Active System Manager Version 7.
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Contents 1 Overview......................................................................................................................7 About this Document............................................................................................................................8 What is New in this Release.................................................................................................................. 8 Accessing Online Help...............................................................
Template – Deploy Physical Server and Virtual Machine............................................................38 Template – Deploy VMs to Cluster.............................................................................................. 39 Template – Install ESXi to SD card with FC Storage................................................................... 40 Template – Install ESXi to SD Card and iSCSI Storage.................................................................
Importing Users............................................................................................................................. 74 About Roles....................................................................................................................................75 Virtual Appliance Management...........................................................................................................75 Generating a Troubleshooting Bundle.................................................
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.
Other Documents You May Need In addition to this guide, the following documents available on the Dell Support website at dell.com/ support/ provide additional information about Active System Manager (ASM). On the Support page, in the Select a product section, click Software & Security → Enterprise System Management → Active System Manager → Dell Active System Manager 7.5. • Dell Active System Manager version 7.5 Quick Installation Guide • Dell Active System Manager version 7.5.
Getting Started with ASM 7.5 2 When you log in to Active System Manager (ASM) for the first time, the Getting Started page is displayed. This page provides a recommended guided workflow for getting started with ASM. A green check mark indicates that you have completed the step. The steps include: • Step 1: Initial Setup — Click Initial Setup to configure basic settings required before you start using ASM, such as license, virtual appliance time zone, NTP server, proxy server, and networks settings.
Initial Setup 3 The Initial Setup wizard enables you to configure the basic settings required to start using Active System Manager (ASM). Before you begin, gather the following information: • The local network share that contains ASM license. • The time zone of the virtual appliance that hosts ASM. • The IP addresses of at least two Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers. • The IP address, port, and credentials of the proxy server. (Optional) • The networks in your environment for ASM to access.
Uploading License If you are using ASM for the first time, you must upload the license file through the Initial Setup wizard. To upload a subsequent license, in the left pane, click Settings → Virtual Appliance Management. In the Virtual Appliance Management page, click Edit in the License Management section. 1. On the Licensing page of the Initial Setup wizard, select a valid license file, and then click Open. The following information is displayed based on the license selected: 2.
After the initial setup is complete, to change the proxy settings, in the left pane, click Settings → Virtual Appliance Management. Related Links Editing Proxy Settings Networks You must at least define one network on the Networks page of the Initial Setup wizard. You can edit or delete existing networks from ASM once it is defined. To define, edit, or delete the network after the initial setup is complete, in the left pane, click Settings → Networks.
Dashboard 4 The Dashboard displays a graphical representation of the state and total number of services deployed in ASM. These services are categorized into the following states: • Error Services (RED band on the graphic): Indicates the services for which the deployment process is incomplete due to errors. • Deployed Services (GREEN band on the graphic): Indicates the services that get deployed successfully.
On this page you can: • Deploy a new service from published templates (For more information, see Deploy Service). • Click the service name to view Service Details (For more information, see Service Details). Related Links Service Details Deploy Service Service States Deploy Service The Deploy Service dialog box enables you to deploy a service instance using a template. NOTE: You cannot deploy a service using a template that is in draft state.
• In case of non-Dell servers, you need to Power Off the servers, for the non-Dell server to be a part of future deployments. • Power On the servers and set the “next boot” to PXE, in case of non-Dell servers. • Remove any storage volumes created during the service deployment. If the volumes are no longer needed, remove the volumes from the Group Manager or Storage Center GUI.
Dashboard Service Details The Service Details page displays the following details: • Basic Service Details: Indicates the basic details that are specific to a particular service state. These details are displayed in the middle of the Dashboard home page. The basic service details include: – State icon: Error In Progress Deployed – Service name that can be clicked to view full service details. – Name of the user who deployed the service. – Date and time when the service was deployed.
Templates 5 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.
Manage Templates and Deploy Service The Templates page displays the following information about the templates: • Representational icons of components that may be within any template. Those icons in blue are depicting which components are included in each template. • Summary details on a selected template. You can click on a specific template to see the following details of the selected template: • Created on: This field describes the date and time of template creation.
To create a new template or clone an existing template, perform the following steps: 1. Click Templates → Create Template. 2. 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 get cloned into the new template. 3. Enter a Template Name. 4. Enter Template Description. (Optional). 5. Click Save.
Building and Publishing Template Building and Publishing Template To start building a customized template, perform the following steps: 1. Click Templates → Create Template. 2. Select either New or Clone Existing radio button. 3. Enter a Template Name. 4. Enter a Template Description. (Optional). 5. Click Save. On the Build Template page, a newly created or cloned template appears in a Draft state. 6. To add components to your template, click a specific component icon in the left.
To edit a template, perform the following steps: 1. Click Templates. 2. Select a template, and click Edit. 3. Perform the necessary changes to the template. 4. Click Publish Template to make the template ready for deployment Deleting Template The Delete option allows you to delete a template from ASM. To delete a template: 1. Click Templates and select the template to be deleted, and click Delete. You can also delete a selected template from the Template Builder page. 2.
To deploy a service: 1. In the Deploy Service dialog box, enter the following information in the Basic Details tab: a. Enter the Service Name (required) and Service Description (optional) that identifies the service. b. Select the template to deploy a service from the Select Template drop-down list. The fields that are specifically required for deployment are displayed and must be completed for deployment. 2. Click the Advanced Details tab.
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 required, remove ASM provisioned VLANs from the host facing ports of the switch.
NOTE: The Select a Component drop-down list allows you to select from Compellent and EqualLogic CHAP storage components, as defined in ASM. Based on your resource selection, the page displays specific resource properties for you to perform settings. • Select Related Components to be mapped with the selected storage resource type (for more information about valid component combinations that can be mapped together in a template, see Component Combinations). • To add a Storage Component, click Add.
Field Name Description • Chap username IQN/IP Specifies the CHAP username. A valid CHAP username must be less than or equal to 63 alphanumeric characters. The access to CHAP username is limited. NOTE: The Chap username and Chap secret fields are displayed only if authentication type is selected as Chap. Chap secret Specifies the CHAP password. A valid CHAP password must be less than or equal to 254 characters. If the password is not specified, then it is autogenerated.
Field Name Description Operating System Name Refers to the name of the operating system hosted on the server. Server Object Folder Refers to the folder for the server. Server WWN Values Refers to a globally unique world wide name for the requested HBA. Port Type Refers to the transport type for all HBAs being added. This option is required if the manual flag is set. The possible values are FibreChannel and iSCSI.
• To add a Server Component, click Add. Server Settings Target Boot Device Description Hardware Settings Target Boot Device Refers to the target boot device ( for example: Local Hard Drive or SD card). Server Pool Refers to the server pool whose resource is being used. The Global value allows you to select any server pool from Resources in ASM. OS Settings Product Key Specifies the product key to install the OS image on the server. Timezone Specifies the time zone of the server.
Target Boot Device Description NOTE: Based on the value selected from the OS Image Type dropdown list, the fields related to that OS type are displayed. Custom Installation OS Script Refers to ASM maintained kickstart scripts or unattend.xml customer specific scripts to be used as a part of unattend OS install. Network Settings Identity Pool Refers to the Identity Pool that is used to connect to the storage devices.
After selecting Cluster on the template builder page, you can perform the following actions: • Perform settings on the selected cluster instance properties that display on the right of the page (for more information, see Cluster Settings). NOTE: The Select a Component drop-down list allows you to select a cluster VMware or HyperV instance and perform settings on the selected cluster instance properties that populate on selecting a specific cluster from Select a Component drop-down list.
• To add a Virtual Machine, click Add. Virtual Machine Settings Field Name Description Virtual Machine Settings Number of CPUs Refers to the number of CPUs specified while configuring a Virtual Machine. Memory in MB Refers to the memory in GB specified while configuring a Virtual Machine. Number of NICs Refers to the number of NICs specified while configuring a Virtual Machine.
• To add a Server Component, click Add. Component Combinations in Templates In the Template Builder and within a template, there are a number of components that can be selected and specified, as discussed in the previous sections. However, only certain combinations of these components can logically be used together. The following table provides information about the valid component combinations supported for template creation.
3. Unpack Citrix XenDesktop ISO into CIFs share on the virtual appliance. To perform this task, run the following commands:cd /var/lib/razor/repo-store mount -o loop .iso /mntrsync -a /mnt/ /var/lib/razor/repo-store/ XenDesktop7umount /mntrm XenDesktop7.iso 4. On the Active System Manager home page, in the left pane, click Templates, select the Deploy Citrix XenDesktop 7 application template, and then click Clone. 5.
4. Under the Settings section, in the Component Name text box, type the component name.(Optional) 5. In the Storage Volume and the Storage pool text boxes, type a unique name.(Optional) 6. Update the values of Storage size, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve %, Thin Min Reserve %, Thin growth Warning %, Thin growth Maximum %, Thin warning on threshold %, Multi-Host access of volume text boxes. 7. From the Authenticationdrop-down list, select authentication type as CHAP. 8.
3. After creating template, select the server component. 4. Under the Settings section, in the Component Name text box, type the component name.(Optional) 5. Under the Hardware Settings section, from the Target Boot Device drop-down list, select corresponding target boot device. 6. Under the Hardware Settings section, from the Server Pool drop-down list, select corresponding server pool. 7.
13. Under the Settings section, in Related Components, select corresponding option. (Optional) 14. Select the target vCenter. 15. In the Data Center Name, Cluster Name, and Cluster Data Store text boxes, type the corresponding names. 16. Select each of the virtual machines and repeat the following steps for each virtual machine in the cluster: a.
7. Select each of the virtual machines and repeat the following tasks for each virtual machine in the cluster: a. Under the Virtual Machine Settings section, if the defaults values are not required then edit the number of CPUs, size of virtual machine, memory, and number of NICs for each virtual machine. b. To select the administrator password which configures on the deployed OS, under the Virtual Machine OS Settings section, in the Administrator password text box, type the administrator password. c.
13. Next, select the server component. Repeat the following steps for both servers. a. Under the Settings section, in the Component Name text box, type the component name. (Optional) b. Under Hardware Settings section, retain the value of Target Boot Device as default value of SD Card. c. Under the Hardware Settings section, from the Server Pool drop-down list, select corresponding server pool. d.
10. Next, select the server component. Repeat the following steps for both servers. a. Under the Settings section, in the Component Name text box, type the component name. (Optional) b. Under Hardware Settings section, retain the value of Target Boot Device as default value of SD Card. c. Under the Hardware Settings section, from the Server Pool drop-down list, select corresponding server pool. d.
3. 4. On the Template Builder page, click each storage components, and configure the following settings: a. Under Settings, modify the Component Name and Storage Volume name with a unique name, if required. b. Under Storage Settings, make sure that you enter the storage size for the first volume is large enough to support your Hyper-V host storage. However, the storage size for the second volume can be small because it is configured as a quorum volume if this host will be used for a Hyper-V cluster.
To deploy Hyper-V host with iSCSI storage using this template, perform the following steps: 1. On the Templates page, select the Deploy HyperV Cluster with iSCSI Storage template, and click Clone. 2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter a name and description for the template, and click Save. 3. On the Template Builder page, click each storage components in swim lane, and configure the following settings: 4. a.
5. 6. On the Template Builder page, click the Hyper-V cluster component, and configure the following settings: 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.
Specification Prerequisite Chassis IOM Configuration (if blade use case) Make sure that the SAN IOM is in access gateway mode. Managed Rack or Blade Servers Configuration Make sure that the QLogic FC Adapters installed in any slot for rack servers or fabric B or C for blade servers. ASM will query for WWPN values on a QLogic QME or QLE 2662 or 2572 adapter. Brocade Switch Configuration • Create fault domain on Brocade switches for Compellent.
Deploying Service on ESXi Clusters On the Templates page, select the template created for this use case and click Deploy Service. ASM performs the following actions when you deploy this service: • Identifies the necessary servers from the FC server pool specified. • Boots the server when if it is turned on and verifies the FC connectivity. • Creates the storage volume and server objects that contain the WWPNs on Compellent storage.
Resources 6 The Chassis, servers, switches, storage groups, VMware vCenter, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) that you can manage using Active System Manager (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.
• Discover new resources • Update the resource inventory • Remove resources • View resource details Related Links Discovery Overview Discovering Resources Viewing Resource Details Removing Resources Updating Resource Inventory Resource Operational State Discovery Overview You can discover new resources or existing resources that are already configured within your environment. After discovery, you can deploy services on these resources from a template.
4. To add multiple IP address ranges, repeat the steps 2 and 3, and then click Next. You may have to wait while ASM locates and displays all the resources that are connected to the managed networks. 5. On the Discovered Resources page, select the resources from which you want to collect the inventory data, and click Finish. The discovered resources are listed in the Resources page.
Field Name Description • Hypervisor Management Software To discover VMware vCenter and System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), select the Hypervisor Management Software check box, and then select the following check boxes. Chassis Credentials • vCenter • SCVMM Select the credentials from the following drop-down lists to access one or more chassis, associated blade servers, and I/O modules.
Removing Resources To remove any particular resource from Active System Manager (ASM), perform the following steps: 1. In the left pane, click Resources. 2. On the Resources page, click the All Resources tab. 3. From the list of resources, select one or more resources, and click Remove. 4. Click OK when the confirmation message is displayed. If you a remove a Chassis, the Chassis and associated servers and I/O modules are removed from ASM.
Viewing VMware vCenter Details Viewing Chassis Details 1. In the Resources → All Resources tab, click a Chassis from the list of resources to view the details. The Details pane in the right displays the basic information about the Chassis, such as Power State, Management IP, Chassis Name, Service Tag, and Location. 2. To view the detailed information about the Chassis, in the Details pane, click View Details.
Viewing VMware vCenter Details 1. In the Resources → All Resources tab, click VMware vCenter from the resource list to view the details. The Details pane in the right displays the basic information about the VMware vCenter, such as Power State, Management IP, Datacenters, Clusters, Hosts, and Virtual Machines 2. Additionally, in the Details pane, under vCenter Details, click the arrows to expand vCenter → Datacenter → Cluster to view the lists of nodes and application. Viewing SCVMM Details 1.
Viewing Switch Details 1. In the Resources → All Resources tab, click a switch from the list of resources to view it details. The Details pane in the right displays the basic information about the switch, such as Power State, Management IP, Host name, Service Tag, and Location. 2. In the Details pane, click View Details. The Switch details page displays more information about the switch in the Summary tab. NOTE: In the current release, the detailed information can be viewed only for Dell Switches.
Deploying Indicates deployment is in progress. Pending Indicates the following tasks are in progress: • • • • • • Discovering resources is in progress. Determining resource details Validating support for resource details such as firmware version Applying template to the resource Updating firmware Removing resource from ASM. Powering On Indicates the resource is powered on. Powering Off Indicates the resource is powered off.
Editing Server Pool 1. In the Server Pools tab, click Edit. 2. To change the name and description of the server pool, in the left pane, click Server Pool Information. Click Save. 3. To add or remove servers from the server pool, in the left pane, click Add Servers. Click Save. 4. To add or remove the access rights to the server pool, in the left pane, click Assign Users. Click Save. The Create Server Pool wizard is displayed.
Settings 7 On the Settings page, you can: • Access application logs. • Configure automatically scheduled and manual backup and restore jobs. • Create the credentials that ASM will use to access chassis, server, switch, VMware vCenter, and storage resources. • Define existing networks. • Manage Active System Manager (ASM) users. • Perform appliance management tasks related to NTP settings, proxy server settings, SSL certificates, and license management for the ASM virtual appliance.
– Appliance Configuration — Indicates the initial setup, appliance settings, backup and restore – Template Configuration — Indicates the operations on Service Templates – Network Configuration — Indicates the operations on networks, pools for MAC/IQN/WWPN/ WWNN – Infrastructure or Hardware Configuration — Indicates the hardware discovery, inventory – Infrastructure or Hardware Monitoring — Indicates the hardware health – Deployment — Indicates the Service template deployment operations – Licensing — Indicat
4. To delete entries by severity level, select Information, Warning, and Critical. CAUTION: If you do not select a severity level, then ALL entries older than the selected date are deleted. 5. Click Apply. NOTE: You must select either a date or at least one severity level. Backup and Restore Performing a backup saves all user-created data to a remote share from which it can be restored. NOTE: It is recommended to perform frequent backups to guard against data loss and corruption.
• Events • Identity Pools • Initial setup • IP addresses • Jobs • Licensing • Networks • Templates • Users and roles • Resource Module configuration files Editing Backup Settings And Details 1. In the left pane, click Settings → Backup and Restore. 2. In the Settings and Details section, click Edit. 3. Optionally, to indicate the network share location where the backup file will be saved, type a backup directory path in the Backup Directory Path box.
3. Select one of the following options: • To use the general settings that are applied to all backup files, select Use Backup Directory Path and Encryption Password from Settings and Details. • To use custom settings: 1. In the Backup Directory Path box, type a path name where the backup file will be saved. Use one of these formats: – NFS – host:/share/ – CIFS – \\host\share\ 2.
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. NOTE: The Dell default credentials are not available for Dell Compellent Storage Center and Dell EqualLogic Storage. You must create credentials to access these Dell resources.
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. NOTE: For valid user name and password formats, see the iDRAC, CMC, I/O module, or see the storage third-party documentation. 7.
To facilitate network communication, you can add ranges of static IP addresses that ASM will assign to resources for iSCSI initiators. You can also create virtual identity pools of MAC, IQN, WWPN, and WWNN virtual identities that ASM will assign to virtual NICs. Additionally, make sure that the following network prerequisites are met: • The virtual appliance is able to communicate with the out-of-band management network.
To define or edit an existing network: 1. In the left pane, click Settings → Networks. The Networks page is displayed. 2. Perform one of the following: • To define a network, click Define. The Define Network page is displayed. • To edit an existing network, select the network that you want to modify, and click Edit. The Edit Network page is displayed. 3. In the Name field, type the name of the network. 4. Optionally, in the Description field, type a description for the network. 5.
8. To define the network configuration, click Save. Related Links Network Types Deleting a Network Network Types Using ASM you can manage the following network types. • Private LAN— Used to access network resources for functions such as vMotion traffic or heartbeat communication. • Public LAN— Used to access network resources for basic networking activities. NOTE: Private and public LANs are functionally identical in ASM.
• User Name • Domain • Role • Last Name • First Name • State (Enabled or Disabled) On this page, you can: • Edit or delete an existing user. • Create local user. • Enable or disable a user account. • Import Active Directory Users. Additionally, you can click on the specific user account to view the following user related information: • Email • Phone • Directory Services NOTE: You can also refresh the information on the page.
Deleting a User The Delete option allows you to remove an existing ASM user. Perform the following tasks to delete a user: 1. Click Settings → Users in the left pane. 2. Select one or more user accounts to delete. 3. Click Delete. 4. Click Yes in the warning message to delete the account(s). Editing a User The Edit option allows you to edit an ASM user profile. Perform the following tasks to edit a user profile: 1. Click Settings → Users in the left pane. 2. Select a single user account to edit.
Directory Services The Directory Services option allows you to add, edit or delete an Active Directory using the Directory Services functionality. ASM can access these active directories to import users. NOTE: An Active Directory user is authenticated against the specific Active Directory Domain that a user belongs to.
Attribute Settings Matrix Connection Settings Matrix Field Name Description Type Of Directory Service Refers to the type of directory service (currently available, Microsoft Active Directory). For example: Microsoft Active Directory Name Refers to the Active Directory(AD) configuration name as added in ASM. For example: mydomain User Name Refers to the AD account that has privileges to search for users. The account name must be entered using the User Principle Name format.
Attribute Settings Matrix Field Name Description Base DN Refers to the Distinguished Name (DN) where the users are searched by ASM. It is the Distinguished Name (DN) of the starting point for directory server searches. For example: CN=Users,DC=mydomain,Dc=com Filter Refers to the filters that enable you to define search criteria. For example: objectClass=* User Name Attribute Refers to the Active Directory record attribute that represents the User Name attribute.
Deleting a Directory Service The Delete option allows you to delete a directory service. Perform the following steps to delete a directory service: 1. Click Settings → Users → Directory Services. 2. Select a single or multiple directory services to be deleted, by checking the required service directory check boxes. 3. Click OK in the warning message window to delete the selected directory services.
About Roles The following user roles are available in ASM: • Operator: An Operator can perform the following operations in ASM: – Deploy a published service template on the discovered resources. – Click the IP Address of the resources in the Resource tab to link and launch the resource remote console. – Run Inventory. – Export Application Logs. – Create Troubleshooting bundle. – View recent activities NOTE: The Operator in ASM can view all the information that an administrator can view.
Generating a Troubleshooting Bundle A troubleshooting bundle is a compressed file that contains appliance logging information for Active System Manager virtual appliance. If required, you must download the bundle and send it to Dell support for issue debug. 1. In the left pane, click Settings → Virtual Appliance Management. 2. Click Generate Troubleshooting Bundle. 3. Open or save the file.
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. In the left pane, click Settings → Virtual Appliance Management. 2. In the SSLCertificates section, click Generate Certificate Signing Request. 3. a. In the Distinguished Name (www.domain.com) box, type a distinguished name in the format www.domain.com. b.
3. Select Use HTTP Proxy Settings. 4. In the Server Address (IP or Hostname) box, type a server address for the proxy server. 5. In the Port box, type a valid port number from 1–65535. Commonly used ports for a proxy server are 80 and 8080. 6. If the proxy server requires credentials to log in, select Use Proxy Credentials and then in User Name and Password boxes, type the required user name and password. To verify the password, type the password in Confirm Password. 7.
• MAC • IQN • WWPN • WWNN By default, virtual identities that are not assigned to any virtual identity pool are automatically assigned to the Global pool. After creating a virtual identity pool, you can assign the virtual identity pool to one or more templates. For example, you might create a virtual identity pool to use for a specific business units, such as Finance, Human Resource, and for any specific application.
To create a virtual identity pool: 1. In the left pane, click Settings → Virtual Identity Pools. 2. On the Virtual Identity Pools page, click Create. The Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard is displayed. 3. On the Pool Information page, type the Pool Name and Pool Description to identify the virtual identity pool, and then click Next. 4. On the Virtual MAC page, add the virtual MAC identities, and then click Next. 5. On the Virtual IQN page, add the virtual IQN identities, and then click Next. 6.
Adding Virtual WWPN Identities At a time, you can add as few as one and as many as 1,024 virtual WWPN identities. The maximum number of virtual WWPN identities that ASM can manage is 16,000. 1. On the Virtual WWPN page of the Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard, in the Number of Virtual WWPN Identities box, type the total number of virtual WWPN identities that you want to add (any whole number between 1 – 1,024). 2.
Troubleshooting 8 This chapter includes details for resolving common issues encountered in Active System Manager. For additional support information, go to http://support.dell.com/support/topics/topic.aspx/global/ shared/support/prosupport/en/prosupport-software-contacts?c=us&l=en&s=biz. 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.
Unable to deploy a service using the template with two EqualLogic CHAP components Unable to deploy a service using the template with two EqualLogic CHAP components. In ASM 7.5 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.
In the above example: • 3000: Indicates Native PXE VLAN • 20,30,40: Indicates Management or vMotion or ISCSI In case of production environments with large networks, routers may be configured with IP Helper Addresses to point to a DHCP on another network.
