Active System Manager Release 8.1.1 User’s Guide

Template – install ESXi to SD card with iSCSI storage

This template deploys an iSCSI storage volume, two ESXi hosts, and creates a VMware cluster.

In the Templates page, select the Install ESXi to SD Card with iSCSI Storage template, and click Edit in the right pane.
In the Create Template dialog box, enter the Template Name and Template Description for the template.
Click Save.
In the Template Builder, select the EqualLogic storage component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Storage Component dialog box.
In the Component Name box, type the component name. (Optional)
Under EqualLogic Storage Settings, configure the following:
1. From the Target EqualLogic drop-down list, select your target EqualLogic iSCSI array.
2. In the Storage Volume Name text box, type a unique name.
3. In the Storage Pool, Storage Size , Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve %, Thin Min Reserve %, Thin growth Warning %, Thin growth Maximum % , Thin warning on threshold %, Multi-Host access of volume text boxes, update the values.
4. From the Authentication drop-down list, select authentication type as CHAP.
5. In the Chap Username and Chap Secret text boxes, type the CHAP user name and CHAP secret for the volume access.
In the Template Builder, select the server component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Server Component dialog box. Repeat this step for both the servers.
1. In the Component Name text box, type the component name. (Optional)
2. Under Hardware Settings section, configure the following:
  1. Retain the value of Target Boot Device as default value of SD Card.
  2. From the Server Pool drop-down list, select corresponding server pool.
3. Under OS Settings, configure the following:
  1. To select the administrator password that configures on the deployed OS, in the Administrator password text box, type the administrator password. In the Confirm administrator password box , type the password again to confirm.
    - NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. The value in the template is masked, but the actual password is not set. If this password is not set, you cannot log in to the deployed server.
  2. From the OS Image drop-down list, select an OS for a hypervisor (Example: ESXi 5.1 or ESX 5.5) which is configured to be deployed within your ASM managed environment.
4. Under Network Settings section, update the network settings accordingly for the hypervisor you are deploying and for the configured networks in your environment.
In the Template Builder, click a cluster component, and click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Cluster Component dialog box.
1. Under Cluster Settings, configure the following:
  1. From the Target Hypervisor drop-down list, select the target vCenter.
  2. Under Cluster Settings, in the Data Center Name and Cluster Name text boxes, type their corresponding names.
To save the settings, click Save.
To publish the template, click Publish Template. The template is now ready to be deployed.