Deployment Guide
Specification Prerequisite
deployed. It is recommended to configure the
virtual appliance directly on the PXE network,
and not on the external network.
• The virtual appliance is able to communicate
with the hypervisor management network.
• The DHCP server is fully functional with
appropriate PXE settings to PXE boot images
from ASM in your deployment network.
Firmware and BIOS Requirements Make sure all the resources are configured with the
firmware versions listed in the section Supported
Resources
PowerEdge M1000e Chassis, blade server, and IO
aggregators
• Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for
M1000e chassis is configured and has the
management IP address and login credentials
assigned.
• Server iDRAC and IOA is configured and has the
management IP address and login credentials
assigned using CMC management interface.
Dell PowerEdge Hypervisor Servers Server iDRAC is configured and has the out-of-
band IP address and login credentials.
Dell PowerEdge Servers
• Dell PowerEdge Servers are configured and
have the management IP address and login
credentials assigned.
NOTE
: The user name (root) and password
required.
• 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 FC, 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.
• 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 Device Settings → <Target QLogic Fibre
Channel adapter name> → Fibre Channel
Target Configuration
→ Boot Scan, and then
select "First LUN".
Dell PowerConnect 7024 switches
• The management IP address is configured for
the switches.
• ASM creates the virtual machine (VM) traffic
VLANs dynamically.
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