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Connection Requirements
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The virtual appliance is able to
communicate with the out-of-band management network and any other
networks from which you want to discover the resources.
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The virtual appliance is able to
communicate with the PXE network in which the appliance is deployed.
It is recommended to configure the virtual appliance directly on the
PXE network, and not on the external network.
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The virtual appliance is able to
communicate with the hypervisor management network.
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The DHCP server is fully functional
with appropriate PXE settings to PXE boot images from ASM in your
deployment network.
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Dell PowerEdge Servers
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- Dell PowerEdge servers are configured and have the
management IP address and login credentials assigned.
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NOTE: The user name (root)
and password required.
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Any device being used in the boot
order, such as C: Drive or NICs, must already be enabled in the boot
order. This applies when booting to SD card, hard Disk, or fiber
channel which are listed as C: in boot order or PXE and iSCSI, which
are listed as NICs in the boot order. ASM will enable the supporting
device connectivity and adjust the boot order, but cannot enable/disable
device names in the boot order.
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Before performing Fibre Channel boot
from SAN, a server must be configured with the QLogic fiber channel
card, which is configured with the appropriate scan selection. To
verify this in the BIOS and QLogic device settings, press F2 for System
Setup, and then go to
, and then select "
First LUN". The
First LUN setting needs to be disabled for deployments
other than Boot from SAN.
- Server facing ports must be configured for spanning
tree portfast.
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C-Series Server
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- Network and BIOS configuration cannot be done using
appliance. You need to do it manually.
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Hard disk should be available for
server to install OS.
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You need to set single NIC to PXE
boot.This should be set as first boot device and hard disk should
be set as second boot device.
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Network must be configured on top
of rack switch which are connected to C-Series server
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Necessary VLAN must be configured
on the service facing port of that top of rack switch.
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NOTE: You need
to place PXE VLAN-untagged for any kind of OS deployment. If it’s
Windows and Linux bare metal OS installation, you need to set workload
network and you need to set Hypervisor management network for ESXi
deployment.
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Cisco Servers
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- Network and BIOS configuration cannot be done using
appliance. You need to do it manually.
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Dell Force10 S4810 switches (Top-of-Rack
[ToR])
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The management IP address is configured
for the ToR switches.
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Any VLAN which is dynamically provisioned
by ASM must exist on the ToR switch.
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Server facing ports must be in switchport
mode.
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Server facing ports must be configured
for spanning tree portfast.
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If DCB settings are used, it must
be properly configured on the switch for converged traffic.
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Switches have SSH connectivity enabled.
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ASM performs certain basic port configuration
for the server side ports such as setting the server facing ports
in portfast mode and configuring spanning-tree pvst edge-port. If
you want to perform additional base or advanced port configuration
at a port or global level on the switches, you must ensure that the
configuration is performed before attempting any deployment with ASM.
For example, if you want to set the rstp mode on the server facing
ports, enter the following commands manually:
FTOS#configureFTOS(conf)#interface tengigabitethernet 0/1FTOS(conf-if-te-0/1)#spanning-tree rstp edge-port
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N-Series Switches
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The management IP address is configured
for the switches.
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ASM creates the virtual machine (VM)
traffic VLANs dynamically.
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You have access to the switches with
passwords enabled.
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Switches have SSH connectivity enabled.
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Server facing ports must be in hybrid
mode.
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Server facing ports must be in switch
port mode.
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Server facing ports must be configured
for spanning tree portfast.
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If DCB settings are used, it must
be properly configured on the switch for converged traffic.
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ASM performs certain basic port configuration
for the server side ports such as setting the server facing ports
in portfast mode and configuring spanning-tree pvst edge-port. If
you want to perform additional base or advanced port configuration
at a port or global level on the switches, you must ensure that the
configuration is performed before attempting any deployment with ASM.
For example, if you want to set the rstp mode on the server facing
ports, enter the following commands manually:
FTOS#configureFTOS(conf)#interface tengigabitethernet 0/1FTOS(conf-if-te-0/1)#spanning-tree rstp edge-port
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| Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator |
- Server facing ports must be in switchport mode.
- Server facing ports must be configured for spanning
tree portfast.
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| Dell Networking MXL 10/40GbE blade switch |
- Any VLAN which is dynamically provisioned by ASM
must exist on the switch.
- Server facing ports must be configured for spanning
tree portfast.
- Make sure DCB settings are configured on each port.
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If ASM is used to perform the initial
configuration of credentials and IPs on the IOM in the blade chassis,
you need to make sure, no enabled password is configured on the switches.
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Switches have SSH connectivity enabled.
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ASM performs certain basic port configuration
for the server side ports such as setting the server facing ports
in portfast mode and configuring spanning-tree pvst edge-port. If
you want to perform additional base or advanced port configuration
at a port or global level on the switches, you must ensure that the
configuration is performed before attempting any deployment with ASM.
For example, if you want to set the rstp mode on the server facing
ports, enter the following commands manually:
FTOS#configureFTOS(conf)#interface tengigabitethernet 0/1FTOS(conf-if-te-0/1)#spanning-tree rstp edge-port
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Dell 8 | 4 I/O modules
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EqualLogic Storage Array
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The management and group IP addresses
are configured for Storage Array.
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All storage array members are added
to the group.
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NOTE: The EqualLogic management interface must be configured to enable
dedicated management network.
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EqualLogic array must have a SNMP
community name set to "public".
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Compellent Storage Array
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The management IP address is configured
for the Storage Array
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All storage array members are added
to the group.
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Virtual ports must be enabled on compellent.
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Follow Compellent best-practices
for storage configuration.
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Storage Centers needs to be added
to the Enterprise Manager before initiating the Element Manager discovery
in ASM
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Fault Domain and IP Address configuration
of iSCSI controllers needs to be done before discovery Element Manager
in ASM
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Discovery of EM needs to be done
with same credentials which are used for add storage center in Element
Manager
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Enable SNMP on Compellent in order
to enable ASM to monitor the device.
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Compellent iSCSI on MXL with Hyper
V
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Enable LLDP and its corresponding
attributes
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DCB (with no PFC option) on the participating
interfaces (Server Facing and Port-Channel Members). Since DCB is
globally enabled, the PFC should be turned off individually in those
interface
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Link Level Flow control (LLFC) must
be Rx ON and Tx OFF on the respective interfaces
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MTU must be set to 12000 on respective
interfaces
Sample server facing interface configuration
FTOSA1#show running-config interface tengigabitethernet
0/15
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet
0/15
no ip address
mtu 12000
portmode hybrid
switchport
flowcontrol rx on tx off
spanning-tree
0 portfast
spanning-tree pvst edge-port
dcb-map DCB_MAP_PFC_OFF
!
protocol lldp
advertise management-tlv
management-address system-name
dcbx port-role auto-downstream
no shutdown
Sample port-channel
member interface configuration
FTOSA1#show
running-config interface tengigabitethernet 0/
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/41
no ip address
mtu 12000
dcb-map
DCB_MAP_PFC_OFF
!
port-channel-protocol
LACP
port-channel 1 mode active
!
protocol lldp
advertise management-tlv
management-address system-name
no advertise dcbx-tlv
ets-reco
dcbx port-role auto-upstream
no shutdown
FTOSA1#
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VMware vCenter 5.1, 5.5 or 6.0
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VMware vCenter 5.1, 5.5 or 6.0 is
configured and accessible through the management and hypervisor management
network.
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Appropriate licenses are deployed on
the VMware vCenter.
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System Center Virtual Machine
Manager (SCVMM)
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PXE Setup
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Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis
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Dell PowerEdge FX2 chassis
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