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...................................................................
Building Template Overview.........................................................................................................29 Building and Publishing Template................................................................................................ 30 Importing Template...................................................................................................................... 30 Editing Template..........................................................................................
8 Settings.................................................................................................................79 Application Logs.................................................................................................................................. 79 Exporting All Log Entries...............................................................................................................80 Purging Log Entries..............................................................................
Unable to deploy a service for Compellent component with same server object and volume names................................................................................................................................................ 103 Unable to deploy a service using the template with two EqualLogic CHAP components............104 Unable to log in to ASM using Active Directory using “\”................................................................
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.
• 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. Additionally, in the online help, use the Enter search items option in the Table of Contents to search for a specific topic or keyword. Other Documents You May Need In addition to this guide, the following documents available on the Dell Support website at dell.com/ support/manuals provide additional information about the ASM.
Getting Started with ASM 7.6 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 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, and proxy server settings.
Initial Setup 3 The Initial Setup wizard enables you to configure the basic settings required to start using 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 address or host name of at least one Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers. • The IP address or host name, 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, click Settings in the left pane, and then click 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.
5. Click Test Proxy Connection to test the connection to the proxy server. 6. Click Save and Continue. After the initial setup is complete, to change the proxy settings, in the left pane, click Settings in the left pane, and then click Virtual Appliance Management. On the Virtual Appliance Management page, click Edit in the Proxy Settings section. Related Links Editing Proxy Settings Verifying Initial Setup 1. On the Summary page, verify the settings you have configured in the previous pages. 2.
4 Dashboard The Dashboard displays the following information: • Under Service Overview section, displays a graphical representation of the services based on their state, total number of services deployed, and state icons that represent the service state. The number next to each state icon indicates how many services are in a particular state.
• * Last 10 Deployments * Last Week * Last Month * Last 6 Months * Last Year Under Total Server Utilization, a pie chart displays the total number of servers used and available in percentage. – Servers in Use (BLUE band on the pie chart) — Indicates the percentage of servers that are in use. To view the number of servers used, move the mouse pointer over the band. – Servers Available (GRAY band on the graphic) — Indicates the percentage of servers that are available for deployment.
Service States State Icon Description Error Indicates service deployment failed. In Progress Indicates service deployment is in progress. Deployed Indicates service is successfully completed.
Services 5 A service is a deployment of a published template. The Services page displays the services that are in following states in both Graphical and Tabular view. • Error Services — Indicates the services for which the deployment process is incomplete due to errors. • Deployed Services — Indicates the services that are deployed successfully. • In Progress Services — Indicates the services for which deployment is in progress.
• Lists the number of resources included in the service for deployment, based on the following component types: – Application – Virtual Machine – Cluster – Server – Storage From the Service page, you can: • Click View Details in the right pane to view more details about the service • Export service details to .csv file. Related Links Viewing Service Details Viewing Service Details The Summary tab displays the state of the service at component level in Topology and Tabular view.
Additionally, in the Storage table, you can view the volumes and volume size configured on a particular storage. In the Virtual Machine table, you can view the following information about the virtual machines: – Hostname – OS Type – CPUs – Disk Size – Memory • Under Service Information, you can view the following information: – Name of the service – State of the service Service State Icon Description In Progress Indicates service deployment is in progress.
• For more details about the Cluster properties, see Cluster Settings • For more details about the Virtual Machine properties, see Virtual Machine Settings • For more details about the Application properties, see Application Settings Related Links Deploy Service Exporting Service Details Redeploying Failed Service Adding Components to Existing Service Deployments Deleting Service Component Deployment States After you deploy a service, ASM assigns one or more states to the components based on the depl
Deleting Service Decommissioning Services Provisioned by ASM Deleting Service To delete a service, perform the following steps: 1. In the left pane, click Services. 2. On the Services page, click a service, and then in the right pane, click View Details. 3. On the Service Details page, under Actions in the right pane, click Delete. This action deletes the instance of the service and returns the IP/IQNs assigned to the servers that were a part of the service.
b. Press F5 to refresh and to get the complete list. c. Delete all of the entries of the computers that are part of the deployment. – Log in to your DNS server and perform the following tasks: 1. Go to your Forward Lookup Zones, click < Domain >, and then press F5 to refresh. 2. Delete any stale entries of the IP reservations that were used by the computers and part of your deployment.
• Make sure that the free servers are available in the server pool for migration, and it is compatible. • During the migration, the operating systems will not be booted. Therefore, it is recommended to shut down the server before migrating the boot from SAN image. • It is recommended configure a server pool that has servers with same model, RAID, and networking devices, including the specific slot to which network resources are connected.
3. In the right page, under Actions, perform the following steps: a. Click Add Servers to add a server component to the service. NOTE: The Add Servers button is displayed only if the service contains a service component. b. Click Add Storage to add one or more storage components to the service. NOTE: The Add Storage button is displayed only if the service has a storage component. c. Click Add VM to add one or more storage components to the service.
Adding VMs to Existing Service To add virtual machines to an existing service: 1. On the Add VM(s) page, from the Resource to Duplicate drop-down list, select the virtual machine to clone. 2. In the # of Instances box, enter the number of virtual machine instances that you want to add to the service, and click Continue. 3. In the corresponding Component Name boxes, enter the name of the virtual machines. 4.
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.
Manage Templates The Templates page displays the information about the templates in Graphical and Tabular format. To switch between the Graphical and Tabular view, click the Graph or Table icon at the top-right corner of the Templates page. To sort and view the templates based on categories, in the View By dropdown list, select a category. Alternatively, in the Graphical format click the graphic that represents a category to view the templates under a category.
Importing Template Deploy Service Viewing Template Details To view more details about a template: 1. In 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 page. 3. To view all the component settings, on the Template Builder page, click View All Settings in the right pane. The Template Settings dialog box lists the details about the component configured in the template.
8. Click Save. Instruction appears about creating template. On the instruction page, click the previous or next arrow buttons on the instruction page to read other instructions. If you do not want instructions to be displayed when you login next time, select the Don’t show me this again check box at the bottom-left corner of the instruction page. To continue building the template using Template Builder page, click Close.
• 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.
Editing Template You can edit an existing template to change the Draft state of the selected template to the published state for deployment, or to modify the exiting components and their properties. 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 Viewing Template Details To view more details about a template: 1.
Deploy Service NOTE: You cannot deploy a service using a template that is in draft state. Publish the template before you use the template to deploy a service. To deploy a service: 1. In the left pane, click Services. The Services page is displayed. 2. On the Services page, click Deploy New Service. The Deploy Service dialog box is displayed. 3. 4. In the Deploy Service dialog box, perform the following: a. From the Select Template drop-down list, select the template to deploy a service. b.
7. Remove host entries from DNS server. 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.
• Compellent • EqualLogic • 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 on Threshold Specifies whether or not a thin provisioning sends an initiator warning % when passing the in-use warning threshold. Thin Warning Hard Threshold % Specifies whether or not a thin provisioning allows the volume to remain online after reaching the max-growth threshold. Multi-host access of volume This parameter enables or disables multi-host access on a volume. The possible values are enable or disable.
Field Name Description Volume Folder Specifies the name of an existing volume folder where a volume is to be created. In case the folder does not exist, a new folder is created. 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.
Field Name Description New volume name Enter the name of the volume that is to be created or destroyed. The storage volume names created on same aggregate must be unique in a NetApp storage array. Storage Size e.g 100GB * Specifies the volume size. Enter the number of 512-byte blocks or the total byte size. You can specify the total byte size in the following formats: MB for megabytes, GB for gigabytes, or TB for terabytes. The volume size must be between 20 MB and 999 TB.
For more information about the server settings, see Server Settings 8. 9. Under Network Settings, perform the following settings: a. In the Identity Poolbox, enter the virtual identity pool from which virtual identities (MAC address and WWPN/WWNN) will be selected for boot from SAN deployment. b. Specify the networks that you want configure on the servers.
Target Boot Device Description 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. Administrator password Enter the administrator password that set on the installed OS. Confirm administrator password Enter to confirm the administrator password. Install EqualLogic MEM If the value is True, install EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module.
3. From the NIC Type, select the NIC type: • 4. 2 Port • 4 Port Select the Used for FC check box, if you want to use the NIC for Fibre Channel. 5. Under specific ports, if you want to partition the port, select the Do you want to partition? check box. 6. Enter the following information for each ports or partitions: a. Select the vLAN Networks to use for data transmission b. Enter the Minimum Bandwidth and maximum bandwidth in percentage. 7. Repeat the steps 4 through 6 for each port. 8.
To import a configuration from a server that is part of a template, perform the following steps: 1. On the Server Component Settings page, click Import from Existing Template. 2. On the Select Component page, select a server under a template to import the configuration. 3. Click Select. Cluster In ASM, adding a Cluster component to a template refers to creating a cluster inside a VMware vCenter and SCVMM. After selecting Cluster on the template builder page, perform the following actions: 1.
Field Name Description Hypervisor Management Software Specifies the target SCVMM. Host Group Specifies the host group that you want to target. New Host Group name Enables to specify a new host group. Enter the host group in the format: All hosts\ Cluster Name Specifies the name of the cluster. New cluster name Enables you to specify a new cluster. Cluster IP Address Specifies the cluster IP address.
Virtual Machine Settings (Clone vCenter Virtual Machine) Field Name Description Administrator password Specifiy OS administrator password that is set on the installed OS. Confirm administrator password Enter the password to confirm the administrator password. OS Image Specifies the target repository where the OS image install files are located. The default repositories are ESXi. The additional repositories will be shown if the user created them on the ASM appliance.
Virtual Machine Settings (Clone vCenter Virtual Machine) Field Name Description Description Refers to the number of CPUs specified while configuring a Virtual Machine. Name Specifies the size to allocate for virtual machine hard disk. Template Specifies the SCVMM virtual machine template name. Path Specifies the storage path where VM clone will be deployed Networks Specifies the ASM networks, which will be connected to the virtual machine clone.
Application Component Settings Field Name Description Default and Possible Values Media Specifies the location of the SQL install image. Default value: D:\\ instancename Specifies a SQL Server instance name for the instance that is being completed. For named instance just enter a user specific name. Default value: MSSQLSERVER features Specify the list of individual SQL server components to install.
Field Name Description Default and Possible Values ascollation Specifies the collation setting for Analysis Services. Default value: Latin1_General_CI_AS sqlcollation Specifies the collation settings for SQL Server. Default value: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1 _CI_AS admin Specifies the administrator account name Default value: Administrator netfxsource Specifies the .Net install file.
Field Name Description Default and Possible Values Upload Recursive Determines whether or not to upload all contents of the directory on the share. (For use in optional upload file/script) Possible values: True or False yum_proxy Optional. Specifies the proxy to use for yum installs. For example: http://proxy:80 Windows_postinstall Share Optional. Specifies the share to use for uploading file to server. Share folder must be available.
Sample Templates ASM ships with several templates to guide you to develop a template. It is recommended not to alter the default templates, and clone a version, which contains the settings unique to your environment. After you clone the template, you should make minor modifications to make sure the template deploys in your environment.
3. 4. On the Template Builder page, click a storage component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Storage Component dialog box. Repeat this step for each storage components. a. In the Component Name box, type the component name. (Optional) b. Under Storage Settings, configure the following: 1. Enter the unique names for the Storage Volume Name and Storage Pool. (Optional) 2.
6. 7. On the Template Builder page, click the virtual machine component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Cluster Component dialog box. Repeat this step for each cluster components. a. Enter the Administrator password. b. From the OS Image drop-down list, select the Windows Image to deploy Windows on the virtual machine. c. Select the Workload check box next to the Networks field if you want workload networks to access this VM.
7. Under OS Settings, perform the following: a. To select the administrator password that you want to configure on the deployed OS, in the Administrator password box, type the administrator password. b. In the Confirm administrator password box, retype the password again to confirm. NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. The value in the template is masked, but the actual password is not set. If this password is not set, you cannot log in to the deployed server. c.
8. Under Related Components, select corresponding components. (Optional) 9. Under Cluster Settings, perform the following: a. From the Target Hypervisor drop-down list, select the target vCenter. b. In the Data Center Name and Cluster Name boxes, type the corresponding names. 10. In the Template Builder, select the virtual machine component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then perform the following configuration in the Virtual Machine Component dialog box.
5. In the Template Builder, select the virtual machine component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Virtual Machine Component dialog box. Repeat this step for each virtual machine in the cluster. a. Under Virtual Machine OS Settings, perform the following: 1. To select the administrator password that configures on the deployed OS, in the Administrator password box, type the administrator password.
5. In the Template Builder, select the server component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Server Component dialog box. Repeat this step for each server component. a. In the Component Name box, type the component name. (Optional) b. Under Hardware Settings section, configure the following: c. 1. Retain the value of Target Boot Device as default value of SD Card. 2. From the Server Pool drop-down list, select corresponding server pool.
6. 7. Under EqualLogic Storage Settings, configure the following: a. From the Target EqualLogic drop-down list, select your target EqualLogic iSCSI array. b. In the Storage Volume Name text box, type a unique name. c. In the Storage Pool, 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, update the values. d.
To deploy Hyper-V host with iSCSI storage using this template, perform the following steps: 1. On the Templates page, select the Deploy Hyper-V Host 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. In the Template Builder, select a storage component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Storage Component dialog box. a.
6. Click Publish Template. This template is now ready to be deployed. Template – Deploy Hyper-V Cluster with iSCSI Storage The Deploy Hyper-V Cluster with iSCSI Storage template deploys two iSCSI storage volumes and installs Hyper-V on a physical host. To deploy Hyper-V host with iSCSI storage using this template, perform the following steps: 1. On the Templates page, select the Deploy Hyper-V Cluster with iSCSI Storage template, and click Clone. 2.
4. On the Template Builder page, click each server components in the swim lane, and configure the following settings for both the servers: a. Modify the server Component Name with a unique name, if required. b. Under Hardware Settings, configure the following: c. 1. Retain the default selection of Local Hard Drive for Target Boot Device. 2. Select a Server Pool that contains a target server from the drop-down list. Under OS Settings, configure the following: 1.
Template – Deploy VMs to Cluster Template – Install ESXi to SD card with FC Storage Template – Install ESXi to SD Card with iSCSI Storage Template – Deploy Hyper-V Host with iSCSI Storage Template – Deploy Hyper-V Cluster with Fibre Channel Storage to SCVMM Template – Deploy VMWare Cluster with NetApp Storage Template – Boot from Fibre Channel SAN Template – Boot from iSCSI SAN Template – Deploy Virtual Machine Template Clone on Hyper-V Cluster Template – Deploy Virtual Machine Template Clone on VMWare Clus
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 Local Hard Drive for Target Boot Device. c. From the Server Pool drop-down list, select the server pool that has the target server. d.
To deploy VMware Cluster with NetaApp Storage using this template, perform the following steps: 1. On the Templates page, select the VMware Cluster with NetApp Storage template, and click Clone in the right pane. 2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter a name, category, and description for the template, and click Save. 3.
7. On the Template Builder page, click the VMware Cluster component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Cluster Component dialog box: a. From the Target Virtual Machine Manager drop-down list, make sure that you select your target vCenter. b. From the Data Center Name drop-down list, select Create New Datacenter, and enter a data center name in the New datacenter name box c.
7. Click Publish Template. This template is now ready to be deployed. Template – Boot from iSCSI SAN The Boot from iSCSI SAN template will create an iSCSI storage volume and configure a server to connect to this volume as a boot volume. The resulting server will be ready for manual operating system installation. To deploy boot from iSCSI SAN using this template, perform the following steps: 1. On the Templates page, select the Boot From iSCSI SAN template, and click Clone in the right pane. 2.
3. On the Template Builder page, click the Hyper-V Cluster component, click Edit on the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Cluster Component dialog box:. a. From the Hypervisor Management Software drop-down list, select the management software of the target hypervisor for the SCVMM instance where the clone will be created. b.
5. On the Template Builder page, click the virtual machine component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings for the virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Component dialog box: a. Modify the Component Name of the virtual machine, as required. b. Under Network Settings, select the network to be associated with the virtual machine.
6. On the Template Builder page, click a storage component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Storage Component dialog box. Repeat this step for each storage components. a. Under Storage Settings, configure the following: 1. From the Authentication drop- down list, select the one of the following authentication types based on your environment: IQN/IP or CHAP. 2.
10. On the Template Builder page, click one of the application components, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Application Component dialog box: a. Under Application Settings, in the Media Location box, enter the directory location where the SQL 2012 ISO was unpacked. b. Add appropriate account name and password information as required. c. Click Save. 11. Click Publish Template. This template is now ready to be deployed.
Specification Prerequisite Compellent Storage Configuration Must be configured Resource Discovery Make sure the following resources are discovered in ASM. • FC Servers for Deployment • FC SAN Brocade Switch • FC IOMs (Optional) • Dell Compellent Storage • 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.
– Identifies the fault domain of the Compellent storage created on the Brocade switches. – Configures the Brocade switch by creating a zone for the server including the WWPN of the FC adapters and the Compellent storage. The zones will be added to the active zone set. • Maps the server object to the Compellent volume. • Installs ESXi, creates virtual networking based on the template, and creates and formats the VMFS data store for the attached Compellent volume and configures multipathing settings.
Resources 7 The Chassis, servers, switches, storage groups, VMware vCenters, and System Center Virtual Machine Managers (SCVMM) 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.
• 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.
3. To discover multiple resources with different IP address ranges, repeat the step 2, and then click Next. You may have to wait while ASM locates and displays all the resources that are connected to the managed networks. 4. 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.
Removing Resources To remove any particular resource from 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 remove a Chassis, the Chassis and associated servers and I/O modules are removed from ASM.
• View detailed information about the resources and associated components. NOTE: In ASM 7.6 release, the detailed information can be viewed only for Dell Resources. • Update resource inventory data.
3. To view the detailed information about the Chassis, in the Details pane, click View Details. The Chassis Details page displays the detailed information about the Chassis in the following tabs. NOTE: In the current release, the detailed information can be viewed only for Dell Chassis. • Summary • Blades • I/O Modules • Chassis Controllers • IKVM • Power Supplies From the Summary tab of the Chassis Details page, you can: • Open the remote GUI console for a Chassis Management Controller (CMC).
Viewing SCVMM Details 1. In the left pane, click Resources. The Resources page is displayed. 2. In the All Resources tab, click a System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) from the resource list to view the details. The Details pane in the right displays the following basic information about the SCVMM: 3.
5. In the Summary tab, under Actions in the right, click Launch iDRAC GUI. Opening the CMC Remote Console To simplify routine Chassis maintenance, you can open a remote console to the server’s Integrated Chassis Management Controller (CMC) directly from ASM: 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.
Editing Server Pool 1. In the Server Pools tab, click Edit. The Create Server Pool wizard is displayed. 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.
Settings 8 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 ASM users. • Perform appliance management tasks related to NTP settings, proxy server settings, SSL certificates, and license management for the ASM virtual appliance. • Create virtual identity pools.
– 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, and then click Backup and Restore. 2. On the Backup and Restore page, under Settings and Details section, click Edit. 3.
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, and then click 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.
7. Select Configure static IP address ranges check box, and then do the following: NOTE: Currently, stating IP addressing is not supported for SAN [FCoE] network types. NOTE: After a network is created, you cannot select or clear the Configure static IP address ranges check box to configure static IP address pools. a. In the Gateway field, type the default gateway IP address for routing network traffic. b. In the Subnet Mask field, type the subnet mask. c.
The VLAN ID must be a number between 1 and 4094. If using a flat network (no VLANs), type a value of 1. Deleting a Network NOTE: You should not delete a network that is referenced in a template. This will affect the services that will be deployed using this template. To delete a network: 1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Networks. The Networks page is displayed. 2. Click the network that you want to delete, and then click Delete. 3.
Creating a User The Create option allows you to create a new ASM user. Enter the following information to create a new user. 1. On the left pane, click Settings, and then click Users. 2. On the Users page, click Create. 3. Enter a unique User Name to identify the user account. 4. Enter a Password that a user will enter to access ASM. Confirm the password.
Importing 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 below to enable or disable the user account state: 1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Users. 2. On the Users page, select one or more user accounts to enable/disable. 3. In the menu, click Enable or Disable, to update the State to Enabled or Disabled, as selected.
Adding a Directory Service To add a Directory Service, configure the following: • Connection Settings • Attribute Settings Connection Settings 1. In the left pane, 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.
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 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. In the left menu, 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. Edit the Attribute Settings, as necessary. 5.
5. Select one or multiple users in the Selected Users List and click Apply to import the users. NOTE: While importing Active Directory users, ASM roles are not automatically mapped to Active Directory user roles. Therefore, it is important to assign an appropriate role level to each imported user. NOTE: In the Selected Users List, each User Name is prefixed with a check box.
• Edit NTP settings • Edit proxy server settings • Generate and download a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and upload the resulting SSL certificate • Upload an ASM license Related Links Generating a Troubleshooting Bundle Editing Default Time Zone and NTP Settings Generating a Certificate Signing Request Downloading the Certificate Signing Request Uploading an SSL Certificate Editing Proxy Settings License Management Generating a Troubleshooting Bundle A troubleshooting bundle is a compressed fil
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, and then click Virtual Appliance Management. 2. On the Virtual Appliance Management page, under 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.
Editing Proxy Settings If your network uses a proxy server for external communication, then you must type the critical information to enable communication with ASM virtual appliance. 1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Virtual Appliance Management. 2. On the Virtual Appliance Management, under the Proxy Settings section, click Edit. 3. Select Use HTTP Proxy Settings. 4. In the Server Address (IP or Hostname) box, type a server address for the proxy server. 5.
5. Click Save. The GUI becomes unavailable as the web services are restarted, the virtual appliance shell is still accessible and all active users are logged out. Virtual Identity Pools In ASM, virtual identity pools provide a conceptual way to categorize the virtual identities that help in network communication.
Deleting Virtual Identity Pools Exporting Virtual Identity Pools Creating Virtual Identity Pools The Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard enables you to create virtual identity pools and add virtual identities to the virtual identity pools. To create a virtual identity pool: 1. 2. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Virtual Identity Pools. In the Virtual Identity Pools page, click Create. The Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard is displayed. 3.
Adding Virtual IQN Identities At a time, you can add as less as one and as many as 1,024 virtual IQN identities at one time. The maximum number of virtual IQN identities that ASM can manage is 16,000. 1. On the Virtual IQN page of the Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard, in the Number of Virtual iSCSI Identities box type the total number of virtual IQN identities that you want to add (any whole number between 1 and 1,024). 2.
3. Click OK when the confirmation message is displayed. Related Links Creating Virtual Identity Pools Exporting Virtual Identity Pools Exporting Virtual Identity Pools You can export the .txt file that contains the virtual identity pools information. 1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Virtual Identity Pools. 2. On the Virtual Identity Pools page, select the virtual identity pools detail that you want to export, and then click Export. 3. Open or save the file.
Troubleshooting 9 This chapter includes details for resolving common issues encountered in ASM 7.6. 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 7.6 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.
