Active System Manager Release 8.2.
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Contents 1 Overview.................................................................................................................8 About this document............................................................................................................................ 9 What’s New in this Release................................................................................................................... 9 Accessing Online Help...................................................................
Adding servers to existing service.................................................................................................32 Adding storage to existing service................................................................................................ 33 Add Network..................................................................................................................................33 Adding application to an existing service...........................................................
Running firmware compliance................................................................................................... 107 Configuring global chassis settings............................................................................................ 107 Configuring unique chassis settings ..........................................................................................109 Configuring unique server settings.....................................................................................
Repositories....................................................................................................................................... 131 Adding OS Image repositories.................................................................................................... 132 Editing OS image repository....................................................................................................... 133 Resynchronizing OS image repository ........................................................
Scaling down a server that is part of a cluster with HA and DRS disabled does not remove the server from vCenter. The associated virtual machines may also appear in a Disconnected state.................................................................................................................................................... 161 Firmware update on a server fails with a POST error.......................................................................
Overview 1 Active System Manager (ASM) is Dell’s unified management product that provides a comprehensive infrastructure and workload automation solution for IT administrators and teams. ASM simplifies and automates the management of heterogeneous environments enabling IT to respond more rapidly to dynamic business needs.
– Full lifecycle management of physical and virtual infrastructure and workloads. • Deep virtualization integration — Manage cluster-level and virtual machine (VM) lifecycle. • Resource pooling and dynamic allocation — Optimize capital expenditures by creating and managing physical and virtual IT resource pools.
After you log in to ASM user interface, you can access the online help in any of the following ways: • To open context-sensitive online help for the active page, click ?, and then click Help. • To open context-sensitive online help for a dialog box, click ? in the dialog box. Also, in the online help, use the Enter search items option in the Table of Contents to search for a specific topic or keyword.
• Standard License — A standard license grants full access. You receive an email from customer service with instructions for downloading ASM and your license. If you are using ASM for the first time, you must upload the license file using the Initial Setup wizard. To upload and activate subsequent licenses, click Settings → Virtual Appliance Management. 1. Under the License Management section, on the Virtual Appliance Management page, click Add. The License Management window is displayed. 2.
Getting started with ASM 8.2.1 2 When you log in to ASM for the first time, the Getting Started page is displayed. This page provides a recommended guided workflow for getting started with ASM. A check mark on each step indicates that you have completed the step. NOTE: After logging in to ASM for the first time, you can initially set up the configurations. NOTE: The Getting Started page is not displayed for standard users. NOTE: Ensure that you log in using admin as the user name and password.
Related Links Discovery overview Initial Setup Discovering resources Templates Defining or editing existing network Configuring resources or chassis 13
Initial Setup 3 The Initial Setup wizard enables you to configure the basic settings required to start using ASM. Before you begin, ensure that you have the following information available: • The local network share that contains the ASM license. • The time zone of the virtual appliance that hosts ASM. • The IP address or host name of at least one Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. • The IP address or host name, port, and credentials of the proxy server.
Management. On the Virtual Appliance Management page, click Edit in the License Management section. 1. On the Licensing page of the Initial Setup wizard, click Browse, and select a valid license file. The following information is displayed based on the license selected: • Type — Displays the license type. There are two valid license types supported in ASM: – Standard — Full-access license type. – Trial — Evaluation license that expires after 90 days and supports up to 25 resources. • 2.
5. To test the connection to the proxy server, click Test Proxy Connection. 6. Click Save and Continue. After the initial setup is complete, click Settings → Virtual Appliance Management to change the proxy settings. On the Virtual Appliance Management page, click Edit in the Proxy Settings section. Related Links Editing proxy settings Configure DHCP settings Configure the following settings to set the ASM appliance as a DHCP or PXE server.
Dashboard 4 The Dashboard displays the following information: NOTE: For standard users, only the details of the services they have created or for which they have permission is displayed. • The Service Overview section displays a graphical representation of the services based on the state, total number of services deployed, and state icons that represent the service state. The number next to each icon indicates how many services are in a particular state.
• * All Deployments * Last 10 Deployments * Last Week * Last Month * Last 6 Months * Last Year Resource Overview — Indicates the numbers of chassis, servers, switches, and storage that have been discovered. Under Server Health, the image indicates the following: – Healthy (green band on the graphic): Indicates that there is no issue with the servers and that servers are working as expected.
– The trial license expires. • Quick Action — Enables you to create a new template, add existing service, and deploy a new service. • Recent Activity — Lists the most recent user and system initiated activities. Click View All to view the activities on the Logs page. Additionally, the following information is displayed on the Dashboard. – Discovered Resources — Indicates the number of resources that are discovered in ASM.
5 Services A service is a deployment of a published template. NOTE: For standard users, only the details of the services they have created or for which they have permission is displayed. The Services page displays the services that are in the following states in both Graphical and Tabular view. • Error — Displays the number of services for which the deployment process is incomplete due to errors. • Healthy — Indicates that the service is successfully deployed and is healthy.
• Status — Indicates the status of the service. • Name — Indicates the name of the service. • Deployed By — Indicates the name of the user who deployed the service. • Deployed On —Indicates the date and time when the service is deployed. Click the service in the Tabular or Graphical view to view the following information about the service in the right pane: • Service name and description to identify the service. • Name of the user who deployed the service.
c. Type a number that indicates the number of deployments that is required for a service. d. If you want to update the firmware version running on the servers that are in the service, select the Manage Server Firmware check box, and from the Use Firmware Repository drop-down, select a firmware repository. NOTE: Changing the firmware repository may update the firmware level on servers for this service. Firmware on shared devices will still be maintained by the global default firmware repository. e.
NOTE: You must manually configure network and BIOS on Dell PowerEdge C6220 servers. Before configuring ensure that: • There is sufficient hard disk space available on the server to install the operating system. • Single NIC is set to PXE boot. • Single NIC is set as a first boot device and the hard disk is set as second boot device. • The network is set as workload network for Windows and Linux bare-metal operating system installation and is set as hypervisor management network for ESXi deployment.
8. c. Cluster Name — Select the cluster name you want to discover. Click Next. The list of all the resources available in the cluster are displayed on the Summary page. NOTE: If the resources are discovered and in available or reserved state the Available Inventory displays the components as Yes. 9. Click Finish. After the service is created, you can update firmware, change firmware baseline, and delete resources in a service.
* Asset/Service Tag – Under Physical Servers, you can view the following information about the servers that are part of a service: * Hostname * IP Address * Hypervisor IP Address * Asset/Service Tag – Under Storage, you can view the following information and view the volumes created on a particular storage and the size of the volumes.
– Reference Template — Displays the name of the reference template used in the service. NOTE: For existing services the name is displayed as User Generated Template and not a template name from the inventory. – Reference Firmware Repository — Displays the reference firmware repository. – User Permissions — Displays one of the following: * Enabled — Indicates that the permission is granted for one or more Standard users to deploy this service.
The component deployment status and information on the current deployed service is displayed. Related Links Deploying service Exporting service details Updating firmware Retry Service Adding components to an existing service deployments Deleting service Deleting resources from service Migrating servers Upgrade Components Component deployment states After you deploy a service, ASM assigns one or more states to the components based on the deployment status.
c. If you want to grant permission for Standard users to use this service, under Manage Service Permissions, select the In addition to all Admins, grant Standard Users access to this service check box, and perform one of the following actions: • To grant access to all Standard users for this service, select All Standard Users option. • To grant access only to specific Standard users for this service, select Specific Standard Users option, and perform the following tasks: a.
Retry Service You can redeploy a service for which deployment is not successful due to some issues. NOTE: Standard users can only redeploy a failed service that they have deployed. 1. On the home page, click Services. The Services page is displayed. 2. Select a service in an error state and click View Details in the right pane. The Service Details page is displayed. 3. In the right pane, under Service Actions, click Retry. Click Yes when a confirmation message appears.
Related Links Migrating servers Migrating servers NOTE: Standard users can migrate the servers that are part of the server pool for with they have permission. You can migrate only one server at a time. However, after a successful migration, additional servers can be migrated. During migration, ASM tries to identify an exact match for the hardware. If it is not available in the server pool, a different hardware can be selected. You may encounter some issues during configuration of the new servers.
To add components to a service: 1. On the home page, click Services. The Services page is displayed. 2. Select a service and click View Details in the right pane. The Server Details page is displayed. 3. In the right pane, under Resource Actions, from the Add Resources drop-down menu, click one of the following components: • Application — Enables you to add one or more applications to the service. • VM — Enables you to add one or more virtual machines to the service.
• 1. From the Resource to Duplicate drop-down list, select a virtual machine to clone. 2. In the # of Instances box, enter the number of new virtual machine that you want to add to the service. Click Continue. 3. In the Component Name box, enter the virtual machine name for the virtual machine(s). 4. In the Host Name box, enter the host name of the virtual machines. If you want to add new virtual machine, click New, and perform the following steps: 1.
The new component automatically associated with the existing components. – When you are adding a new component to a template, if you want to associate the component only with the selected components, select Associate Selected Resources, and then select the components to associate as needed. Based on the component type, specific settings and properties appear automatically that are required and can be edited. For more information specific to component type settings, see Component Types.
Also, you can define a new network by clicking Define a new network. 5. Select Port Group from the Select Port Group drop-down menu. 6. Select resources from the Select Resources drop-down menu. 7. Click Save. NOTE: To remove the added network, under Actions, click Remove. Adding application to an existing service To add application to an existing service: 1. On the home page, click Services. 2. Select the service you want to add application and click View Details on the right pane.
Templates 6 A Template is a collection of components. It defines the end state of your infrastructure that will be configured when a service is generated. A Template may consist of various components that identify the type of resource to be configured. In ASM, each component is specifically categorized as: • Application • Virtual Machine • Cluster • Server • Storage NOTE: The Switch component cannot be configured in ASM currently.
• Upload External Template • Export All If you select Sample Template, you will get templates which are integrated with ASM by default. Related Links Manage templates Sample templates About roles Cloning template Deleting template Creating template Editing template Building and publishing template Importing template Manage templates The Templates page displays the information about the templates in Graphical and Tabular format.
• Updated on — Indicates the date and time when the template was last updated. • Updated by — Indicates the name of the person who last updated the template • Last Deployed on — Indicates date and time when the selected template was last deployed. From this page, you can: NOTE: Only the user with Administrator role has the permissions to create, edit, delete, publish, import, and clone templates. • Click Create Template on the top of the Templates page to create a new template.
To create a new template or clone an existing template, perform the following steps: 1. In the left pane, click Templates. 2. On the Templates page, click Create Template. The Create Template dialog box is displayed. 3. Select either New or Clone Existing option. In case of Clone Existing, select any existing template that is to be cloned. The components of the selected template are cloned into the new template. 4. Enter a Template Name. 5.
3. In the right pane, click Edit. 4. In the Template Name box, modify the template name as needed. 5. From the Template Category drop-down list, select a template category. To create a new category, select Create New Category from the list. 6. In the Template Description box, enter the description for the template.. 7.
On this page, you can: • Build and Publish a template • Delete a Template • Import a Template • Deploy a Service NOTE: The Deploy Service functionality is applicable only on published templates. Related Links Building and publishing template Building and publishing template After creating a template using the Create Template dialog box, to start building a customized template using the Template Builder page, perform the following steps: 1.
specific cluster and virtual machine topology, and then import this template definition into another template. After importing, you can modify the component properties of the imported components. NOTE: Editing the imported template does not affect the original template that was imported and vice versa. To import a template, perform the following steps: 1. Click Templates. 2. On the Templates page, select the template which you want to import, in the right pane, click Edit to edit an existing template.
Upload External Template To upload a template which has imported from other instances of ASM: 1. Log in to other appliance where you want to upload the saved exported template. 2. Click Publish Template on the Getting Started page. 3. Click Upload External Template. Upload External Template window is displayed. click Browse button just beside Select Template. It gives you option to select the exported file to upload. 4. Select the file from your directory where you have saved it. 5.
* To delete the template, click Delete Template. * To view all the resources that are in the template and their properties, click View All Settings. * To import the configuration from an existing template, click Import Template. Viewing template details To view more details about a template: 1. On the Templates page, select a template. 2. In the right pane, click View Details. The topology of the components that are part of the template is displayed in the Template Builder. 3.
The Services page is displayed. 2. On the Services page, click Deploy New Service. The Deploy Service wizard is displayed. 3. On the Service Information page, perform the following steps, and click Next. a. From the Select Published Template drop-down list, select the template to deploy a service. b. Enter the Service Name (required) and Service Description (optional) that identifies the service. c.
c. Under OS Settings section, from IP Source, click ASM Selected IP or User Entered IP. 6. 1. To manually enter the IP address, click User Entered IP. 2. From the IP Source drop-down menu, select Manual Entry. 3. Type IP address in the Static IP Address text box. In the Schedule Deployment page, perform one of the following actions: • Deploy Now — Select this option to deploy the service immediately. • Schedule Later — Select this option and enter the date and time to deploy the service.
Add Attachments You can attach any kind of files to template by using Add Attachment feature. You can attach multiple files. NOTE: The size limit of attached files is 50 megabytes. 1. Click Add Attachment under Template information tab, in the right pane of Template page. Add Attachment window is displayed. 2. You can attach any kind of files to template by using Add Attachment feature. You can attach multiple files. 3. Click the browse button. Browse file from local file system, click Open.
Decommissioning VMware based storage, host, and clusters To decommission VMware based storage, host, and clusters: 1. Delete unused clusters from VMware vCenter. 2. Delete unused data centers from VMware vCenter. 3. Remove hosts from VMware vCenter. 4. Storage volumes should be set offline and deleted when the data is no longer used. 5. If necessary, remove ASM provisioned VLANs from the host facing ports of the switch.
• NetApp 2. Under Related Components, select the components that you want to map with the selected storage type. For more information about valid component combinations that can be mapped together in a template, see Component Combinations in Templates 3. Click Continue. 4. Under Storage Settings, specify the properties for the storage component and click Add.
Field Name Description Thin warning Hard Threshold % Specifies whether a thin provisioning allows the volume to remain online after reaching the max-growth threshold. Multihost access of volume This parameter enables or disables multihost access on a volume. The possible values are enable or disable. Authentication Enables you to select one of the following authentication methods to access the storage volume: • CHAP • IQN/IP NOTE: For VMware based deployment, you can use IP or Chap authentication.
Field Name Description Purge Volume This property indicates that the volume must be purged. If the purge option is not specified, the volume is still visible using the volume show command and contains the status of the Recycled. The possible values are yes or no. The default value is yes. Volume Notes Specifies the notes for the volume. By default, no notes are included. Replay Profile Specifies the replay profiles for the volume. Storage Profile Name Specifies the replay profiles for the volume.
Field Name Description for megabytes, GB for gigabytes, or TB for terabytes. The volume size must be between 20 MB and 999 TB. Aggregate Name Specifies the aggregate name on which the volume is created. Space reservation mode Specifies the type of volume that guarantees the new volume uses. Possible values: none, File, Volume. If any value is not selected, the default volume guarantee type is set to Volume. The percentage of space to Specifies the percentage of space to reserve the snapshots.
NOTE: ASM does not only import basic setting from reference server but also import all the BIOS setting and advance RAID configuration from the reference server and allow you to edit the configuration For some BIOS settings, they may become not applicable when other BIOS settings are applied. ASM does not correct these setting dependencies. When setting advanced BIOS settings use caution and verify that BIOS settings on the hardware are applicable when not choosing "Not Applicable" as an option.
Related Links VMware vSAN Server settings Table 4. Server settings Options Description Hardware Settings Target Boot Device Specifies the target boot device. The options available are — Boot from SAN (FC), Local Hard Drive Boot From SAN (iSCSI), None, None (With RAID Configuration), SD with RAID enabled, and SD with RAID disabled. NOTE: The SD with RAID enabled option allows you to boot from the SD and then proceed with creating the RAID virtual disks. RAID You can configure RAID using this feature.
Options Description NOTE: ASM supports MD1400 and manages MD1400DAS through second RAID Controller. ASM provides the ability to configure a second RAID controller to support the MD 1400 external storage array. In order to support this, you must have a second PERC device in your system. It is recommended to use the PERC H830 storage controller with the MD 1400. Server Pool Specifies the pool from which servers are selected for the deployment.
Options Description NOTE: When you have static assigned IP and if you have DNS configured in template, DNS use the IP to lookup the hostname and use it as hostname for the deployment. OS Image Specifies the target repository where the OS image install files are located. The default repositories are ESXi. The additional repositories are shown if the user created them on the ASM appliance. NOTE: You can select Red Hat Linux, Cent OS, Windows, Hyper-V, ESXi from the OS Image drop-down menu.
Options Description Domain Name Specifies the domain name to which you want to add the host. For example, aidev FQ Domain Name Specifies the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to which you want to add the host. For example, aidev.com Domain Admin Username Specifies the username to access the domain. Domain Admin Password Specifies the admin password to add the host to the domain. Domain Admin Password Confirm Enables you to reconfirm the admin password to add the host to the domain.
2. Enter the following information for the new interface: • Fabric Type — Select either any of the following options; Ethernet (NIC/CAN) or Fibre Channel (HBA). • Port Layout — Select the NIC type from the drop-down menu. • Partitioning — Select the Enable Partitioning Ports (NPAR) option to enable port partitioning. NOTE: This option is not selected by default. • Redundancy — Select the Duplicate port settings and configure teaming to enable duplicating port to create redundancy.
letter. The variable portion of the hostname template can be designated to use a service tag or a number to ensure uniqueness. The template may also include a variable for the model or vendor of the server if information about these values is available. It can be service tag or Service tag+ Vendor+ Unique number. If you clear the Auto-generate Host Name check box, Host Name Template field disappears. NOTE: Auto-generate Host name feature is applicable for both the server, server(O/S Installation only).
Uploading Server Configuration Profile The Upload Server Configuration Profile feature enables you to upload configuration XML file to ASM. To upload a configuration XML file to ASM, perform the following tasks: 1. Click Upload Server Configuration Profile, Upload Server Configuration Profile window is displayed. 2. On the Upload Server Configuration Profile window, click Browse. 3. Select a file what you want to upload, click Open. 4. Click Continue on Upload Server Configuration Profile window. 5.
Field Name Description New cluster name Select new cluster name from New Cluster Name drop-down menu. Cluster HA Enabled Cluster DRS Enabled Switch Type Enables or disables highly available cluster. You can either select or clear the check box. By default, it is unchecked. Enables or disables distributed resource scheduler (DRS). You can either select or clear the check box. By default, it is unchecked. Allows you to configure the virtual switches as distributed or standard for the host network.
3. Under Related Components, select the components that you want to map with the virtual machine instance. For more information about valid component combinations that can be mapped together in a template, see Component Combinations in Templates. 4. Click Continue. 5. Under Virtual Machine Settings, specify the settings that you want to configure on the virtual machines and click Add. For more information about the virtual machine settings, see Virtual Machine Settings.
Virtual Machine Component Field Name Description Networks Allows you to set the virtual machine network or set static networks already created in ASM as workload networks for the virtual machines. NOTE: Static IPs are applicable only for vCenter Virtual Machine on which you are installing Linux operating system. Static Network Default Gateway Set the default gateway for the static network selected. NOTE: This option is applicable only if you have set the Networks setting to a static network.
Virtual Machine Component Field Name Description NOTE: This option is applicable only if you have set the Networks setting to a static network. Virtual Machine Settings (Clone Hyper-V Virtual Machine) Auto-generate Name Select to generate a new name for each virtual machine. NOTE: If this option is selected, the VM Name Template field is displayed. VM Name Template Displays the naming convention followed for the virtual machines deployed in a service.
To deploy customization specification for vCenter virtual machine clone: 1. Click Templates. 2. Create and edit the template. For more information on creating a template, see Creating template. 3. On the Template Builder page, click Add VM. The Virtual Machine Component window is displayed. 4. Select Clone vCenter Virtual Machine from the Select a Component drop-down menu. 5.
Adding application To add application to a template: 1. Click Templates. 2. Select the template you want to edit and click Edit on the right pane. The template details page is displayed. 3. Click Add Application. The Add Application window with the list of resources available in the template is displayed. 4. Select the resources to which you want to add the application and click Next.
For server component settings: 1. On the home page, click Templates. 2. On the Templates page, create a vSAN template. 3. On the Template Builder page, click server component, and then click Edit. The Server Component page is displayed. 4. Click Continue. 5. Under OS Settings, select the Configure local storage for VMware vSAN check box. 6. Under Hardware settings, select SD with RAID enabled for VMware vSAN or Local Disk For VMware vSAN from the Target Boot Device drop-down menu.
Options Descriptions Cluster DRS Enabled Enables or disables distributed resource scheduler (DRS). You can either select or clear the check box. By default, it is unchecked. Enable VMware vSAN Select the Enable VMware vSAN check box. vSphere VDS Settings Under vSphere VDS Settings, create appropriate network type such as Hypervisor Management, Hypervisor Migration, OS Installation, and Public or Private LAN. Sample templates ASM ships with several sample templates.
4. 1. Enter the unique names for the Storage Volume Name and Storage Pool. (Optional) 2. Update the values of Storage size, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve %, Thin Min Reserve %, Thin growth Warning %, Thin growth Maximum %, Thin warning on threshold %, and MultiHost access of volume. 3. From the Authentication drop-down list, select authentication type as CHAP. 4. Update the Chap username and Chap secret text boxes for volume access.
7. On the Template Builder page, click the application component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Application Component dialog box. Repeat this step for each application component. a. In the Source Location box, enter the directory location where the Citrix XenDesktop7 ISO was unpacked. You should enter the directory location for each of the application components.
Template — deploy virtual machines to cluster This template deploys two virtual machines to an existing cluster in vCenter. 1. On the Templates page, select the Deploy VMs to Cluster template, and then click Clone in the right pane. 2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter the Template Name and Template Description for the template. 3. Click Save. 4.
b. Under EqualLogic Storage Settings, configure the following: 1. From the Target EqualLogic drop-down list, select the Target EqualLogic iSCSI array. 2. In the Storage Volume Name box, enter a unique name for the storage volume, if required. NOTE: Make sure that you enter the storage size for the first volume is large enough to support your Hyper-V host storage.
3. On the Template Builder page, click each storage components, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and configure the following settings in the Storage Component dialog box. a. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, if required. b. Under Storage Settings, configure the following: 1. Select your Target EqualLogic iSCSI array. 2. Enter the Storage Volume Name if required.
6. a. Make sure that you select your target SCVMM hypervisor from the Target Hypervisor dropdown list. b. Select an existing host group from the Host Group drop-down list or enter the name of the host group that you want to create in the New Host Group name field. c. Enter the name of the Host Group you want to create or select the name of an existing host group. d. Modify the Cluster Name, if required. e. Click Save. Click Publish Template. This template is now ready to be deployed.
j. Enter the Domain Name and FQ Domain Name to which you want to add the Hyper-V host. k. 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. l.
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.
To deploy boot from Fibre Channel SAN using this template, perform the following steps: 1. On the Templates page, select the Boot from Fibre Channel SAN template, and click Clone in the right pane. 2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter a name, category, and description for the template, select the storage and server components, and click Save. 3.
c. From the Storage Volume Name list, select Create New Volume, and in the New Volume Name, enter a new unique volume name. 4. Click Save. 5. On the Template Builder page, click the server components, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings for the server in the Server Component dialog box: NOTE: Make sure that the Target Boot Device is set to Boot From SAN (iSCSI). a.
b. From the Template drop-down list, select a valid Hyper-V virtual machine template that has been created according to the Active System Manager version 6 Quick Install Guide instructions. NOTE: If the template selected has not been properly prepared, the deployment of the Virtual Machine clone will fail. c. Under Network Settings, select the network to be associated with the virtual machine. 6.
7. 8. 9. On the Template Builder page, click a server component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Server Components dialog box. Repeat this step for each server component. a. Under OS Settings, enter the Administrator password. b. Under Network Settings, configure the Hypervisor Management Network, Hypervisor vMotion Network, and Workload networks. c. Click Save.
NOTE: Changing the firmware repository may update the firmware level on servers for this service. Firmware on shared devices will still be maintained by the global default firmware repository. e. To grant access to standard users to use this template, select any one of the following options from the Manage Service Permissions option: 1. All Standard Users — Select this option to provide access to all standard users. 2. f. 4.
f. 4. Type the IP address of the NTP Server for time synchronization. Under Network Settings, 1. Leave the Identify Pool drop-down menu set to Global pool. 2. Click Add New Interface option to create a network interface in a template server component. 3. Configure Partitioning and Redundancy according to the needs of your environment. 4. Add ASM Networks as required for VMware deployments, for example, Hypervisor Management, Hypervisor Migration, and Public or Private networks.
a. b. c. d. Type a name in the Template Name box. Select a category from the Template Category drop-down menu. In the Template Description field, type a description for the template. To update the firmware while deploying a service using this template, select the Manage Server Firmware check box and select a firmware repository from the Use Firmware Repository dropdown menu. NOTE: Changing the firmware repository may update the firmware level on servers for this service.
1. From the OS Image drop-down menu, select the OS image. 2. Edit the Administrator password for the ESXi host. NOTE: If the default value for Install EqualLogic MEM is True, EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module is installed. 3. If you select the Auto-generate Host Name check box, a Host Name Template field is displayed. On Host Name Template field, type unique host name for deployment. You must use variable while generating host name. f. 4.
5. Enable or disable the distributed resource scheduler (DRS) by selecting or clearing the Cluster DRS Enabled check box. 6. Click Save. 7. Click Publish Template. This template is now ready to be deployed. Template-deploy VMware Cluster with iSCSI Storage To deploy VMware Cluster with iSCSI Storage: 1. 2. Click Active System Manager → Templates → Sample Templates. Select the Deploy VMware Cluster with iSCSI Storage template, and click Clone in the right pane. The Create Template window is displayed.
a. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, if required. b. Under the Associated Resources section, select Associate All Resources or Associate Selected Resources to associate all or specific components to the new component. c. Click Continue. d. Under Hardware Settings, configure the following: 1. Retain the default selection of SD Card for Target Boot Device. 2. Select a Server Pool that contains a target server from the drop-down list. e. Under OS Settings, configure the following: 1.
1. From the Target Virtual Machine Manager drop-down list, make sure that you select your target vCenter. 2. From the Data Center Name drop-down list, select Create New Datacenter, and type a data center name in the New datacenter name box. 3. From the Cluster Name drop-down list, select Create New Cluster and then in the New cluster name box, enter the cluster name. 4. Enable or disable the highly available cluster by selecting or clearing the Cluster HA Enabled check box. 5.
5. 3. In the Storage Size (e.g 500MB, 1GB) text box, type the storage size. 4. Verify the values for Storage Pool, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve %, Thin Min Reserve %, Thin growth Warning %, Thin growth Maximum %, Thin warning on threshold %, Thin warning on hard threshold %, Multi-Host access of volume, Authentication, and Initiator IQN or IP Addresses. 5. Click Save. On the Template Builder page, click each server component and click Edit to configure the components.
For more information on Adding New Interface, see Add New Interface section in User’s Guide. h. Under the BIOS Settings section, select the following: 7. 1. System Profile — Select the system power and performance profile for the server. 2. User Accessible USB Ports — Select the server ports that are accessible by the user. 3. Number of Cores per Processor — Select the number of enabled cores per processor. 4.
d. To update the firmware while deploying a service using this template, select the Manage Server Firmware check box and select a firmware repository from the Use Firmware Repository dropdown menu. NOTE: Changing the firmware repository may update the firmware level on servers for this service. Firmware on shared devices will still be maintained by the global default firmware repository. e.
6. 1. System Profile — Select the system power and performance profile for the server. 2. User Accessible USB Ports — Select the server ports that are accessible by the user. 3. Number of Cores per Processor — Select the number of enabled cores per processor. 4. Processor Virtualization Technology — Select Enabled to enable the additional hardware capabilities provided by virtualization technology. 5. Logical Processors — Each processor core supports up to two logical processors.
Field Name Description Default and Possible Values features Specify the list of individual SQL server components to install. Default values: SQLENGINE,CONN,SSMS,AD V_SSMS Possible values: Replication, FullText, DQ, AS, RS, DQC, IS, MDS, BC, BOL, BIDS, DREPLAY_CTLR, DREPLAY_CLT, SNAC_SDT, SDK, LocalDB sapwd Specifies the password for SQL Server SA Account. agtsvcaccount Specifies the account for the SQL Server Agent service. Default value: NT SERVICE \MSSQLSERVER agtsvcpassword Specifies the pass
Field Name Description Default and Possible Values Source Specifies the installation media location Example, if repository created on appliance repo-store directory. "///razor/ XenDesktop7/x64/ XenDesktop Setup" SQL Server If the value is True, installs SQL Server component Possible values: True from Citrix installer on the virtual machine to which or False the component is related.
Field Name Description Default and Possible Values Install Command Specifies the command to install executable located on the share. Agent-Web.exe /silent reboot=never Upload File Specifies the file to upload from the share that you have specified. Upload File depends on Share. You must upload file to share. Possible value: myfile.bat Upload Recurse Determines whether or not to upload all contents of the directory on the share. Possible value: True or False Execute File Command Optional.
Additional template information This section provides additional details, including prerequisites, for creating or deploying certain types of templates. Deploying ESXi cluster for SAN applications NOTE: This feature is supported only in ASM, version 7.5.1 and later.
Specification Prerequisite • VMware vCenter Creating template for ESXi cluster deployment Create a new template with the following settings to deploy ESXi cluster using Dell Compellent storage and Brocade 6510 SAN switch. • In the Template Builder page, add the following resources by clicking the corresponding components icons. – Storage – Server – Cluster • • To configure Brocade switches, perform the following actions: a. In the Storage, click the corresponding storage component icon. b.
Related Links Creating template Building template overview Building and publishing template Deploying service Cleaning up ESXi cluster deployments If you delete the service, ASM turns off the ESXi hosts but will not delete any of the objects or connectivity created by the deployment. You need to determine what infrastructure that you want to retain, and delete any unnecessary Compellent volumes and server objects, Brocade zones, and VMware vCenter objects.
Resources 7 The Chassis, servers, switches, storage groups, VMware vCenters, and Microsoft virtualization environments that you can manage using ASM are called resources. The Resources page displays detailed information about all the resources and the server pools that ASM has discovered and inventoried, and allows you to perform various operations from the All Resources and Server Pools tabs.
• All • Healthy • Warning • Critical • Unknown You can also filter the resources based on the Service, Resource State — Managed, Unmanaged, or Reserved, and Server Pool. On the Resources page, you can also: • Click Discover to discover new resources. For more information on discovering the new resources, see Discovering resources. • Click Remove to remove the resource from ASM. For more information on removing the resources, see Removing resources.
Icon Health Status Description • • • • Fans Power Supply Storage Devices Licensing Unknown Indicates that the state of the resource is unknown. Resource operational state After initiating the resource discovery, ASM assigns one or more of the following states to the resources. These operational states display in the State columns of the All Resources tab on the Resources page. Table 11. Resource operational state State Description Available Resource is available for deployment.
• Network connections between the devices. • Health of the resources. For more information, see Resource health status. • Connection Details section with detailed information on the network devices. • Zone and zone configuration in the VLAN-Networks list for the FC connectivity. NOTE: If you select a server that is not in a deployed state, only the interface card information is displayed.
putting it first into maintenance mode, then performing the firmware update and rebooting the server, and finally bringing the server out of maintenance mode before moving on to the next server. • Apply Updates on Next Reboot — Select the option to update the firmware at the next server reboot. ASM stages the firmware update to each server selected until reboot. SM stages the firmware update to each server selected. The update will take effect at the next server reboot.
The Firmware Compliance Report dialog box displays the following information: • Firmware Name — Lists the firmware components based on the resource and the associated components. • Firmware Version — Displays the firmware version running on the components. • Firmware Update Version — Displays the latest firmware version available for update. • Last Update — Displays the date and time of the last successful firmware update.
d. • Unmanaged — Select this option to monitor firmware version compliance only. The discovered resources are not available for a firmware upgrade or deploying services by ASM. • Reserved — Select this option to monitor firmware version compliance and upgrade firmware. The discovered resources are not available for deploying services by ASM. Select an existing or create a server pool from the Discover into Server Pool drop-down menu.
NOTE: The Chassis Configuration page in the Discover Resources wizard is displayed only when the resources that you discovered include one or more chassis. 1. On the Initial Chassis Configuration page, in the IP Addressing section, perform the following actions: a. Under Chassis, select one of the following methods for obtaining IP addresses for the chassis: • Use existing chassis IP address — ASM does not change the IP address of the chassis.
c. 3. From the I/O Module Credentials drop-down list, select the credentials for accessing I/O modules within the chassis. To create a root credential, click Create New. To edit a credential, select the credential from the I/O Module Credentials drop-down list and click Edit. Click Next. Collecting the resource inventory 1. On the Discovered Resources page, select the resources from which you want to collect the inventory. 2. To collect the inventory data from the resources, click Finish.
• User names and passwords of accounts that can access the resources. • Optionally, SMTP server and email address for an account to receive alerts. • Optionally, NTP server IP addresses • (Optional) Chassis Management Controller (CMC) and Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) VLAN IDs. 1. On the Welcome screen, read the instructions, and click Next. 2. The Discovered Resources page lists the resources discovered in ASM.
Removing discovered resources The Discovered Resources page list the resources discovered in ASM. On this page, you can select one or more resources that you do not want to be in ASM environment, and click Remove. When you performing next configuration steps using Configure Resource dialog, ASM enables you to: • Create a default firmware repository • Perform a firmware compliance check on these resources against the firmware level specified in the default repository.
b. 4. To add new Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user, under iDRAC Users, click Create. For more information, see Adding Or Editing An Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) User. Under Global Settings, in the Monitoring section, configure the following settings: a. To set SNMP trap alert destination, perform the following steps: 1. Under Alert Destinations, to add an SNMP trap alert destination for chassis, click Create.
8. a. Optionally, select Register Chassis Controller on DNS check box to enable users to access the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) with a user-friendly name, instead of an IP address. b. Optionally, select Register iDRAC on DNS check box to enable users to access the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with a user-friendly name, instead of an IP address. c.
• Management IP — Displays the management IP address of the server. 2. If you want to modify the iDRAC DNS Name of the server, in the iDRAC DNS Name column, enter an iDRAC DNS name for the server. 3. To configure the IO modules within the chassis, click Next. Configuring unique I/O module settings 1. On the Unique I/O Module Settings page, select Configure Unique I/O Module Settings check box to modify the unique settings for the IO modules with in the chassis.
Related Links Defining uplinks Configuring The uplinks on Each I/O Module Independently Configuring uplink ports on all chassis independently Defining uplinks 1. On the Uplink Port Configuration page of the Configure Chassis wizard, in the Configure Uplinks area, click Define Uplinks. 2. In the Define Uplinks dialog box, click Add Uplink, and enter the following: a. Enter the name for the uplink. b. From the Port Channel drop-down list, select the port channel that you want to create on the switch.
• Select the Configure uplinks on each I/O Module Independently check box to configure different ports as uplink ports in each I/O module. The table lists ports that are available in each I/O module in separate columns. • Clear the Configure the uplinks on each I/O Module Independently check box to configure the same ports as uplink ports across all I/O modules. The table displays the following information: – IO modules (Model Name) that is present in each fabric.
NOTE: Uplink is an interconnect (also called port-channel, or grouping of ports) which is created on a switch by creating a connection to other switches in a networking environment. ASM can configure uplinks on MXLs, I/O Aggregators, FN410S, and FN2210S switches (I/O modules). 6. Click Next. NOTE: Uplink is external connection out of the switch to chassis to customer network environment. Customer is still require to configure corresponding port on the top of rack switch and uplink as well.
Adding or editing Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user 1. On the Create Local User page, enter User Name of an account. 2. Enter the Password for the user account to log in to iDRAC. Reenter the password for confirmation. 3. Select one of the following Role to assign to user account: 4. • User • Operator • Administrator • No Access To enable this user account, select Enable User check box. Clear the Enable User check box to add the user in a disabled state.
NOTE: After discovery C 6220 server, you get less information. You won’t get information regarding Network Interface, Firmware versions. You will get detail information about this only after you deploy the server. For 13 G server, you get performance details along with resource details. In detail performance information, you get information regarding: • System Usage • CPU Usage • Memory Usage • I/O Usage NOTE: These usages’s value gets updated after every five minutes interval.
From the Summary tab of the Chassis Details page, you can: • Open the remote GUI console for a Chassis Management Controller (CMC). • View all recent activities performed on the Chassis. Viewing blade or rack server details 1. On the home page, click Resources. The Resources page is displayed. 2. In the All Resources tab, click a blade server or rack server from the resources list to view the details.
3. • Host Groups • Clusters • Hosts • Virtual Machines Also, in the Details pane, under SCVMM Details, click the arrows to expand SCVMM → Host Groups → Hosts → Clusters to view the lists virtual machines, nodes, and application. Viewing storage group details 1. On the home page, click Resources. The Resources page is displayed. 2. In the All Resources tab, click a storage group from the resources list to view the details.
NOTE: For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller User Guide. 1. In the left pane, click Resources. 2. On the Resources page, click All Resources tab. 3. Click a Chassis from the list. 4. In the Details pane, click View Details. 5. In the Summary tab, under Actions in the right, click Launch CMC GUI. Understanding server pools In ASM, a Server Pool is a set of servers grouped for specific use-cases such as business units or workload purposes.
Editing server pool 1. On the home page, click Resources, and then click Server Pools. 2. In the Server Pools tab, click Edit. The Create Server Pool wizard is displayed. 3. To change the name and description of the server pool, in the left pane, click Server Pool Information. Click Save. 4. To add or remove servers from the server pool, in the left pane, click Add Servers. Click Save. 5. To add or remove the access rights to the server pool, in the left pane, click Assign Users. Click Save.
Settings 8 On the Settings page, you can: NOTE: A user with Administrator role can only configure the following settings. For more information about roles and permission, see About Roles • Create Add-on module. • Configure automatically scheduled and manual backup and restore jobs. • Create the credentials that ASM use to access chassis, server, switch, VMware vCenter, and storage resources. • Access the Getting Started page. • Access application logs.
The Add Module window is displayed. 4. Click Browse. 5. Select the module zip file to upload and click Open. 6. Click Save. The file is displayed on the Add-On Modules page and the contents of the file are copied to the location in the ASM appliance. NOTE: An error message is displayed if you try adding an existing module. To remove an existing Add-On module, click the delete icon beside the module that you want to delete.
Backup details ASM backup file includes following information: • Activity logs • Credentials • Deployments • Resource inventory and status • Events • Identity Pools • Initial setup • IP addresses • Jobs • Licensing • Networks • Templates • Users and roles • Resource Module configuration files Editing backup settings and details 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Backup and Restore. 2.
4. To specify day(s) on which backup must occur, select the days in Days for Backup. 5. From the Time for Backup drop-down list, select the time. 6. Click Save. Backup now In addition to automatically scheduled backups, you can manually run an immediate backup. 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Backup and Restore. 2. On the Backup and Restore page, click Backup Now. 3.
6. Click Restore Now. 7. Confirm or cancel the action when a confirmation message is displayed. The restore process is started. Credentials management ASM requires a root-level user name and password to access and manage chassis, servers, switch, VMware vCenter, and storage. NOTE: To access any Dell resource, the default root-level user name is root, and the default password is calvin. It is recommended to change the password; however, the user name for rootlevel credentials in ASM must remain root.
• vCenter • SCVMM • Storage 4. • Element Manager In the Credential Name field, type the name to identify the credential. 5. In the User Name field, type the user name for the credential. NOTE: root is the only valid user name for root-level credentials on chassis (CMC), servers (iDRAC), and I/O modules. You can add local CMC and iDRAC users with user names other than root. 6. In the Password and the Confirm Password boxes, type the password for the credential.
Getting Started This page provides a recommended guided workflow for getting started with ASM. A check mark indicates that you have completed the step. Application logs ASM provides an activity log of user- and system-generated actions to use for troubleshooting activities. By default, log entries display in the order they occurred.
• Export all log entries to a .csv file • Purge all log entries NOTE: To sort entries by a specific category, click the arrow next to a column name. Exporting all log entries You can export all current log entries to a comma-delimited (.csv) file for troubleshooting. 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Application Logs. 2. On the Application Logs page, click Export All. 3. Open or save the file. Purging log entries You can delete log entries based on date and severity. 1.
• The DHCP server is fully functional with appropriate PXE settings to PXE boot images from ASM or Razor in your deployment network.
• Secondary DNS • DNS Suffix • Last Updated By • Date Last Updated • Created By • Date Created • Static IP Details For a DHCP network following information is displayed: • Last Updated By • Date Last Updated • Created By • Date Created You can filter the IPs by selecting any of the following options from the View drop-down menu, under the Static IP Address Details section: • ALL IP Addresses • IP Addressees in Use • Available IP Addresses NOTE: You can also select the links under
5. From the Network Type drop-down list, select one of the following network types. For more information about network types, see Network Types • Private LAN • Public LAN • SAN [Software iSCSI] • Hypervisor Management • Hypervisor Migration • Hypervisor Cluster Private • OS Installation • Fileshare • FIP Snooping • VSAN • Hardware Management NOTE: The virtual MAC identity that ASM assigns to the NIC depends on the network type selected when adding a network.
• Public LAN — Used to access network resources for basic Networking activities. NOTE: Private and public LANs are functionally identical in ASM. The purpose of offering both labels is to help users categorize LANs based on functional use. • SAN (iSCSI) — Used to manage storage-related traffic on an iSCSI network. If an IP address pool is associated with the network, then ASM can use it to configure the iSCSI initiator IP address when doing a SAN (iSCSI) boot. Static or DHCP.
– Available — Indicates that the OS image repository is downloaded and copied successfully on the appliance. – Pending — Indicates that the OS image repository download process is in progress. – Error — Indicates that there is an issue downloading the OS image repository. • Repository — Display the name of the repository. • Image Type — Displays the operating system type. • Source Path — Displays the share path of the repository in a file share.
Editing OS image repository To edit the OS image repository: 1. 2. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Repositories. From the Available Actions drop-down menu, click Edit for a repository in an Error state. The Edit OS Image Repository page is displayed. 3. Edit the Source Path and Filename and type the user credentials. NOTE: You cannot modify the Repository Name and Image Type. 4. Click Save.
• Select a repository from the drop-down list, to set a repository as the default firmware repository • Select a repository from the list, in the right pane, click View Bundles to view the firmware bundles available in the repository. • Select a repository from the list, in the right pane, click Add Custom Bundle to add custom firmware file to the repository. Related Links Adding firmware repositories Viewing firmware bundle details Adding firmware repositories 1.
• Default Firmware Repository — This is the Default Firmware Repository. This repository is applied to all devices that are either not in a Service or are part of Services that do not have a Service Level Firmware Repository. To set a default firmware repository, you must download a catalog either from Dell.com or from an internal share through the ASM User Interface. The Embedded Repository is no longer used if a Default Firmware Repository is set.
3. On Repository page, click Firmware. 4. Select a catalog from the page, in which you want to add bundle. After that, Click Add Custom Bundle top right corner of the same page. 5. An Add Custom Bundle window is displayed. a. Enter the custom bundle’s name in Name field. b. Enter the custom bundle’s description in Description field. c. Enter the custom bundle’s version in Version field. d. Select device type from Device Type drop-down menu.
• Start Time — Displays the date and time when the job is scheduled to run. • Time Elapsed — Displays the time elapsed from the start time to the end time of a job instance. NOTE: If a job scheduled is a one-time job, after execution, it will not be listed in the Jobs page. Users The Users page allows you to manage the users within ASM. You can create a user, or edit, delete, enable, disable or import existing users from Active Directory.
6. 7. From the Role drop-down list, select one of the following roles: • Administrator • Standard • Read only Enter the Email address and Phone number for contacting the user. 8. Select Enable User to create the account with an Enabled status, or clear this option to create the account with a Disabled status. 9. Click Save.
Related Links Users Creating a user Deleting a user Enabling or disabling users Importing Active Directory Users Enabling or disabling users The Enable option allows you to change the user account state to Enabled and the Disable option allows you to change the user account state to Disabled. Perform the steps following to enable or disable the user account state: 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Users. 2. On the Users page, select one or more user accounts to enable/disable. 3.
Related Links Deleting a directory service Editing a directory service Adding a directory service To add a Directory Service, configure the following: • Connection Settings • Attribute Settings Connection settings 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Users. 2. In the Directory Services tab, click Create. 3. Select the directory service type from the Type of Directory Service drop-down list. 4. Enter the directory service name in the Name box. 5.
Field Name Description Port Refers to the AD server port. For example: 389 Protocol Refers to the protocol type as Plain or SSL. For example: Plain Attribute settings The Attribute Settings allows you to perform the attribute settings required for adding an Active Directory. 1. Enter the Base DN, Filter, Username Attribute, First Name, Attribute, Last Name Attribute, and the Email Attribute of the Active Directory that is to be added to ASM. 2. Click Next. Attribute settings matrix Table 14.
Related Links Attribute settings Connection settings Editing a directory service The Edit option allows you to edit the existing directory settings. Perform the following steps to edit the active directory settings: 1. On the home page, click Settings, and the click Users. 2. In the Directory Services check box, select a single directory service to be edited by checking the required service directory check box. 3. Edit the Connection settings, as necessary. 4.
NOTE: You can select any one of the following options from the View drop-down menu to filter the search results: 5. • All — displays both users and groups • Users— displays only users • Groups — displays only groups Select the users or group you want to import and click the forward arrow (>>) button. The selected users or groups are added to the Users/Groups to the imported section. 6.
NOTE: Standard users who are granted permission or are owners, can view the dashboard data and links to services, templates, resource utilization, and resource pools. However, the data is filtered by services, resource utilizations and pools, recent templates, and any recent activity performed by the user as an owner or participant. Read Yes Owner/ Participant Link to other pages Yes Owner/ Participant Yes Yes NOTE: Direct links to deploy a service from recent templates is disabled.
Export to File Yes Owner/ Participant No NOTE: Users can only export services they own or are granted permission to. Service Details View Yes Owner/ Participant Yes NOTE: On the Service page, users can view service details and perform actions only for services which they are owners or are granted permission to. Users with this role cannot perform any firmware action.
NOTE: Users can only view templates for which they have been granted permission to by an administrator.
NOTE: Users can view resources that part of a server pool for which they are granted permission. They can also view common and shared resources that are not part of a pool. However, users with this role can only run inventory update on the resources.
Settings Set as Default Yes No No Import latest Yes No No View Bundles Yes Yes Yes View Yes No Yes NOTE: Users cannot view the Settings page.
Networks Users Directory Services Virtual Appliance Management View Yes No Yes Define Yes No No Edit Yes No No Delete Yes No No View Yes No Yes Create Yes No No Edit Yes No No Disable/Enable Yes No No Delete Yes No No Import Yes No No View Yes No Yes Create Yes No No Edit Yes No No Delete Yes No No View Yes No Yes Generate Troubleshooting Bundle Yes No No Edit Time Zone and NTP Settings Yes No No Edit Proxy Settings Yes No No SSL Ce
Virtual Identity Pools View Yes No No Create Yes No No Export Yes No No Delete Yes No No Related Links Creating a user Editing a user Deleting a user Enabling or disabling users Importing Active Directory Users Virtual appliance management Virtual Appliance Management allows you to: • Generate a troubleshooting bundle • Update the ASM virtual appliance • Edit NTP settings • Update Repository Path • Edit DHCP Settings • Edit proxy server settings • Generate and download a Certi
Update Repository Path To update the repository path, do the following: 1. After you click Update Virtual Appliance, a dialogue box is displayed with a statement and warning message. NOTE: The message displayed in the dialogue box is “ Updating the appliance restarts the system. The action will log off all current users and cancel all jobs in progress.
Generating a certificate signing request A Certificate Signing Request (CSR) includes server information (such as domain name, locale) that certificate authorities require to provide a valid SSL certificate. After generating the CSR, download the encrypted text, and then submit it to a certificate authority. The Certificate Authority provides a valid SSL certificate for you to upload. 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Virtual Appliance Management. 2.
Editing DHCP settings If you have already configured a DHCP server on the ASM appliance, you can edit the DHCP server settings on the Virtual Appliance Management page. To edit the DHCP server settings: 1. On the Virtual Appliance Management page, under the DHCP Settings section, click Edit. 2. In the DHCP Settings dialog box, modify the setting as needed.
5. • Number of Available Resources • Expiration Date To replace the Evaluation license with standard license click the same Add button under License Management section, click Browse button beside Upload License and select a regular standard license file, and then click Open. You get information regarding license type, number of resources and expiration date of the uploaded license. on License Management window. 6.
NOTE: The message displayed in the dialogue box is “ Updating the appliance restarts the system. The action will log off all current users and cancel all jobs in progress.” It even displayed the message “ The update process takes approximately 25 minutes depending on your data connection: 15 minutes to download the update and 10 minutes to apply.” Apart from these, it gives you information about number of logged-in users, and in progress jobs.
In the Virtual Identity Pools page, click an existing virtual identity pool to see the following information about the virtual identity pools in the Summary tab: • Selected Prefix — Displays the prefix that is added to the beginning of the virtual identities. • Reserved — Displays the total number of virtual identities reserved for future use. • Assigned — Displays the total number of virtual identities assigned to the resources.
Adding virtual MAC identities 1. On the Virtual MAC page of the Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard, in the Number of Virtual MAC Identities boxes, type the total number of virtual MAC identities that you want to add (any whole number between 1 and 1,024). 2. From the MAC Address Prefix list, type the MAC address prefix to be added to the starting of the MAC addresses. 3.
Deleting virtual identity pools NOTE: You cannot delete a Global virtual identity pool, and you cannot delete the virtual identity pools that are currently associated with a template or if the virtual identity pools contain identities in an Assigned or Reserved state. 1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Virtual Identity Pools. 2. On the Virtual Identity Pools page, select the check boxes next to the virtual identity pools that you want to delete, and then click Delete. 3.
Troubleshooting 9 This topic includes details for resolving common issues encountered in ASM 8.2.1. LC operation times out while deploying server profile to a server While updating the server configuration using config XML, the LC job remains in the RUNNING state and eventually gets timed out. This is observed in case there is "bootseq" attribute in the request XML. This is identified as an issue in LC and fix for this is available along with 13G.
In ASM 8.2.1 release, you cannot create a template with two EqualLogic CHAP components and deploy a service that includes ESXi hosts attached to storage. Currently, ESXi deployments support a single EqualLogic component. Unable to log in to ASM using active directory using "" You cannot log in to ASM using Active Directory with the domain name and user name separated by back slash "\". To log in to ASM using Active Directory, use forward slash "/". For example: / .
The health status for Compellent storage devices displays as Unknown on the Resources page Make sure that the Compellent SNMP agent is configured with the same public string that is used in the Compellent credentials, the SNMP agent is started, and enabled on the device. Scaling down a server that is part of a cluster with HA and DRS disabled does not remove the server from vCenter. The associated virtual machines may also appear in a Disconnected state.
