Users Guide

To deploy VMware Cluster with NetaApp Storage using this template, perform the following steps:

1. On the

Templates page, select the VMware Cluster with NetApp Storage template, and click Clone

in the right pane.

2. In the Create Template

dialog box, enter a name, category, and description for the template, and

click Save.

3. On the

Template Builder page, click each storage components, click Edit on the dialog box that is

displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Storage Component dialog box:.

a. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, as desired.

b. From the Target NetApp drop-down list, select the target NetApp Storage.

c. Modify the Storage Volume Name and Storage Size, as desired.

d. From the Aggregate Name, select the aggregate name that is used in your NetApp storage.

e. From the NFS Target IP, select the target NFS IP that will be used.

4. Click

Save.

5. On the

Template Builder page, click each server components, click Edit in the dialog box that is

displayed, and then configure the following settings for servers in the

Server Component dialog box:

a. Modify the server Component Name with a unique name, as desired.

b. Retain the default selection of SD Card for Target Boot Device.

c. From the Server Pool drop-down list, select the server pool that has the target server.

d. Edit the Administrator Password for the ESXi host.

NOTE

: It is critical to update the password within this template. There is a masked value

present in the template, but there is no actual password set. If you do not set this

password, you will not be able to log in to the deployed server.

e. In the Product Key box, enter the Windows Product Key for the Hyper-V server.

f. Select the Timezone and enter the IP address of the NTP Server for time synchronization.

g. Select the Language and Keyboard inputs if you want to change the default values.

h. Enter the Domain Name and FQ Domain Name to which you want to add the Hyper-V host.

i. Enter the Domain Admin Username and Domain Admin Password to add the Hyper-V host to

the domain. Enter the domain admin password again to confirm.

NOTE

: It is critical to update the password within this template. There is a masked value

present in the template, but there is no actual password set. If you do not set this

password, you will not be able to log in to the deployed server.

j. Under Network Settings, perform the following.

1. Select the Do you want to partition? check box.

NOTE: For a Hyper-V deployment, partitions are not required.

2. Update the network settings based on the hypervisor that you want to deploy and the

networks that you have configured in your environment. Select at least one PXE network,

Hypervisor Management network, Hypervisor Migration network, and an optional Public

network for virtual machines.

6. Click Save.