • Sequential—The lowest available identity is selected from the pool.
Step 5   Click Next.
Step 6   In the IPv4 Addresses page of the Create an IP Pool wizard, complete the following fields:
  1. In the IPv4 Blocks field, click Add (+).
  2. In the Add Entry to IPv4 Blocks dialog box, enter the IP addresses that are to be included in the IP pool in the Static IP Pool field.

    This can be a range of IP addresses, or a series of IP addresses separated by a comma (,).

  3. In the following fields, enter the appropriate information for all the IP addresses in the pool:

    • Subnet Mask field

    • Default Gateway field

    • Primary DNS field

    • Secondary DNS field

  4. Click Submit.
Step 7   Click Submit.

Managing Big Data IP Pools

Step 1   On the menu bar, choose Solutions > Big Data Containers.
Step 2   Click the Big Data IP Pools tab.
Step 3   The Big Data IP Pools tab provides the following actions:
Name Description

Refresh

Refreshes the current page.

Add

Adds a new IP pool.

Step 4   For the following additional actions, choose the row of an IP pool:
Name Description

Edit

Modifies the IP pool specification.

Delete

Deletes the IP pool specification.

View Details

Allows you to view the IPv4 addresses in the IP pool and to view more reports.
Note   

If you see a License Status tab, it indicates a licensing issue.

Step 5   Click the IPv4 Addresses tab, and choose any row from the list of IPv4 addresses and perform the following additional actions:
Name Description

Release IP Address

The IP address is made available to be assigned against any BareMetal server.

Release Multiple IP Addresses

Enables you to choose and release more than one IP address from the Release Multiple IP Addresses dialog box.