Description
This article describes how to understand the Data Center page, as accessed from the Home page.
Prerequisites:
- Users with any role can view the Data Center dashboard. However, users must be assigned either the Primary Administrator, Network, or Server role to take any actions.
Content / Solution:
From the Home page, click on the desired Data Center:
You will be directed to the Data Center dashboard:
The Data Center dashboard displays various data about the Data Center, including:
Name of the Data Center: (US-West-MCP 2.0)
Data Center ID: (NA12)
VMware Hardware Version: (vmx-10) identifies the maximum support VMware Virtual Hardware version. For an explanation of VMware Hardware Version, see Virtual machine hardware versions (1003746)
- Image Imports must use this version or lower to be imported or copied into this location. For details, see How to Import an OVF Package as a Client Image
- The system will provide the option the upgrade the VMWare Virtual Hardware of a Cloud Server if it is less than this version. For details, see How to Update Virtual Hardware on a Cloud Server
Location: (Santa Clara, California, US)
The Data Center dashboard also displays the status of various aspects of the Cloud, including but not limited to:
- Networking Status
- Console Status
- Monitoring Status
- Backup Status
- Disaster Recovery Service Status
- Snapshot Status
- Secondary Restore Service Status
From the top menu of the Data Center dashboard, you can perform several actions, including:
- Switch Region
- Switch Datacenter
- Perform a Search for a Resource Using the Search Function in the Administrative UI
From the side menu of the Data Center dashboard, you can perform several actions, including:
- Add a Network / Network Domain. See How to Deploy a MCP 1.0 Cloud Network or a MCP 2.0 Network Domain
- Deploy a Server. See How to Deploy a Cloud Server from a Guest OS Customization Image
- Connect to the Data Center VPN. See How to Establish a Secure VPN Connection to Access your Cloud Network and Servers
The Data Center dashboard displays various data about all of the Networks or Network Domains that are deployed in a Data Center, including:
Name
Type (Essentials, Advanced)
SNAT IPv4 Address - To provide IPv4 Internet connectivity, an IPv4 source network address translation (SNAT) IP address is assigned to all cloud network domains. This address is used to provide all Internet-bound traffic with a public source IP address for global reachability. All servers in a cloud network domain share this public IPv4 address unless they are configured as part of a NAT, in which case the server’s public NAT IP address is used for Internet communications.
If User-Manageable Clusters are enabled for the Data Center, then the Data Center dashboard also displays the Servers by Cluster tab:
- See Introduction to User-Manageable Clusters for more information about Clusters.
- Click on the drop-down icon
to expose the servers that are associated with each Cluster - Hover your mouse over the
Cluster icon to see information about the Cluster, including Name and ID:
- Click on the
filter button to filter by IPv4 or IPv6:
The Data Center dashboard also displays the Data Center Specifications tab. Click on the drop-down button to display the Data Center Specifications tab:
The Data Center Specifications tab will display the virtual hardware capabilities of the data center location. For instructions on how to understand the Data Center Specifications tab, see: How do I Identify Hardware Specifications and Capabilities Available in a Data Center Location
If User-Manageable Clusters have been configured for the Data Center, then the Data Center Specifications tab will display the capabilities of each cluster in the Data Center:
Note: See How do I Identify Hardware Specifications and Capabilities Available in a Data Center Location