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Modifying the General Properties

The General tab of the Administration section enables you to modify the general properties of the BFC (such as, Backbone controller ID, Grid IDs, External DNS servers, and so on).

Note: If you select LDAP as the authentication method, then a global user is only recognized in the global directory service if its entry uses one of the following basic object classes for a person:

In addition, a group in the global directory service is only recognized if its entry uses one of the basic object classes for a group (groupOfNames and groupOfUniqueNames).

To modify the general properties

  1. Select Administration from the left Menu.

    The Administration page appears.

  2. Click the General tab.
  3. Specify the following fields:
    Backbone Controller ID

    The 'network number' portion of the CA 3Tera AppLogic 'grid id'. Value should be between 1..254. All grids created by this BFC will use this as the network number portion of their ID. The grid ID portion will be assigned automatically by the BFC. This field can only be modified when no grids are configured.

    Grid IDs

    List of grid IDs or ranges to be used by this BFC instance. Valid values are 1-31.

    IP Base

    Base address for the IP space to be used by grid appliances. Must be a class A network, and either 10.0.0.0 or 1.0.0.0. Use 10.x.x.x unless you are installing in an environment where the 10.x.x.x subnet is already in use. This field can only be modified when no grids are configured.

    Account Name

    Account name assigned to the grid operator by CA Technologies. This setting is required when installing a new grid and it must be a valid name that is registered in the CA user database.

    AppLogic License Key

    Name of a file containing a private SSH key identifying the user account.

    AppLogic Default Authentication

    Enables you to specify that the default authentication is Local, LDAP, or Active Directory. This setting determines how CA 3Tera AppLogic authenticates a user using Role Based Access Control. For more information about using RBAC, see Using Role Based Access Control in the Command Line Shell Reference Guide.

    Power Control Authentication

    Generates a new power user/password and configures these values on all servers in the BFC. This option allows new values to be generated as necessary for security purposes.

    External DNS Server 1 and 2

    Primary and secondary DNS servers that will be passed to CA 3Tera AppLogic grids.

  4. Click the Save button.