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• ftp://userid:password@host-ipaddress/filepath logs in and installs VSN from a file
stored on an FTP server.
• tftp://host-ipaddress/filepath installs VSN from a file stored on a TFTP server.
• nfsmount://filepath copies from a file stored on an NFS mount file system.
7. Enter the following command to configure the Perl script (VSNAgent.pl) used for VSN operations
on VMware hypervisors: script /usr/pkg/scripts/VSNAgent/VMWare/VSNAgent.pl.
To follow the progress of a package installation (or removal), use the show packages command.
Enabling VSN in a Hypervisor Session
To enable VSN on an interface and connect to hypervisors on network servers, follow these steps.
Restrictions:
• VSN is only supported on standalone units; it is not supported in stacked configurations.
• VSN supports connections only with VMware and Xen hypervisors.
• You can define up to eight hypervisor sessions on a switch.
• To connect with a VMware hypervisor running on an ESXi 5.0 server, configure the server’s firewall to
allow connections only through the management IP address. You can reconfigure the firewall by
using the esxcli network firewall command to create a rule set that allows the IP address of a
Dell Networking switch to pass the firewall. For detailed information, see
How to Create Custom
Firewall Rules in ESXi 5.0.
• When you establish a VSN session with a Citrix Xen hypervisor (using the access command) that
operates as a slave in a pool, the connection establishes with the master. The entire pool retrieves
configuration and access information. If you remove the slave from the pool and it operates as a
standalone hypervisor, the VSN session is still active with the master. In this case, the pool retrieves
information and not the standalone hypervisor.
1. Enable VSN on an interface.
INTERFACE mode
vsn enable
By default, VSN is disabled on switch interfaces.
2. Specify the name of a hypervisor session and enter Hypervisor Configuration mode.
CONFIGURATION mode
hypervisor name
Enter up to 40 characters to define the hypervisor session.
3. Define the hypervisor type to which you want to connect.
HYPERVISOR mode
type {vmware | xen-citrix}
To display the currently supported hypervisor types, use the show hypervisor supported
command.
4. Establish the connection between the switch and a hypervisor.
HYPERVISOR mode
access url username username password password
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