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Register a storage block

New storage hardware that is connected to the interconnect switch is automatically detected and displayed on the Hardware page and is ready for registration. Infrastructure admin users can register the new hardware.

Complete the following steps for each storage block that you need to register:

  1. Log in to the ThinkAgile CP Cloud Controller.
  2. In the left navigation of the Cloud Controller, expand Resources and click Hardware to display the Hardware Stack page.
    Figure 1. View the Hardware Stack page
    Screen capture showing navigation to the Hardware Stack page
  3. Scroll down to the Storage Block section. Click Register for the storage block to be registered..
  4. On the Register Storage Block page, enter the required information about the storage block.
    Note

    The name must be unique across all storage resources in your cloud infrastructure. The administrator password is only used to allow physical access to storage in the event that it loses connectivity to the ThinkAgile CP Cloud Controller management console. The administrator password will be configured as the SSH password for the manager user on the storage block. ThinkAgile CP Cloud Controller does not store a copy of the administrator password.

  5. Assign the storage block to a storage pool. To create a storage pool, select New storage pool… from the drop-down list, enter a name for the storage pool, and click Create.
    Note

    Storage resources (storage blocks) are organized into storage pools. A storage block must be added to a storage pool to be able to store application instances.

  6. Click Register Storage Block.

The storage block is registered. You can click the name of the controller to obtain more information about the controller, such as the firmware version, hardware details, and networking details.

Note

If the storage node is running ThinkAgile CP, Version 5.1.2 or later

When you register a storage node with the ThinkAgile CP Cloud Controller, the hardware management credentials of the compute blocks (XCC), compute chassis (SMM), and storage blocks (Athena) in the stack are also propagated on the hardware management (BMC) component of the new storage node. All XCCs, SMMs and Athenas (BMCs) should have the same hardware management password.