Installing Dell Lasso & SAN HQ Rapid EqualLogic Configuration Series Implementation Guide March 2013 SISfeedback@Dell.
Revisions Date Description April 2012 initial release August 2012 Added enabling Lasso to collect from ESXi5 March 2013 Added SAN Assist content © 2013 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Dell, the Dell logo, and other Dell names and marks are trademarks of Dell Inc. in the US and worldwide. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
1 Dell Lasso 1.1 Installation Note: Lasso is available from http://support.dell.com/tools Check the Lasso Release Notes (“readme”) file to view the latest supported components. Complete the following steps to install Lasso on the management systems running supported Microsoft Windows x86 and x64 operating systems. This step is required to capture the configuration and submit it to Dell Support for audit. The audit is used to ensure the system is configured correctly. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Run the .
Note: So that Lasso can validate and collect information from an ESXi 5 host, ssh access and password authentication must be enabled in the /etc/ssh.conf file for each host. To configure SSH from vClient/vCenter see the following steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. Log in to vClient/vCenter. Select your host. Click the configuration tab. Select Security Profile under Software - You will be shown the services that are available for configuration. 5. Click Properties. 6. Highlight Remote Tech Support (SSH) and click options.
2 SAN HQ 2.1 Installation planning SAN HQ enables you to monitor multiple PS Series groups from a single graphical interface. It gathers and formats performance data and other vital group information. Analyzing the data might help you improve performance and more effectively allocate group resources. SAN HQ runs on Windows and is typically installed on a management system. We recommend that you install it on a dedicated management system so that it does not impact performance of production servers.
3. Provide the Group IP address or DNS name for your SAN. 4. Provide an SNMP community name (if you don’t have one, enter public). Click Next. 5. Check the box to Enable SAN Assist functionality, and then click Next. 6. On the SAN Assist License Agreement screen, accept the license terms, and then click Next. Note: If you decline the license, you can continue to add the group for SAN Headquarters monitoring, but you cannot enable SAN Assist. 7.
8. Enter the group administrator username and password. 9. Enter a password for the SAN Assist read-only account. 10. Click Test to validate the credentials. Providing valid credentials allows SAN Headquarters to enable the Group Syslog Servers panel. Observe the IP address for the Current Syslog Configuration. 11. Scroll through the list and Select SAN HQ Server IP address for Group Syslog Notification registration. Dell recommends a static IP address. 12.
Note: Checking the automatic data transmission box enables the benefit of automatically uploading the data to Dell Support for analysis. Dell recommends keeping this setting on unless continuous internet connection is not available and local data storage is preferred. 17. 18. 19. 20. 8 At the email-notification screen, enable email alerts or just click Next to continue. Accept the default log file sizes and click Next. Click Next and review your configuration settings in the Completing the Wizard screen.
