Cisco Virtual Infrastructure Manager Administrator Guide, Release 2.2.11 First Published: 2018-01-19
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Cisco Virtual Infrastructure Manager Administrator Guide, Release 2.2.11 First Published: 2018-01-19 Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 527-0883 © 2018 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Managing Cisco NFVI 1 Managing Cisco NFVI Pods 2 General Guidelines for Pod Management 2 Identifying the Install Directory 4 Managing Hosts in Cisco VIM or NFVI Pods 4 Recovering Cisco NFVI Pods 7 Managing Nova Compute Scheduler Filters and User Data 8 Utilizing NUMA in Cisco NFV Infrastructure 9 Monitoring Cisco NFVI Health with CloudPulse 10 Assessing Cisco NFVI status with cloud-sanity 12 Service Catalog URL 14 Get Token from Keystone 14 Get Service Catalog URL for Cloudpulse 15 Cloudpulse API's 15 List of Cloudpulse Tests 16 Get detailed result of 1 test 16 Get List of Tests Available 17 Schedule a manual cloudpulse test: 17 Remove the results of a test 18 Checking Network Connections 18 Enabling NFVBench Post Deployment 19 NFVBench Usage 22 NFVBench Command Line Options 24 Control Plane Verification 24 Fixed Rate Run Test 24 Packet Sizes 25 NDR and PDR Test 25 Multi-chain Test 25 Cisco Virtual Infrastructure Manager Administrator Guide, Release 2.2.11 iii Contents Multi-flow Test 25 External Chain Test 25 NFVBench Result Generation and Storage 26 Interpretation of Results 26 Advanced Configuration 31 Cisco VIM CLI 31 NFVBench REST Interface 32 Enabling or Disabling Autobackup of Management Node 32 Forwarding ELK logs to External Syslog Server 33 Adding and Reconfiguring VIM Administrators 33 Reconfigure of Proxy Post Install 34 Enabling Custom Policy for VNF Manager Post Install 34 Updating Containers in a Running Cisco VIM Cloud 35 Updating Cisco VIM Software Using a USB 36 Updating Cisco VIM Software Using Network Installation 38 Upgrading Containers in a Running Cisco VIM Cloud 39 Upgrading VIM Software Using a USB 41 Upgrading Cisco VIM Software Using Network Installation 44 VM Resizing 45 Nova Migrate 45 CHAPTER 2 Cisco VIM REST API 47 Overview to Cisco VIM REST API 47 Cisco VIM REST API Resources 48 CHAPTER 3 Monitoring Cisco NFVI Performance 81 Logging and Monitoring in Cisco NFVI 81 Displaying Cisco VIM Log Files Using the CLI 84 Logging Into the Kibana Dashboard 85 Rotation of the Cisco VIM Logs 95 Network Performance Test with NFVBench 95 CHAPTER 4 Managing Cisco NFVI Security 97 Verifying Management Node Network Permissions 97 Verifying Management Node File Permissions 98 Cisco Virtual Infrastructure Manager Administrator Guide, Release 2.2.11 iv Contents Viewing Administrator Access Attempts 98 Verifying SELinux 99 Validating Port Listening Services 99 Validating Non-Root Users for OpenStack Services 100 Verifying Password Strength 100 Reconfiguring Passwords and OpenStack Configurations 101 Reconfiguring CIMC Password on an Existing Install 104 Increasing Provider and Tenant VLAN Ranges 105 Enabling NFVIMON Post Pod Install 105 Before you Begin 106 Installation of NFVIMON Dispatcher 106 Fernet Key Operations 107 Managing Certificates 108 Enabling TLS post install 108 Reconfiguring TLS Certificates 109 Enabling Keystone v3 on an Existing Install 110 LDAP/AD support with Keystone v3 110 Enabling ACI in Cisco VIM 111 CHAPTER 5 Managing Cisco NFVI Storage 113 Cisco NFVI Storage Architecture 113 Verifying and Displaying Ceph Storage Pools 114 Checking the Storage Cluster Health 115 Checking Glance Connectivity 116 Verifying Glance and Ceph Monitor Keyrings 117 Verifying Glance Image ID on Ceph 118 Checking Cinder Connectivity 118 Verifying the Cinder and Ceph Monitor Keyrings 119 Verifying the Cinder Volume ID on Ceph 120 Checking Nova Connectivity 120 Verifying the Nova and Ceph Monitor Keyrings 121 Verifying Nova Instance ID 122 Displaying Docker Disk Space Usage 123 Reconfiguring SwiftStack Integration 123 Integrating SwiftStack over TLS 124 Cisco Virtual Infrastructure Manager Administrator Guide, Release 2.2.11 v Contents Cinder Volume Backup on SwiftStack 124 Reconfiguring Administrator Source Networks 125 Password Reset for Cisco VIM Management Node 125 CHAPTER 6 Overview to Cisco VIM Insight 127 Cisco VIM Insight Overview 127 Cisco VIM Insight Admin UI Overview 129 Cisco VIM Insight Pod UI Overview 129 CHAPTER 7 Managing Cisco VIM through Insight 131 UI Administrators Privileges and Responsibilities 131 Pod UI Privileges and Responsibilities 132 Adding Cisco VIM Pod 132 Deleting Pod from Cisco VIM insight 133 Context Switching within Insight 134 CHAPTER 8 Managing Blueprints 135 Blueprints 135 Blueprint Activation 135 Viewing Blueprint Details 136 Creating a Blueprint for B-Series Server Platform 136 Creating a Blueprint for C-Series Server Platform 153 Creating a Blueprint using Upload Functionality 173 Activating a Blueprint in an Existing Pod with OpenStack Installed 174 Downloading Blueprint 175 Validating Blueprint 175 Managing Post Install Features 176 Monitoring the Pod 176 Cross Launching Horizon 176 Run VMTP 177 Run CloudPulse 177 Run NFV Bench 177 Reconfiguring CIMC Password through Insight 178 CHAPTER 9 Managing Pod Through Cisco VIM Insight 181 Cisco Virtual Infrastructure Manager Administrator Guide, Release 2.2.11 vi Contents Managing Hardware 181 Managing Storage Nodes 181 Adding Storage Node 182 Deleting Storage Node 184 Managing Compute Nodes 184 Adding Compute Node 184 Deleting Compute Node 186 Managing Control Nodes 186 Replacing Control Node 187 Managing Software 187 Reconfigure Password 188 Reconfigure OpenStack Services, TLS Certificates and ELK Configurations 188 Reconfiguring CIMC Password 189 Reconfigure Optional Services 189 Reconfiguring Optional Features through Insight 191 Pod User Administration 202 Managing Roles 202 Managing Users 203 Managing Root CA Certificate 203 CHAPTER 10 Day 2 Operations of Cisco VIM Insight 205 Shutting Down Cisco VIM Insight 205 Restarting Cisco VIM Insight 206 Restoring VIM Insight 206 Reconfiguring VIM Insight 208 Reconfiguring Insight TLS Certificate 209 Reconfigure 3rd Party TLS Certificate 209 Reconfigure Self Signed TLS Certificate 211 Switch from Self Signed TLS Certificate to 3rd Party TLS Certificate 213 Reconfiguring Insight MySQL Database Password 215 System generated Insight DB password 215 User supplied Insight DB password 215 Reconfigure Insight SMTP Server 217 Update VIM Insight 219 Update Scenarios 219 Cisco Virtual Infrastructure Manager Administrator Guide, Release 2.2.11 vii Contents Update VIM Insight with Internet Access 219 VIM Insight without Internet Access 221 Rollback VIM Insight 222 Commit VIM Insight 224 CHAPTER 11 Overview to the Cisco Virtual Topology System 225 Understanding Cisco VTS 225 Cisco VTS Architecture Overview 226 Virtual Topology Forwarder 227 Overview to Cisco VTF and VPP 227 VPP + VHOSTUSER 228 Virtual Topology System High Availability 229 CHAPTER 12 Managing Backup and Restore Operations 231 Managing Backup and Restore Operations 231 Backing up the Management Node 231 Backup with Forwarding ELK logs to External Syslog Server 233 Backing up VIM Insight 233 Autobackup Insight 233 Backup Insight at default backup location 236 Backup Insight at user defined backup location 237 Restoring the Management Node 238 Management Node Auto-backup 240 CHAPTER 13 Troubleshooting 243 Displaying Cisco NFVI Node Names and IP Addresses 243 Verifying Cisco NFVI Node Interface Configurations 244 Displaying Cisco NFVI Node Network Configuration Files 246 Viewing Cisco NFVI Node Interface Bond Configuration Files 246 Viewing Cisco NFVI Node Route Information 247 Viewing Linux Network Namespace Route Information 248 Prior to Remove Storage Operation 248 Troubleshooting Cisco NFVI 249 Management Node Recovery Scenarios 251 Recovering Compute Node Scenario 259 Cisco Virtual Infrastructure Manager Administrator Guide, Release 2.2.11 viii Contents Running the Cisco VIM Technical Support Tool 261 Tech-support configuration file 262 Tech-support when servers are offline 265 Disk-maintenance tool to manage physical drives 265 OSD-maintenance tool 270 Utility to resolve Cisco VIM Hardware Validation Failures 274 Command Usage 275 Examples of Command Usage 276 Cisco Virtual Infrastructure Manager Administrator Guide, Release 2.2.11 ix Contents Cisco Virtual Infrastructure Manager Administrator Guide, Release 2.2.11 x CHAPTER 1 Managing Cisco NFVI The following topics provide general management procedures that you can perform if your implementation is Cisco VIM by itself or is Cisco VIM and Cisco VIM Insight. • Managing Cisco NFVI Pods, page 2 • Managing Nova Compute Scheduler Filters and User Data, page 8 • Utilizing NUMA in Cisco NFV Infrastructure, page 9 • Monitoring Cisco NFVI Health with CloudPulse, page 10 • Assessing Cisco NFVI status with cloud-sanity, page 12 • Service Catalog URL, page 14 • Checking Network Connections, page 18 • Enabling NFVBench Post Deployment, page 19 • NFVBench Usage, page 22 • Enabling or Disabling Autobackup of Management Node, page 32 • Forwarding ELK logs to External Syslog Server, page 33 • Adding and Reconfiguring VIM Administrators, page 33 • Reconfigure of Proxy Post Install, page 34 • Enabling Custom Policy for VNF Manager Post Install, page 34 • Updating Containers in a Running Cisco VIM Cloud, page 35 • Updating Cisco VIM Software Using a USB, page 36 • Updating Cisco VIM Software Using Network Installation, page 38 • Upgrading Containers in a Running Cisco VIM Cloud, page 39 • Upgrading VIM Software Using a USB, page 41 • Upgrading Cisco VIM Software Using