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Using the OpenFlow technology to enable centralized management of virtual servers and networks
The load of changing network settings when assigning or moving virtual servers is a serious problem in a cloud environment where configuration changes are made frequently.
MasterScope Virtual DataCenter Automation is one of the first cloud infrastructure products to adopt the software-defined networking (SDN) concept of controlling networks with software. By interacting with NEC's OpenFlow-based ProgrammableFlow Controller PF6800, it enables centralized management of virtual servers and networks. This makes it possible to automate the construction and operation of not only servers and storages but networks as well, leading to shorter lead time for service delivery and reduced management load for network administrators.
Virtual resources are automatically assigned from the resource pool to meet virtual server assignment requests from individual users according to a predefined policy. A virtual network is created for each tenant via the ProgrammableFlow Controller, and the setup of OpenFlow-enabled switches is automated. In addition, the setup of virtualization-enabled firewalls and load balancers, the creation of virtual servers, and the assignment of storages are automated based on preset scenarios.
Furthermore, the use of the OpenFlow technology makes it possible to assign virtual servers according to the requests of service users, without worrying about the constraints of the network devices and other physical resources.
Centralized management of data centers distributed across a wide area
MasterScope Virtual DataCenter Automation allows data centers distributed across a wide area to be managed in a centralized manner, enabling them to be operated easily as a large-scale virtual data center with as many as 100,000 virtual servers.
Software repository
When data centers are distributed across a wide area, the VM templates necessary for virtual server deployment, OS patches, middleware, and other software resources need to be managed individually by each data center. Daily management tasks, such as patch updates, impose a considerable burden on administrators.
MasterScope Virtual DataCenter Automation integrates these software resources into a software repository (shared storage) for centralized management, enabling them to be shared by data centers distributed across a wide area. Once a software resource is registered in this repository, it can be provisioned from any data center, which helps reduce the management costs of administrators.
Also, virtual machine templates, OS images, middleware, and other software resources that users have used in their existing environments can be registered in this software repository. This allows users to incorporate the virtual machine images created in their existing virtual environments into the MasterScope Virtual DataCenter Automation-managed environment and build multiple virtual machines easily (bring-in VMs).
Custom monitoring for service users
MasterScope Virtual DataCenter Automation provides service users with a monitoring function as a SaaS for monitoring assigned virtual machines. When the administrator installs monitoring software to a virtual machine and makes it available as an operation and management appliance, service users can readily start monitoring without the need to prepare any dedicated machine for monitoring.
Service users can customize the monitoring contents in terms of the CPU, memory, disk, Oracle, SQLServer, SAP, and other types of middleware.
