You can create a placeholder chassis that can be pre-provisioned
before the hardware is installed. Provisioning compute nodes in the
chassis reserves management IP addresses and virtual Ethernet or
Fibre Channel addresses.
Procedure
Complete the following steps to create a placeholder chassis.
- From the Lenovo XClarity Administrator menu bar, click . The Configuration
Patterns: Patterns page is displayed.
- Click the Placeholder Chassis tab.
- Click the Add Placeholder Chassis vertical tab.
- Enter a name and description for the placeholder chassis.
- Click Add.
After you finish
A vertical tab is added for the new placeholder chassis on the
Configuration Patterns: Placeholder Chassis page.