hypervisor.5

NAME

hypervisor - a table in the xCAT database.

SYNOPSIS

hypervisor Attributes: node, type, mgr, interface, netmap, defaultnet, cluster, datacenter, preferdirect, comments, disable

DESCRIPTION

Hypervisor parameters

hypervisor Attributes:

node

The node or static group name

type

The plugin associated with hypervisor specific commands such as revacuate

mgr

The virtualization specific manager of this hypervisor when applicable

interface

The definition of interfaces for the hypervisor. The format is [networkname:interfacename:bootprotocol:IP:netmask:gateway] that split with | for each interface

netmap

Optional mapping of useful names to relevant physical ports. For example, 10ge=vmnic_16.0&vmnic_16.1,ge=vmnic1 would be requesting two virtual switches to be created, one called 10ge with vmnic_16.0 and vmnic_16.1 bonded, and another simply connected to vmnic1. Use of this allows abstracting guests from network differences amongst hypervisors

defaultnet

Optionally specify a default network entity for guests to join to if they do not specify.

cluster

Specify to the underlying virtualization infrastructure a cluster membership for the hypervisor.

datacenter

Optionally specify a datacenter for the hypervisor to exist in (only applicable to VMWare)

preferdirect

If a mgr is declared for a hypervisor, xCAT will default to using the mgr for all operations. If this is field is set to yes or 1, xCAT will prefer to directly communicate with the hypervisor if possible

comments

disable

SEE ALSO

nodels(1), chtab(8), tabdump(8), tabedit(8)