Server pools are used to organize servers based on specific criteria, such as CPU family, amount of RAM, type of mezzanine card, and power. Each server is associated with a unique service profile to receive all the settings. A server pool can be associated with a service profile. UCSM automatically selects an available server in the server pool and associates it with a service profile.
Server pools can be manually populated, or they can be autopopulated using server pool policies. Server pools make the servers available for association with service profiles. It is possible to have a server in more than one server pool at the same time.
In order to create and manually populate the server pool, carry out the following steps:
- Log in to the UCSM screen.
- Click on the
Servers
tab in the navigation pane. - Click on the
Pools
tab and expandroot
.
- Right-click on
Server Pools
, and click onCreate Server Pool
, as shown in the following screenshot:
- In the pop-up window, assign the...