Colocation

Specs and Commercial Info

The “Colocation” service is the equipment deployment in our Tier III data centers.

We can:

  • host your server in our server rack;

  • lend you an entire rack.

We provide:

  • the physical security of the equipment;

  • uninterrupted power supply;

  • guaranteed communication channel with high bandwidth;

  • optimal climate conditions.

You can maintain the hardware on your own or our engineers can perform simple actions for you (like swapping parts, commutation, inspecting).

We also provide:

  • installation of the equipment in a rack and initial network configuration by our engineers;

  • access to the Internet at 1-10 Gbps;

  • public IPv4 addresses;

  • public IPv6 addresses;

  • permanent access to IPMI;

  • technical support 24/7.

In the case of renting a rack, we offer:

  • up to 47 units for standard servers;

  • technical support 24/7;

  • dedicated power supply to 5 kW per rack;

  • the basic level of remote equipment maintenance - components inspection and commutation.

Viewing Your Server’s Info

Navigate to “Infrastructure -> Collocation”. This section includes a list of hosted servers and brief information about them.

Clicking on the “More” button will open:

  • Server name. Here you can always change the name to a new one;

  • Server information;

  • Ability to view the active access sessions to IPMI;

  • Information about connected SAN network;

  • Information about connected virtual volumes.

Connecting to IPMI

For security purposes, access is blocked by firewall rules. The IPMI access address is permanent.

Click the “IPMI” button under any server’s card to get 3-hour access to its IPMI interface. To extend the session, click “More” and click “Extend” in the “Active IPMI sessions” list.

To provide permanent access to an IP address, click “Create session” in the “Active IPMI sessions” list, select the “permanent” access type, and enter the IP address.

SAN Volumes

You can disconnect a previously connected virtual volume using the “Disconnect” button or connect a new virtual volume using the “Connect volume” button (the volume should be already created in the “Infrastructure” / “Volumes” section).

Setting up LACP on Debian or Ubuntu Linux

  1. First it is necessary to install ifenslave:

apt-get install ifenslave

  1. Add bonding to text file /etc/modules:

echo 'bonding' >> /etc/modules

  1. Download the module entering the following command in the terminal:

modprobe bonding

  1. Edit the network configuration file:

nano /etc/network/interfaces

  1. Copy and add into this file:

iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0     # (or eno0)
iface eth0 inet manual
bond-master bond0

auto eth1     # (or eno1)
iface eth1 inet manual
bond-master bond0

auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static
address **IP ADDRESS/24 from ticket**
gateway **GATEWAY from ticket**
dns-nameservers 194.55.234.253
slaves eth0 eth1      # or en0 eno1
bond-mode 802.3ad
bond-lacp-rate slow

  1. Enable the configured network interface (or restart the server):

ifup bond0
/etc/init.d/networking start

  1. After successfully raising the interface you can monitor its condition in the file /proc/net/bonding/bond0:

cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0