Solution Guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction to the Active System 1000 Solution
- Audience
- Support
- Technical Documentation
- Overview
- Active System 1000-Supported Configurations
- Active System Manager Deployment
- Deployment Options
- Deployment Prerequisites
- Deploying OVF
- Changing Key Access Credentials
- Assigning IP Address to the Active System Manager
- Accessing the Active System Manager Web Client for the First Time
- Adding Additional Licenses
- Configuring Active System Manager Services
- Installing the Active System Manager Client
- Active System Manager Setup
- User and Group Management
- Discovering Active System 1000 Components
- Software Repositories in Active System Manager Appliance
- Updating Repository Elements for ISO Bootable Images
- Updating Repository Elements for IOA Switch configuration and Images
- Updating Repository Elements for Brocade Firmware Repository
- Updating Repository Elements for Brocade Switch Configuration
- Updating Repository Elements for ToR Switch Configurations and Images
- Updating Repository Elements for VMware Baseline Images
- Configuring Networks
- Physical Templates and Orchestration
- Workload Provisioning Using Logical Templates
- Operation Center View—Administrative Operations
- Dashboard Reports
- Resource Allocation by Sessions Report
- Resource Allocation by Hosts Report
- Resource Allocation by Groups Report
- Top Ten Resource Allocation Report
- Top Ten Resource Utilization Report
- VM Utilization by Session Report
- Host Utilization (Consolidated) Report
- Cluster Utilization (Consolidated) Report
- Storage Utilization (Consolidated) Report
- CPU and Memory Utilization Showback Report
- Appendix A—Deployment Activities
- Appendix B—Build of Materials
- Appendix C—Firmware and Software Base Lineup
- Appendix E—Adding New ESXi ISO Images
- Appendix G— Planning Worksheet
- Appendix I—FAQs
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• In general for all the devices, when defining names and provisioning parameters,
you should avoid using the following special characters: @ # $ % ^ () + = " | } { [ ] . ,
| : ; " ' ? / >
• The volume names of the Compellent Storage Array can contain only alphanumeric
characters, and the following special characters: colon (:), period (.), and dash (-).
• When discovering a POD, the value for the AssetTag cannot contain any of the
strings in the following names: Dell, Force10Switch, EqualLogicStorageArray,
VMware, or Host. For example, AssetTag cannot have a value of “Storage” as this
value matches exactly with a string in “EqualLogicStorageArray”.
To add details for the Active System 1000 unit, click Add System. This feature displays
names for Active System 1000 components that will be discovered; for example:
• Dell Chassis
• Dell Compellent Storage Array
• Dell Force10
• Brocade Switches
Adding System Details Figure 2.