Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.2 User Guide
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Setting Provisioning Settings
Setting Provisioning Settings
3.
On the Connections tab, click Connect Cloud Infrastructure to open the form.
4.
On the Connect Cloud Infrastructure form, specify the following connection information for the network services
manager:
manager:
Enter the New Connection Name. This is the “friendly name” for the VMware vCloud Director element connection.
Enter the Host Name. This is the host name or IP address for the VMware vCloud Director platform element.
Optional. Enter information that describes the VMware vCloud Director.
Click the True or False radio button to indicate whether certificate error messages should be ignored. True is chosen
by default.
by default.
Enter the User Name to use when connecting to the VMware vCloud Director server.
Choose the Domain type, either System or Organization. In you choose Organization, you are prompted to enter
the Organization Name. (The connection to vCloud Director is “UserName@System.”)
the Organization Name. (The connection to vCloud Director is “UserName@System.”)
Enter and re-enter the Administrator Password assigned to the account used to connect VMware vCloud Director
server.
server.
5.
Click Submit Order.
Setting Provisioning Settings
Specify the settings for bare metal and virtual machine provisioning, then verify that the bare metal and virtual machine
provisioning settings are configured correctly.
provisioning settings are configured correctly.
1.
Choose Setup > System Settings > System Settings tab.
2.
On the System Settings tab, click Set Provisioning Settings.
3.
On the Server Provisioning Settings form, specify the following:
Set Provisioning Settings
Default VMware vCenter Clone Timeout (Minutes). Enter the period of time allowed, specified in minutes, before
a virtual machine deployment operation is determined as failed.
a virtual machine deployment operation is determined as failed.
Duplicate Alert Suppression Time period (Hours). Enter the amount of time, in whole hours, to suppress duplicate
alerts related to cloud automation.
alerts related to cloud automation.
CloudSync Discovery Interval (Hours). The amount of time, in whole hours, between consecutive periodical
executions of the CloudSvnc infrastructure discovery service.
executions of the CloudSvnc infrastructure discovery service.
CloudSync Discovery Timeout (Minutes). Enter the period of time allowed, specified in minutes, before a
CloudSvnc Discovery operation is determined as failed.
CloudSvnc Discovery operation is determined as failed.
Collect Metrics Interval (Hours). The amount of time, in whole hours, between consecutive periodical executions
of the collect metrics process.
of the collect metrics process.
System Health Check. Setting for performing platform element connection validation services. (ON or OFF)
Cloud Domain. Enter the domain name.
Cloud Domain User. Enter the cloud domain user name.
Cloud Domain Password. Enter the domain user's password.
Note:
for details.