- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Linux
- Overview—deployment steps and options
- Preparation for deployment
- Download installation packages—Linux
- Deploying PowerFlex with SELinux
- Prepare server operating systems for support of large-scale systems (up to 2048 SDCs)
- Prepare the DAX devices
- Install and configure the PowerFlex Gateway
- Install PowerFlex Gateway on Linux
- Install PowerFlex Gateway on Windows
- Configure PowerFlex Gateway properties
- Advanced and optional PowerFlex Gateway tasks
- Install the PowerFlex Gateway without assigning an admin password
- Reset PowerFlex Gateway password
- Store Tomcat's keystore password in the lockbox
- PowerFlex Gateway installation with a custom Java configuration
- Install Java on SUSE 12 servers
- Certificate management for PowerFlex Gateway
- Using SSH authentication on the PowerFlex Gateway
- Preparation tasks for SLES, Oracle Linux and Ubuntu
- Prepare the CSV file
- Clean the PowerFlex VMware environment
- Deploying PowerFlex using a non-root user
- Configure the OpenStack Nova Compute service
- Deploy PowerFlex
- Installation wizard
- Customizable installation using CSV file—hyper-converged system
- Customizable installation using CSV file—two-layer system
- Log in and upload installation packages
- Upload the CSV file
- Start the customized installation
- Complete the customized installation—two-layer system backend
- Install SDC on frontend servers
- Install the PowerFlex presentation server
- SDC (scini) driver configuration for SELinux
- Add components to a PowerFlex system—Linux
- VMware ESXi
- Overview—deployment steps
- Preparation for deployment
- Deploy PowerFlex using the vSphere PowerFlex plug-in
- Manually deploy PowerFlex on ESXi servers
- Manual Deployment of VxFlex OS on ESXi Servers
- Deploying the PowerFlex storage virtual machine (SVM)
- Manually install PowerFlex components on the SVMs
- Register the vSphere PowerFlex plug-in
- Install SDC on an ESXi server using the vSphere PowerFlex plug-in
- Install the SDC on an ESXi-based server and connect it to PowerFlex using esxcli
- Manually remove a VIB file from an ESXi host
- Add components to a PowerFlex system—ESXi
- PowerFlex Installer REST API
- PowerFlex VASA
- Post-deployment tasks
Deploy Dell PowerFlex v3.6.x
Customizable installation using CSV file—two-layer system
This section describes how to use the PowerFlex Installer and a CSV topology file to get a fully customized two-layer PowerFlex system up and running. The backend (MDM and SDS components) will be installed on Linux-based servers. The frontend servers (running the SDC component) can run on any operating system supported by this version of PowerFlex.
Prerequisites
Ensure that you have performed all the preparation tasks before using the PowerFlex Installer, and in particular, that you have prepared the CSV file.
About this task
- For frontend Linux or Windows-based servers, SDCs can be installed using the CSV file, or manually after deploying the backend
- For frontend ESXi-based servers, the SDCs are installed after deploying the backend, either using the vSphere PowerFlex plug-in, or manually
The PowerFlex Installer guides you through the following tasks:
Steps
- Set up the installation.
- Run the installation.
- For ESXi frontend servers, register the PowerFlex plug-in and install SDC.
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For Linux or Windows-based frontend servers where SDCs were not installed using the CSV file, install the SDC component.
After installation is complete, a number of post-installation tasks must be performed, including PowerFlex presentation server installation (required for the PowerFlex GUI), configuration, and license activation.
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