PowerScale OneFS HDFS Configuration Guide

Create a virtual HDFS rack (Web UI)

Create a virtual HDFS rack of nodes on your PowerScale cluster using the OneFS web administration interface.

1. Click Protocols > Hadoop (HDFS) > Virtual Racks.
2. From the Current Access Zone list, select the access zone in which you want to add a virtual HDFS rack.
3. Click Create a Virtual Rack.
4. In the Name field, type a name for the new virtual rack.
   A rack name must begin with a forward slash—for example, /hdfs-rack2.
5. In the Client IP Ranges fields, specify the IP address range of Hadoop compute clients to be associated with the virtual HDFS rack.
   You can associate multiple IP ranges.
6. From the IP Pools area, select the IP address pool that you want from the Available Pools table and click Add.
7. Click Create Virtual Rack.