Create new Third Party Cloud

Perform the following steps to create a new third party cloud which is a network of non Tejas switch:

1. Go to Topology menu and click Topology View option. Topology View window is displayed.
2. Click Network View (Nodes) / Network View (Switches) tab and select the desired partition from the left hand pane.
3. Click from Provisioning tab. Create a new Third Party Cloud page will be displayed in a new browser window.

   

4. Enter Cloud Name in the text box provided. The values supported are alphanumeric and special characters hyphen (-) and underscore (_) only.
5. Select Customer Name from the drop-down option.
6. Click Create Cloud. Cloud created successfully message is displayed.
7. Click OK.

Right-click options supported on Third Party cloud

The right click options displayed on Third Party Cloud are explained as follows:

• Circuits
• Node Operations
• OTN
• Topological Links

NOTE: Circuits, OTN, and Topological Links are not supported for third party cloud node.

Node Operations

The options displayed under Node Operations are explained as follows:

Connect Nodes to Cloud

Perform the following steps to connect the third party cloud to the nodes:

1. Go to Topology menu and click Topology View option. Topology View window is displayed.
2. Click Network View (Nodes) / Network View (Switches) tab and select the desired partition from the left hand pane.
3. Right-click the desired cloud node and select Node Operations > Connect nodes to cloud. Create new links to Cloud page is displayed in new browser window.

   

4. Select the node (using IP/Node name) with its port.
   • To select the node by name, enter the local node or remote node name in IP field; or
   • To select the node based on IP address, select Node check box and then enter the local node IP or remote node IP in IP field. On entering a name/IP, the list related to that name/IP is displayed and the user can select from the options.
5. Click search. The available ports on the selected node will be displayed. Select the desired port from the drop-down list.
6. Click Add Selection. The selected port, along with the node IP and the EMS name in which the node is present will be displayed under Participating Switches field.

   To delete the selected port, click the row of desired port under the Participating Switches field and click Delete button. The port will be deleted.

   To delete all the selected port(s), click Reset button. All the port(s) will be deleted.

7. Click Create Links. Links created successfully message is displayed.
8. Click OK.

Delete Cloud

Perform the following steps to delete the third party cloud:

1. Go to Topology menu and click Topology View option. Topology View window is displayed.
2. Click Network View (Nodes) / Network View (Switches) tab and select the desired partition from the left hand pane.
3. Right click the desired cloud node and select Node Operations > Delete cloud. Confirmation message Do you want to continue? will be displayed.
4. Click Yes. Cloud deleted successfully message is displayed.
5. Click OK.

Disconnect Nodes from Cloud

Perform the following steps to connect the third party cloud to the nodes:

1. Go to Topology menu and click Topology View option. Topology View window is displayed.
2. Click Network View (Nodes) / Network View (Switches) tab and select the desired partition from the left hand pane.
3. Right-click the desired cloud node and click Node Operations > Disconnect nodes from cloud. Remove links to Third Party Cloud page is displayed in new browser window.

   

4. Select the the row of desired port(s) under the Participating Switches field and click Submit button. Deleted successfully message is displayed.
5. Click Close.