When you add a blueprint, it is copied to the internal SAS disk of an associated EPP. This makes the blueprint available for commissioning.
Notes:
Unisys-supplied blueprints are placed on a particular EPP's SAS disk at the factory.
You must use Internet Explorer 11 or any latest version of Firefox or Chrome browsers to add a blueprint.
You can add a Unisys-supplied blueprint to a selected platform from the following sources:
Physical media such as internal SAS disks of the Fabric Manager Platform , DVD, or USB memory device.
File store on a server that resides outside the fabric, which can be accessed through the Fabric Manager.
From the FFM repository residing on the FMP.
For more information about installing a customer-supplied Windows or Linux OS, refer the ClearPath Forward Product Documentation available at http://public.support.unisys.com.
To add a blueprint
On the Fabric Manager user interface, click Advanced Settings.
Select the Blueprints tab.
The list of available blueprints appears.
Verify that the name of the blueprint you want to add is unique (does not appear on the list). If the name already appears, delete the existing blueprint before adding the new blueprint.See Deleting a Blueprint for more information.
Note: Each blueprint must have a unique name.
Click Upload.
The Upload Blueprint window appears.
Select the desired platform(s) to which you want to add a blueprint.
Notes:
To add a blueprint to all the available platforms, select Platform Name.
Only the platforms on which s-Par is running are listed in the Upload Blueprints window.
Under the Select Blueprint (FFM Repository/Choose a new File) section, do either of the following:
Under FFM Repository, select the blueprint that you want to upload.
Note: The FFM Repository is a repository folder on the FMP that stores the blueprints. The path to access the blueprint folder on the FMP is /FFM-Repo/blueprints. Blueprints are downloadable from a DVD or from the Unisys Support site to this folder. Blueprints are also added to the FFM Repository when they are uploaded to a platform from any other location. Unisys recommends periodic deletion of older or unused versions of blueprints. This helps to avoid issues that applications may encounter due to unavailability of adequate storage space.
Under New, navigate to the location of the blueprint and click Open.
Click Upload.
The uploading process continues in the background. In the Diagnostics tab the status of this activity is listed as INITIATED.
During the upload, a new window appears that displays the upload progress. Once the upload is completed, this window closes and the events are entered in Event Console.
Note: The maximum size of the file that can be uploaded is 15 GB.
After the event status becomes SUCCESS for the selected platform, click Synchronize.
The uploaded blueprint appears in the list of available blueprints.
The status of blueprint upload appears under the Diagnostics tab as an event INITIATED for both the Fabric Management Platform and the selected enterprise partition platform. Once the status of the event becomes SUCCESS for the enterprise partition platform, click Synchronize to view the uploaded blueprint.
Notes:
If you are uploading the blueprint from FMP to the platform, then the Event Console displays two events - one with INITIATED status and another with SUCCESS status.
If you are uploading the blueprint from any other location, the Event Console displays the following:
One event with INITIATED status and another with SUCCESS status for the upload operation from the location to the FMP.
One event with INITIATED status and another with SUCCESS status for the upload from the FMP to the platform.