iMetal Server Overview

Introduction

You can manage your servers in Huawei Cloud data centers and access Huawei Cloud services as easily as using Huawei Cloud Bare Metal Server (BMS).

After deploying your servers in Huawei Cloud data centers, you can directly connect them to the Huawei Cloud private network to build a secure, dedicated network on the cloud. In addition, you can use the management console to maintain and manage servers.

Architecture

iMetal works with other cloud services to provide compute, storage, network, and image resources.

• iMetal servers are deployed in multiple availability zones (AZs) connected with each other through a private network. If an AZ becomes faulty, other AZs in the same region will not be affected.
• With Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), you can create a dedicated network for iMetal servers and configure subnets and network ACLs. iMetal servers in a VPC can communicate with public networks through EIPs (bandwidth support required).
• You can use Image Management Service (IMS) to install images on iMetal servers.
• Data is stored on the local disks of iMetal servers.

Figure 1 iMetal product architecture

Access Modes

The public cloud provides a web-based service management system (management console). You can access iMetal through the management console.

You can use the management console to access an iMetal server. Ensure that you have registered on Huawei Cloud. Then, log in to the management console and click CloudDC.