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Chapter 6 Using the Cisco IAC Virtual Appliance in Management Mode
Installing the Virtual Appliance in Management Mode
• Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed
• Thick Provision Eager Zeroed
• Thin Provisioning
Step 12 Click Next.
Step 13 If the Network Mapping window appears, choose a destination network from the list. Choose a network
name has DHCP services available.
Step 14 In the Properties window, enter the following information:
• Linux Hostname: Enter a new hostname for this virtual machine. You may enter an unqualified host
name (such as “mycomputer”) or a fully-qualified domain name (such as
“mycomputer.example.com”). A host name may contain letters, digits, and dashes (-).
• Linux Root Password: Enter a new password for the Linux “root” superuser account.
• Administrator Password: Enter a password for the IAC Virtual Appliance Administrator. This will
also be the password for the operating system's “cisco” user.
• Administrator Email: Enter the email address for IAC Service Catalog Appliance Site
Administrator. This is used as the sender address for all system-level email notifications.
• Email Server Hostname: Enter the hostname or IP address for the SMTP server used for sending
email messages.
• Application Server Password: Enter a new password for the Application Server administrative
user.
Note This will configure the “admin” user for the Management Appliance’s Tomcat server.
• Enable SSL Support: Choose this option to enable SSL support. A self-signed certificate will be
generated.
Note The self-signed SSL certificate can be replaced with a valid SSL certificate after the
appliance has been deployed.
• Time Zone: Choose a time zone for the server from the list.
• Enable NTP Support: Choose this option to enable the NTP client.
• NTP Server IP/Hostname: Enter the IP address or host name for your NTP server. Leave this
option blank if NTP is not enabled above or a value is supplied by your DHCP server. This value
will be overridden by the NTP server supplied by your DHCP server.
• PostgreSQL System DBA Password: The Management Appliance's credential manager uses a
PostgreSQL database. Enter a password for the database administrative accounts (“postgres”). Enter
alphanumeric characters only.
• Enable Prime Performance Manager: Choose this option to enable the Prime Performance
Manager (PPM) server. The web interface will be available from https://<hostname>/ppm.
Note You can log into the PPM with the username “cisco” and the administrator password defined
above.