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Active System Manager Release 8.2 User’s Guide

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Template-deploy VMware Cluster with iSCSI Storage Using Software Initiator

To deploy VMware Cluster with iSCSI Storage Using Software Initiator using this template, perform the following:
  1. Click Active System Manager > Templates > Sample Templates .
  2. Select the Deploying VMware Cluster with iSCSI Storage Using Software Initiator template, and click Clone in the right pane. The Create Template window is displayed.
  3. In the Create Template dialog box, do the following:
    1. Type a name in the Template Name box.
    2. Select a category from the Template Category drop-down menu.
    3. In the Template Description field, enter a description for the template.
    4. To update the firmware while deploying a service using this template, select the Manage Server Firmware check box and select a firmware repository from the Use Firmware Repository drop-down menu.
      • NOTE: Changing the firmware repository may update the firmware level on servers for this service. Firmware on shared devices will still be maintained by the global default firmware repository.
    5. To grant access to standard users to use this template, select any one of the following options from the Manage Service Permissions option:
      1. All Standard Users — Select this option to provide access to all standard users.
      2. Specific Standard Users — Select this option to provide access to specific users. Click +Add User(s) to add the users. To remove users added to list, select the user and click Remove User(s).
    6. Click Save.
  4. On the Template Builder page, click each storage component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and configure the following settings in the Storage Component window.
    1. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, if necessary.
    2. Under the Associated Resources section, select Associate All Resources or Associate Selected Resources to associate all or specific components to the new component.
    3. Click Continue.
    4. Under EqualLogic Storage Settings, configure the following:
      1. From the Target EqualLogic drop-down menu, select the target EqualLogic array.
      2. In the Storage Volume Name box, type a unique name.
      3. In the Storage Size (e.g 500MB, 1GB) text box, type the storage size.
      4. Verify the values for Storage Pool, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve % , Thin Min Reserve %, Thin growth Warning %, Thin growth Maximum % , Thin warning on threshold %, Thin warning on hard threshold %, Multi-Host access of volume , Authentication, and Initiator IQN or IP Addresses.
      5. Click Save.
  5. On the Template Builder page, click each server component and click Edit to configure the components. The Server Component window is displayed.
  6. On the Server Component window, configure the following options:
    1. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, if necessary.
    2. Under the Associated Resources section, select Associate All Resources or Associate Selected Resources to associate all or specific components to the new component.
    3. Click Continue.
    4. Select any one of the following:
      1. Import Configuration from Reference Server — Select to import the configuration from an existing server.
      2. Import from Existing Template — Select to import the configuration from a server component in an existing template.
      3. Upload Server Configuration Profile — Select this option to configure the component based on a configuration profile available on the system.
    5. Under Hardware Settings, configure the following:
      1. Retain the default selection of Local Hard Drive for Target Boot Device.
      2. Select a Server Pool that contains a target server from the drop-down list.

      3. Configure RAID. The following two options are available to configure RAID level:

        • Basic
        • Advanced
    6. Under OS Settings, configure the following:
      1. If you select the Auto-generate Host Name check box, a Host Name Template field is displayed.

        On Host Name Template field, type unique host name for deployment. You must use variable while generating host name.

      2. From the OS Image drop-down menu, select the OS image.
      3. Edit the Administrator password for the ESXi host.
      4. Type the IP address of the NTP Server for time synchronization.
      5. From the Select iSCSI Initiator drop-down menu, select Software Initiator.
        • NOTE: If the default value for Install EqualLogic MEM is True, EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module is installed.
    7. Under Network Settings,
      1. Leave the Identify Pool drop-down menu set to Global pool.
      2. Click Add New Interface option to create a network interface in a template server component.
      3. Configure Partitioning and Redundancy according to the needs of your environment.
      4. Add ASM Networks as required for VMware deployments, for example Hypervisor Management, Hypervisor Migration, and Public or Private networks.

      For more information on Adding New Interface, see Add New Interface section in User’s Guide.

    8. Under the BIOS Settings section, select the following:
      1. System Profile — Select the system power and performance profile for the server.
      2. User Accessible USB Ports — Select the server ports that are accessible by the user.
      3. Number of Cores per Processor — Select the number of enabled cores per processor.
      4. Processor Virtualization Technology — Select Enabled to enable the additional hardware capabilities provided by virtualization technology.
      5. Logical Processors — Each processor core supports up to two logical processors. If set to Enabled, the BIOS reports all logical processors. If set to Disabled, the BIOS reports only one logical processor per core.
      6. Execute Disable — Allows you to enable or disable the Execute Disable bit.
      7. Node Interleaving — If the system is configured with matching memory, set the option to Enabled. If set to Disabled, the system supports non-uniform memory architecture memory configurations.
      8. Click Save.
  7. On the Template Builder page, click the VMware Cluster component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Cluster Component dialog box:
    1. Modify the Server Component Name with a unique name, if necessary.
    2. Under the Associated Resources section, select Associate All Resources or Associate Selected Resources to associate all or specific components to the new component.
    3. Click Continue.
    4. Under Cluster Settings, configure the following:
      1. From the Target Virtual Machine Manager drop-down list, make sure that you select your target vCenter.
      2. From the Data Center Name drop-down list, select Create New Datacenter, and type a data center name in the New datacenter name box.
      3. From the Cluster Name drop-down list, select Create New Cluster and then in the New cluster name box, enter the cluster name.
      4. Select Switch Type as Standard.
      5. Enable or disable the highly available cluster by selecting or clearing the Cluster HA Enabled check box.
      6. Enable or disable the distributed resource scheduler (DRS) by selecting or clearing the Cluster DRS Enabled check box.
      7. Click Save.
      8. Click Publish Template.

        This template is now ready to be deployed.

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