- 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
Overview—deployment steps and options
This section summarizes deployment steps and options.
In physical environments and in non-VMware virtual environments, use the PowerFlex Installer to install and configure the PowerFlex components on multiple nodes from one central server, using a web client. The PowerFlex Installer is configurable.
As part of the installation process, the PowerFlex Lightweight Installation Agent (LIA) is installed on each node. The LIA is a required component for many maintenance operations. During initial installation, the PowerFlex Installer establishes trust with the LIA, which facilitates its operation. You can limit the operations that LIA can perform by making changes to its configuration file.
In Windows environments, LIA will only install and upgrade packages that are signed by PowerFlex and are associated with the PowerFlex system.
NOTE: The
PowerFlex Installer also has a REST API that provides install, extend, and uninstall functionality. Deployment procedures are included in this guide. All the REST API commands are described in the
PowerFlex REST API Reference Guide.
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