Active Fabric Manager (AFM) Deployment Guide 2.
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Contents 1 Configure Active Fabric Manager as a Virtual Appliance...............................5 Prerequisites.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Hardware Requirements....................................................................................................................... 5 Virtual Appliance Requirements.......................................................................................
6 RPM Installation..................................................................................................25 Prerequisites........................................................................................................................................ 25 Step 1: Configuring CentOS................................................................................................................25 Step 2: Install the AFM RPM Software on the Linux CentOS Machine ..................................
Configure Active Fabric Manager as a Virtual Appliance 1 Deploy Active Fabric Manager (AFM) as a virtual appliance on a VMware® ESX® virtual machine. This guide describes how to configure AFM as a virtual appliance. Before proceeding, install and configure an ESX host where you plan to run AFM. For additional information about installing and configuring the ESX virtual host machine, refer to the VMware documentation.
Hardware Requirement Memory 32GB Memory (8x4GB), 1333MHz Dual Ranked LV RDIMMs for 2 Processors, Advanced ECC Disk Space 1TB 7.2K RPM SATA 3.5 Hot Plug Hard Drive Virtual Appliance Requirements AFM runs as a virtual appliance and requires the following host software: • VMware® vSphere® Hypervisor (ESXi) 5.1 and higher (must meet virtual appliance, port access, and listening port requirements) NOTE: VMware® vCenter™ is required for High Availability (HA) and Fault Tolerance (FT).
• Firefox® 12 and higher OMNM Requirements NOTE: The following is required to use the OMNM feature on the AFM: • OMNM Server Release 5.3 and higher NOTE: The OMMN server is not installed on the same server as AFM. To activate the performance statistics, login directly as write permission into Dell OMNM web service. For information on how to install and configure OMNM, refer to the following URL: http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/555/Product/dell-openmanage-network-manager.
Port Description 123 NTP 161 For the SNMP get and set protocol between the AFM server and switch. 162 For the SNMP trap listener between the AFM server and switch. 443 For the HTTPS communication protocol where the AFM takes requests from the client browser. 5432 Database server 8080 TCP/UDP 61616 ActiveMQ Disabling VMotion on an ESX/ESXi Host To disable VMotion® on an VMware® ESX/ESXi® host, refer to the VMware documentation at http:// kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.
Step 1: Deploy the OVF Template 2 Deploy the OVF template with the VMware ESX virtual machines. Deploy the OVF Template Using a Microsoft HyperV Virtual Machine 1. Start the Microsoft SCVMM client on the Windows server. 2. Copy the AFM VHDx image file from the directory containing the AFM package to a location where the SCVMM client can access it. 3. Import the VHDx image file to create the AFM VM. 4. Power on the VM.
Step 2: Start the Virtual Machine 3 After completing the VM Creation wizard and deploying the VM, power on the AFM VM and connect to the console. NOTE: Before starting the VM console, modify the VM settings by clicking Edit Settings. 1. To start the VM, click it and select Power > Power On. 2. To open the VM console, right-click it and select Open Console. 3. Open the console and log in with the default credentials. Log in from the console or SSH for the first time using the superuser account.
4 Step 3: Manage the AFM Virtual Appliance After deploying the AFM OVF and performing the initial configuration, use the AFM Virtual Appliance to finish configuring AFM. NOTE: To access the AFM virtual appliance, go to the AFM VM, click the Console button and login as superuser. If there is an IP assigned to the VM the first time you log in from the console or SSH using superuser, AFM prompts you to change the password for superuser. This password is used for both the web URL login and console login.
The following network configuration warning message displays: *WARNING* System will have to restart to properly update all the services if network configuration is changed. Do you wish to continue? Y or N? : 2. Enter Y. The Select Action screen displays. Figure 2. Select Action Screen 3. Select Device configuration. To navigate between elements, use the Tab and down arrow keys. The Network Configuration screen displays.
Figure 3. Network Configuration Settings 4. View or modify the following settings as needed: • Name — Displays the name of the AFM server. NOTE: Do not change the default device name (eth0). • Device — Displays the name of the NIC Card. NOTE: Do not change the default device name (eth0). • • 5. Use DHCP — Enable DHCP and assign an IP address to the VM. Static IP — Specify the static IP Address of the AFM server. When you change the AFM IP address, the system prompts you to restart the AFM server.
• Syslog IP Address — Verify that the new IP address has been applied to the first system log entry. The AFM IP address uses the first system log entry by default, so the first system log entry is typically the AFM server. 11. Click the refresh icon on the top right of the Settings screen and verify that the new AFM IP address has been applied. 12. On the AFM Virtual Appliance console, login as superuser and select Restart AFM Application. When AFM starts, the AFM server uses the new IP address. 13.
Updating the AFM Server 1. Select Update AFM Server and press Enter. The Update AFM Server screen displays the current version and the version of any available updates. NOTE: If you download an updated RPM from the remote server, it overwrites the current available update software version. 2. To download the latest AFM software package in RPM format file from the remote URL to the available partition, enter y.
Rebooting the AFM Server 1. Select the Reboot AFM Server option and press Enter. 2. Enter y. 3. Select Shutdown AFM Server and press Enter. 4. Enter y to shutdown the AFM server VM. Shutting Down the AFM Server (VM) 1. Select the Shutdown AFM Server option and press Enter. 2. Enter y. Transferring Files Verify FTP or TFTP configuration was configured during the initial AFM server setup. 1.
3. Press Enter. 4. Enter y to upload all the files to the FTP or TFTP server. 5. Press Enter. 6. Press Enter again to return to the main menu. Editing AFM Files To edit the following file types, use the Edit File option: Figure 6. Edit File Screen • 1. logback.xml — The logback.xml file contains the database logging file and enables or disables debugging. By default, the logging level is set to INFO.
2. config.properties — The config.properties file contains the system level configuration for the database backup, which is based on the Linux cron job. Editing Logback Files 1. Select Edit File. 2. To select the logback.xml option, enter 1. 3. Press Enter. 4. Search for com.dell.dfm and com.dell.wnm keywords and change the logging level (for example, from level=INFO to level=DEBUG as shown in the following example). PAGE 19Figure 7. AFM Virtual Appliance Upload Software Image Screen 2. 3. Enter a switch model option. The range is 1–9. • 1. MXL Blade • 2. S4810 • 3. S4820T • 4. S55 • 5. S60 • 6. Z9000 • 7. S6000 • 8. S5000 • 9. IOA Enter your user name and password for the FTP connection. This option transfers the software image file into the /data/FTOS/ directory and copies the files to the TFTP/FTP location. 4.
Backing Up the AFM Database NOTE: 1. • The backup file does not include AFM historical performance data. • The AFM server IP must be the same as the location of the database backup file. Select Backup Database. The Backup Configuration and Database screen displays. 2. Select a backup option: NOTE: If AFM uses the local DHCP server and/or a local FTP server, select AFM Configuration and Database to back up the database instead of AFM Database. • 1. AFM Database — Back up the AFM database files only.
Restoring AFM Database Files To restore AFM database files, use the Restore Database option. Select a file type to restore (configuration or performance history). Restoring the AFM Configuration Database 1. Select Restore Database . The RESTORE DATABASE screen displays. 2. To select the AFM Database option, enter 1. The AFM DATABASE FILES screen displays. 3. Enter an AFM database file option. 4. To restore the database process and restart AFM, enter Y. Restoring the AFM Performance Database 1.
Step 4: Perform Initial Configuration 5 After deploying the AFM server as a virtual appliance, the AFM setup wizard displays when you connect to AFM for the first time using the browser client. Figure 8. AFM Setup Wizard Configure the following services using the AFM setup wizard: • System (SNMP, switch CLI, and Telnet credentials) • Service Protocols (TFTP, FTP, NTP, and DHCP) • (Optional) Active Link Settings 1. 22 Start the browser.
2. 3. To log in to AFM, , enter the following information in the URL field using one of the following URL syntaxes: • http://vm_ip_address • https://vm_ip_address Enter your user name and password. The AFM Setup wizard starts and displays the Introduction screen. NOTE: Specify the user name as superuser. 4. Review the Introduction screen. 5. Click Next to go to the License Agreement screen. 6. Check the I Accept the terms of the license Agreement checkbox and click Next.
• FTP (default) — If you select this option, enter the FTP username and password. 13. (Optional) Synchronize AFM’s system clock to the remote NTP time servers in the NTP Server Settings area using the following settings: a. Enter the primary NTP IPv4 address in the Primary IP Address field. b. Enter the secondary NTP IPv4 address in the Secondary IP Address field. 14. Select one of the following settings in the DHCP Server Settings area: • Local — Provision the AFM as a DHCP server.
RPM Installation 6 Instead of using the OVF with the CentOS 6.5 64-bit architecture, you can use the RPM to install the AFM software. For information about using the OVF to deploy AFM, refer to Deploying the OVF. Prerequisites Before you begin, install the following: 1. CentOS 6.5 64-bit. For information about installing CentOS 6.5, refer to https://access.redhat.com/documentation/enUS/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/index.html.. Dell Networking recommends CentOS 6.
3. Configure the IP table to accept web server ports 443 and 80. AFM uses HTTPs port 443 and HTTP port 80 for the web server. # vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables # Firewall configuration written by system-config-firewall # Manual customization of this file is not recommended.
num target prot opt source destination 1 REJECT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) num target prot opt source num target prot reject-with icmphost-prohibited destination opt source destination Step 2: Install the AFM RPM Software on the Linux CentOS Machine 1. Download the AFM RPM file AFM2.6.0..noarch.rpm from Dell Networking Support. For information about Dell Networking Support, refer to Dell Networking Support. 2.
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Upgrading the RPM To upgrade the RPM: • use the RPM upgrade option in the AFM Virtual Appliance (refer to Updating the AFM Server) • use the RPM upgrade option in the AFM GUI (refer to Updating AFM in the AFM User Guide or online help) • use the following manual upgrade procedure If you upgrade the RPM, install the new RPM installation to a new location. The data migration requires that you manually run it to upgrade the database. The current data migration supports the upgrade from AFM 2.5.
7 Technical Support Dell Networking Technical Support provides a range of documents and tools to assist you with effectively using Dell Networking equipment and mitigating the impact of network outages. Accessing Dell License Portal When you receive the Order Fulfillment email, follow these instructions to download the software. 1. Go to http://www.dell.com/support/licensing. 2. Enter your order number and click Available Software List. 3. Select the latest released version. 4.
