Using PAN Manager in 6 Easy Steps

PAN Manager works right out of the box, and has a simple, intuitive user interface (similar commands are available via a CLI or a Web Services interface).  Defining and deploying an entire compute environment, is as simple as 6 steps:

1. Define resources: Identify individual building-block resources which include pools of blades, internal switches, external switches, disks/LUNs, and OS images.
   
   
2. Organize resources: Define logical groupings & access privileges for different pools and/or allocations as-needed by the business. Each group and its resources are distinct and secure from the others.
   
   
3. Build profiles an servers: Assign physical blades; assign network connectivity; assign disks (each LUN is presented as a SCSI device); assign an OS; finally, boot the server profile.
   
   
4. Assign HA policies: Specify specific blades or shared pools for failover, before or after building/booting the server.
   
   
5. Define DR policies: Entire server environment configurations (or subsets) can be defined and instantiated either on-demand, on-schedule, or any other reason.
   
   
6. Reassign servers: As simple as point/click/reboot. More than one server profile can be assigned to each blade. Change can be triggered via schedule or other commands.