Deployment Guide

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).

Deploy the OVF with HA and FT

The following are required to implement High Availability (HA) and Fault Tolerance (FT) using a VMware®

ESX® Virtual Machine:

• VMware® vCenter™ 5.0 Standard License

• ESXi® 5.0 Enterprise Plus License

• Dell M1000e chassis (for MXL blade or IOA blade switches)

• Shared storage for the OVF

NOTE: By default, the AFM VM CPU is set to 2. To use the HA feature, change the virtual CPU to 1.

Deploy the OVF without HA and FT

The following are required to deploy AFM without HA or FT using a VMware® ESX® Virtual Machine:

• VMware® ESXi® 5.0 Open Source License

• Servers (rack or blade switch).

NOTE: To use an MXL blade or IOA blade switches, AFM requires a M1000e blade chassis.

• Shared storage for the OVF

Deploy the OVF with HA

When you deploy AFM with HA only using a VMware® ESX® VM, the requirements are as follows:

• VMware® ESXi® 5.0 Open Source License

• Shared storage for the OVF

NOTE: By default, the AFM VM CPU is set to 2. To use the HA feature, change the virtual CPU to

AFM Client Browser Requirements

• Internet Explorer® 9 and higher

Configure Active Fabric Manager as a Virtual Appliance