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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Associated Orchestrations with Cluster and Standalone
Host Templates
Each physical template has three orchestrations (Figure 11 13) associated with it:
On-demand Orchestrations Figure 11.
1. On-demand—VMFS Datastore Provision
This orchestration can be executed on-demand when the session is in a Running
state.
2. Setup—Configures the ESXi Servers using ISO Boot
This orchestration executes when template provisioning starts and the session is in
the Setting Up state.
3. Teardown—Cleanup-Orchestration
This orchestration executes when template provisioning start and session is in
Cleaning Up state.
Additional Storage for Cluster or Host
For additional VMFS storage or datastore need on a cluster or standalone ESXi host reserved
through the Active System Manager, you can execute on-demand orchestration from a
running session:
• On-demand orchestration is designed to create additional storage on Compellent
and add it to the Cluster as CSV.
• The additional storage will be created with the size specified in the Global
Parameter "ClusterVolumeSize".
In case different size of volume needs to be created:
a. Update the value of the global parameter
b. Save the running session