Active System Manager Release 8.1.1 User’s Guide

When you log in to ASM for the first time, the Getting Started page is displayed. This page provides a recommended guided workflow for getting started with ASM. A check mark on each step indicates that you have completed the step.

The steps include:

• Step 1: Initial Setup — Click Initial Setup to configure basic settings required before you start using ASM, such as license, virtual appliance time zone, NTP server, DHCP, and proxy server settings. To proceed to Step 2, you must complete the initial setup configuration.

  After initial setup is complete, click Setting > Virtual Appliance Management to edit the license information, NTP, DHCP server, and proxy server settings..

• Step 2: Define Networks — Click Define Networks to define networks that are currently configured in your environment for resources to access. You can also click Setting > Network to define, edit, or delete the existing network. For more information on defining networks see, Define Networks
• Step 3: Discover Resources — Click Discover Resources to discover one or more resources (chassis, blade server, switch, storage, and hypervisor management software instances) that you want ASM to manage on your network. Additionally, following information is displayed on the Discover pane. For more information on discovering resources see, Discovering Resources
  • Discovered Resources — Indicates the number of resources that are discovered in ASM.
  • Pending Resources — Indicates that discovery is in progress for the number of resources displayed.
  • Errors — Indicates that ASM is unable to discover the number of resources displayed due to some issues.
• Step 4: Configure Resources — Click Configure Resources to perform a firmware compliance check on the discovered resources and configure the chassis as needed.
• Step 5: Publish Templates — Click Publish Templates to open the Templates page. On the Templates page, create a new template or edit a draft default template and publish it. The templates ready to be deployed after they are published.

You can also use the options available on the left pane to discover resources, create, edit, or publish templates.

If you do not want to view the Getting Started page when you log in next time, clear the Show welcome screen on next launch check box at the bottom of the page. However, to revisit the Getting Started page, click Settings in the left pane, and then click Getting Started.