How LiquidIQ Works
LiquidIQ abstracts all physical hardware components to create logical pools of computing, networking, storage, and I/O resources, enabling complete provisioning and management via the LiquidIQ user interface. These pools of resources serve as logical building blocks for the creation of user-defined profiles that can be created, copied, managed, and deployed in real time on the physical data center infrastructure. All profile information is stored in a secure centralized database, moving infrastructure control from hardware to software and enabling administrators to dramatically reduce management overhead and increase agility.
Through LiquidIQ, users can define:
Logical servers
All key server attributes including the OS and patch level, networking configuration, MAC address, IP address, storage configuration, and BIOS settings are encapsulated in user-defined profiles, which define logical servers. Logical servers can be deployed on any compute blade within the chassis in minutes, enabling administrators to rapidly provision or repurpose equipment, seamlessly move applications to new or upgraded hardware or from test environments, or support requirements for business continuity and disaster recovery.
Networking
The LiquidIQ system provides a single interface from which to view to and manage all of the networking dependencies within the system in real time. This includes all of the physical and virtual connections, encompassing server I/O, IP and MAC addresses, storage access, VLAN configuration, switch configuration, and connections to external data and storage networks. By storing logical server and networking profiles in a single, secure centralized database, any changes in networking configuration are automatically updated on both the server and switch. Users can define policies for automated fault tolerant recovery of all communications links.
Storage
The integration of storage systems within the LiquidIQ GUI allows for administrators to create new servers and necessary storage components in a single workflow, in minutes. When cloning logical servers, the system works seamlessly with SAN/NAS interfaces to create the volume and LUN, register the iSCSI initiator, and create the storage mappings before booting the logical server on available hardware. Administrators can also create, view and manage SAN/NAS components such as aggregate groups, LUNs, volumes, and mappings.
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