Manage Bare-metal GPU Server

Manage Bare-metal GPU Server

Re-name a bare-metal

To make it easy for you to identify and manage each Bare-metal, the cloud platform allows you to set Bare-metal names and change the names at any time. The new name of a Bare-metal takes effect after the Bare-metal is restarted.
  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Bare-metal, click Bare Metal.
  3. The Bare-metal console is displayed.
  4. Click the name of the BMS whose name is to be changed.
  5. Click the edit icon next to Name, enter a new name that meets the requirements, and click the check icon to save the change.

Start a Bare-metal

You can start Bare-metal on the console. Only Bare-metal in stop state can be start. 

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Bare-metal click Bare Metal. The BMS console is displayed.
  3. Locate the row that contains the target BMS, click Action column, and select Start from the drop-down list. To start multiple Bare-metal, select them and click Start at the top of the Bare-metal list.
  4. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.

Shutdown a Bare-metal

You can stop BMSs in Running state.
  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Bare-metal click Bare Metal.
  3. The BMS console is displayed.
  4. Locate the row that contains the target BMS, click Action column, and select Shutdown from the drop-down list. To start multiple Bare-metal, select them and click Shutdown at the top of the Bare-metal list.
  5. ​In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.

Reboot a Bare-metal

You can reboot BMSs on the console. Only BMSs in an Active state can be restarted.
Restarting a BMS will interrupt your services.
  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Bare-metal click Bare Metal. The BMS console is displayed.
  3. Locate the row that contains the target BMS, click Action column, and select Reboot from the drop-down list. To start multiple Bare-metal, select them and click Reboot at the top of the Bare-metal list.
  4. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.

Re-install a bare-metal

Reinstalling the OS for bare-metal may be necessary in situations such as poor performance, system upgrades, security issues, system corruption, significant configuration changes, resource management, and firmware issues. unspecified soft. However, this process needs to be done carefully and accompanied by backing up important data.
  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Bare-metal click Bare Metal. The BMS console is displayed.
  3. Locate the row that contains the target BMS, click the Action column, and select Re-install from the drop-down list.
  4. Select the Os you want to reinstall for your Bare-metal, click Re-install OS

View Bare-metal Details

After acquiring a Bare-metal, you can access and administer it through the management console. This section provides guidance on retrieving comprehensive details about a BMS, including its name/ID, disks, NICs, and EIP.
  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Bare-metal, click Bare Metal Server.
  3. On the BMS list page, you can view your BMS and its flavor, image, and private IP address.
  4. In the upper right corner of the BMS list, search BMSs by specifying the status, name, Bare-metal ID, status, location, private IP address and external IP address.
  5. Click the name of the queried BMS.
  6. The page showing details of the BMS is displayed.
  7. View the BMS details, such as status, name, Bare-metal ID, status, location, private IP address and external IP address, Log tab, History tab and Monitoring tab

View Log

You can see the bare-metal log. It contains detailed information about the system's hardware and software configuration, providing flexible use for purposes such as:

 Diagnosing problems: This log plays an important role in determining the cause of any problems the system may be facing

Performance monitoring: For performance monitoring purposes, this log provides detailed information about resource usage such as CPU, memory and disk, helping system administrators evaluate and optimize performance .

System management: This log can also be used for system management, including performing software updates or adjusting system configuration to specific needs."

Figure 1 Log of Bare-metal


View History

The history of bare-metal includes important events such as startup, shutdown, and volume connection to bare-metal. This information not only helps monitor system status but also aids in managing and diagnosing issues related to these activities on bare metal.

Figure 2 History of Bare-metal

Delete a bare-metal

You can delete Bare-metal you no longer need.

After a Bare-metal is deleted, it is still displayed in the Bare-metal list for a short period of time, after which it will be deleted from the Bare-metal list. Tags and disks of the BMS will be disassociated from the BMS, and data on the disks will be deleted.
  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Bare-metal, click Bare Metal.
  3. The Bare-metal console is displayed.
  4. Locate the row that contains the target Bare-metal, click Action column, and select Delete from the drop-down list. To start multiple Bare-metal, select them and click Delete at the top of the Bare-metal list.
  5. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.

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