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Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring Virtual Blades
Configuring Virtual Blades
Figure 1-2 Virtual Blade Configuration Window
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Configure the virtual blade system parameters as needed to run your operating system and applications:
a. If you are creating a new virtual blade, type the number of the virtual blade that you want to create
in the Blade Number field.
The number of virtual blades you can configure depends on which model of WAAS appliance you
are using, and the amount of memory installed in that appliance.
b. (Optional) In the Description field, type a brief description of the virtual blade.
c. (Optional) Check Autostart to set the virtual blade to start automatically whenever the WAE starts.
d. Choose a source for the virtual blade to boot from by using the Boot From list, as follows:
– Choose cd-rom (the default) to boot the virtual blade from a physical CD or a CD image (.iso
image file stored in the /local1/vbs directory). Use this choice before you have installed a guest
OS, to boot from a guest OS installer CD.
– Choose disk to boot the virtual blade from a guest OS installed on the WAAS device hard drive.
Use this choice after you have installed a guest OS, to boot from the installed guest OS.
– Choose network to boot the virtual blade from a network location (requires PXE to be enabled
on your network). Use this choice to install the same version of software to many virtual blades,
or to boot each virtual blade with a complete OS stored and managed in a centralized network
location.
If you are network booting to install the guest OS, you may want to configure the virtual blade to
boot from the disk on subsequent boots. You can do this by modifying the boot from parameter
while the virtual blade is running.
e. Specify the location of a CD image by using the CD Image list. If you specified cd-rom for the Boot
From list, the CD Image setting is required and configures the location of the boot image. If you
specified disk or network for the Boot From list, the CD Image setting is optional and configures
the location of a CD-ROM image that is made available to the guest OS (but is not used for booting).
The choices for the CD Image are as follows:
– Choose cd-rom to read the CD image from a physical CD in the WAAS device CD-ROM drive.