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Introduction

SCP can manage multiple HCI clusters and VMware clusters. This enables SCP to centrally manage resource pools.

Contact the administrator to add physical resources to SCP as a resource pool for an HCI cluster, and add tags to storage resources.

A resource pool is a collection of computing, storage, and network resources. Resource pools are basic units managed on SCP. Clusters managed by SCP can be licensed and used only after they are associated with resource pools.

Prerequisites

1. The networks of the SCP and HCI resource pools or the network of the VMware resource pool are reachable.

2. Prepare sufficient USB keys and license key files according to your cluster management and licensing plans.
3. Currently, a resource pool can be associated with only one cluster.
4. Currently, you can add only shared x86 and Arm resource pools and shared VMware resource pools. A shared resource pool can be shared by multiple tenants.

Precautions

1. SCP can manage resource pools of different HCI versions. To view the HCI versions supported by SCP, please refer to the following link: https://knowledgebase.sangfor.com/detailPage?articleData=%7B%22articleType%22%3A1,%22articleId%22%3A%221dd551b706cd4991b43af5785710d540%22,%22keyword%22%3A%22SCP%20mapping%22%7D

2. SCP can manage HCI clusters that use the Arm architecture and manage the corresponding resources.
3. You cannot use a combination of x86 and Arm resource pools for DR.
4. You can deploy only one Cloud Security Service Platform (Arm or x86) on SCP. You cannot connect NFV of different architectures to Cloud Security Service Platform.
5. SCP can manage VMware clusters of different versions, including vCenter 5.0, vCenter 5.1, vCenter 5.5, vCenter 6.0, vCenter 6.5, vCenter 6.7, vCenter 7.0, vCenter 7.0.1, and vCenter 7.0.2.
6. Some functions of SCP rely on the underlying HCI resource pool. If the HCI resource pool does not support a function, the function is dimmed on SCP.
7. The NFV version supported by SCP depends on whether the version is supported by the underlying HCI resource pool. If the HCI resource pool does not support the NFV version, you cannot use it on SCP. To view the NFV component compatibility, please refer to the following link: https://knowledgebase.sangfor.com/detailPage?articleData=%7B%22articleType%22%3A1,%22articleId%22%3A%221dd551b706cd4991b43af5785710d540%22,%22keyword%22%3A%22SCP%20mapping%22%7D
8. You cannot migrate VMs between resource pools of different versions on SCP.
9. You cannot use resource pools of different versions on SCP to implement cross-site DR.

Procedure

1. Log in to SCP as an administrator, go to Resources > Resource Overview > Resource Center > Resource Pools and click New.

2. Enter the name and description of the cluster, select a cluster type, and enter the cluster management IP and password of the admin account. If you do not want to change the port, keep the default setting. If NAT mapping is configured for the cluster management IP, deselect Enable for Cluster IP Verification. Select a proper licensing mode and click Next.

When you add a resource pool, the shared mode is selected by default, and only this mode can be selected. Tenant Network Protection blocks certain high-risk ports in tenant VPCs. After you enable tenant network protection, the security baseline policy (Block risky ports that allow traffic from the Internet) is automatically created for subnets created in the resource pool to minimize exposure to the Internet and reduce security risks. To view the policy, go to Router > Settings > ACL of the tenant network.

3. You can add different storage tags to different datastores of the cluster. By default, you can add the following storage tags: high performance, performance sensitive, and capacity sensitive.

• High performance storage: Highest IO speed, which is suitable for tagging SSDs to high-performance VMs.

• Performance sensitive storage: High IO speed, which is suitable for outdated storage.

• Capacity sensitive storage: Regular IO speed with high capacity, high safety, and cost-effectiveness.

4. After you confirm the information, click OK.