8.1 Creating Zones

Roles that Can Perform This Task: Cloud Administrator

A Cloud Manager zone is a single Cloud Manager Orchestration Server and its managed resources (VM hosts, storage repositories, networks, and so forth). You create a zone by defining a connection to the Orchestration Server. After you create the zone, its resources become part of the Cloud environment that you can use to service your customers.

  1. On the main navigation bar, click Configuration, click the Zones tab, then click Create.

  2. Provide the following information:

    Name: Provide a unique name for the zone. You can use letters, numbers, and the following special characters: space, hyphen, underscore, apostrophe, percent, ampersand, and period. The maximum length is 110 characters.

    Description: If desired, add more information to further identify the zone. The description is displayed in Cloud Manager to administrators only.

    Enabled: Leave this setting selected.

    Server Address: Specify the DNS name or IP address of the Orchestration Server.

    Server Port: Specify the port used by the Orchestration Server Web Service.

    Username: Specify the Administrator user name that enables login to the Orchestration Server.

    Password: Specify and confirm the password for the user name you supplied.

    Secure Connection: Select this option if the Cloud Manager Application Server is configured for an SSL connection to the Orchestration Server.

  3. Click OK to create the zone and add it to the list.

  4. When you have finished creating zones, click OK to close the System Configuration dialog box.