Initialize Manually
You can follow the wizard to initiate a new environment by creating necessary resources, including data center, cluster, host, data storage, image storage, image and distributed port group.
Steps
Start manual initialization
In the Welcome to Initialization Wizard dialog, select Initialize Manually, then click Next.
Create a data center
On the Initialize Manually page, enter a name and description for the data center, then click OK.
Create a cluster
Enter a cluster name, select the CPU architecture (x86_64 or aarch64), then click OK.
Add a host
- Enter a host name.
- Enter the host IP address, SSH port, SSH username, and password.
- Click OK. The addition process may take several minutes.
The host architecture must match the cluster CPU architecture. Otherwise, adding the host to the cluster will fail.
Add data storage
Enter a data storage name, then select a storage type:
- Local storage: Configure the mount path and host disks.
- Do not use system directories such as
/,/dev,/proc,/sys,/usr/bin, or/binas the mount path. Doing so may cause host errors. - Configuring an unused host disk formats the selected disk and permanently removes all partitions, file systems, and data.
- For ZCE distributed storage, ensure that key authentication matches the platform configuration. Otherwise, virtual machine creation may fail.
Click OK after completing the configuration.
Add image storage
Enter an image storage name, then select an image storage type:
- Standalone image storage: Enter the image storage IP address, SSH port, username, and password. Configure the addition method, mount path, whether to retrieve existing images, image synchronization network, and data network.
- Distributed image storage: Configure the monitoring node management IP, SSH port, username, and password. Optionally specify an image storage pool UUID; if left empty, the platform creates one automatically.
- Selecting an unused disk as the addition method formats the selected disk and permanently removes all partitions, file systems, and data.
- Do not use system directories such as
/,/dev,/proc,/sys,/usr/bin, or/binas the mount path. Doing so may cause image storage errors.
Click OK after completing the configuration.
Add an image
- Select the image source: URL or local upload.
- Enter an image name.
- Select the image type: system image or disk image.
- Select the image format:
qcow2,iso,vmdk, orraw. - Click OK.
Create a distributed port group
- Enter a distributed port group name.
- Select a distributed switch:
- Default switch: Reuse the management network switch that the platform creates after the first host is added to the cluster.
- New switch: Separate the management and service networks according to your network plan. This option is recommended for production environments. Configure the bond method, uplink name, bond mode, hash policy, and host NICs.
- Select a VLAN type. Specify a VLAN ID when using standard VLAN.
- Choose whether to enable DHCP. If enabled, configure the network range method (IP range or CIDR), gateway, IP allocation policy, and DHCP service IP.
- Enter the DNS server, then click OK.
Complete initialization
In the Manual Initialization Complete dialog, click OK. The required infrastructure resources are now ready, and you can start using the platform.