Active Fabric Manager (AFM) Installation Guide 2.
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Contents 1 Configure Active Fabric Manager as a Virtual Appliance...............................5 Prerequisites.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Hardware Requirements....................................................................................................................... 6 Virtual Appliance Requirements.......................................................................................
6 Step 4: Perform Initial Configuration............................................................. 24 7 RPM Installation.................................................................................................. 28 Prerequisites........................................................................................................................................ 28 Step 1: Configuring CentOS.............................................................................................................
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 Requirements Table 1. Hardware Requirements Hardware Requirement Processor Intel® Xeon® E5620 2.4 Ghz, 12 M Cache, Turbo, HT, 1066 MHz Max Mem System Type 64-bit operating system Memory 32 GB Memory (8x4 GB), 1333 MHz Dual Ranked LV RDIMMs for 2 Processors, Advanced ECC Disk Space 1 TB 7.2 K 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.
NOTE: By default, the AFM VM CPU is set to 2. To use the HA feature, change the virtual CPU to 1. AFM Client Browser Requirements • Internet Explorer® 9 and higher • 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.
Port Description 8080 OMNM client connection 8089 OMNM web service port 8443 OMNM client HTTPS connection 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.
Deploying the OVF Template 2 You can deploy the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template with the VMware ESX virtual machines. Deploy the OVF Template Using a VMware ESX Virtual Machine Before you can configure and use AFM, deploy the provided OVF template on a VM on your ESX/ESXi server. Important: By default, the AFM VM CPU is set to 2. To use the HA, FT, or both, change the virtual CPU to 1. To deploy the AFM OVF with the vSphere client: 1. Start the VMware® vSphere 5.
Step 1: Deploy the OVF Template 3 You can deploy the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template with the VMware ESX virtual machines. Before you can configure and use AFM, deploy the provided OVF template on a VM on your ESX/ESXi server. NOTE: By default, the AFM VM CPU is set to 2. To use the HA, FT, or both, change the virtual CPU to 1. To deploy the AFM OVF with the vSphere client: 1. Start the VMware® vSphere 5.1 client on your ESX® server or vCenter™. 2.
Step 2: Start the Virtual Machine 4 After you have completed the OVF wizard and finished deploying the template, you can start the AFM VM console. NOTE: Before you start the VM console, modify the VM settings as needed using the Edit Settings option. 1. Start the VM by clicking on its name and choosing Power > Power On. 2. Open the VM Console by right clicking on its name and choosing Open Console. 3. Open the Console, and log in with the default credentials.
AFM Server Initial Configuration 5 After you deploy and start the AFM VM, you can perform the initial AFM server configuration tasks. To access the AFM virtual machine: 1. From the AFM VM, click the Console button. 2. 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. Use this password for both the web URL login and console login.
• 1. DNS configuration — Configure the AFM DNS settings. Select Configure System and press Enter. 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 appears. Figure 2. Select Action Screen 3. Select Device configuration. To navigate between elements, use the Tab and down arrow keys.
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 is 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 is applied. 12. On the AFM Virtual Appliance console, log in as superuser and select Restart AFM Application. When AFM starts, the AFM server uses the new IP address. 13.
Updating the AFM Server You can update an earlier version of AFM software to AFM 2.7 using the AFM VM console. 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 software version. 2. To download the latest AFM software package in RPM format file from the remote URL to the available partition, enter y.
Shutting Down the AFM Server 1. Select the Shutdown AFM Server option and press Enter. 2. Enter y to shut down the AFM server VM. Transferring Files Verify that the FTP or TFTP configuration during the initial AFM server setup. 1. To transfer all files from the AFM server to the remote server using the FTP or TFTP, select Transfer File, and press Enter. The Transfer File screen appears. Figure 5. Transfer Files Screen 2. Enter the file type to transfer: • 1. Syslog • 2. AFM Database Backup • 3.
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. The available logging levels are: – ALL – DEBUG – ERROR – INFO – OFF – TRACE – WARN The typical use case is changing the logging level from INFO to DEBUG, as shown in the following example: PAGE 19Editing 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 20Figure 7. AFM Virtual Appliance Upload Switch Software Image Screen 2. 3. Enter a switch model option. The range is from 1 to 12. • 1. IOA, MXL • 2. N2000, N3000 • 3. N4000 • 4. S55 • 5. S60 • 6. S4810, S4820T • 7. S5000 • 8. S6000 • 9. Z9000 • 10. Z9500 • 11. S3048–ON • 12. S4048–ON 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.
The Backup Configuration and Database screen appears. 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. The switch configuration and dhcpd.conf files are not included. • 2. AFM Configuration and Database — Back up the AFM configuration and database files. NOTE: The backup file extensions are type-specific.
Restoring the AFM Configuration Database Figure 9. Restore Database Screen 1. Select Restore Database. The RESTORE DATABASE screen appears. 2. To select the AFM Database option, enter 1. The AFM DATABASE FILES screen appears. 3. Enter an AFM database file option. 4. To restore the database process and restart AFM, enter Y. Restoring the AFM Performance Database 1. Select Restore Database. 2. To select the AFM Performance Database option, enter 2. The RESTORE DATABASE screen appears.
Logging Out of the AFM Virtual Machine 1. Select Log out. 2. Press Enter.
Step 4: Perform Initial Configuration 6 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. 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 10.
• (Optional) Active Link Settings 1. Start the browser.. 2. To log in to AFM, enter the following information in the URL field using one of the following URL syntaxes: 3. • 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.
– For an FTP server, enter the AFM user name and password. • Remote — Use an external FTP server. – For an FTP server, enter the server IPv4 address, user name, and password. – For a TFTP server, enter the TFTP server IPv4 address. 14. (Optional) Synchronize the AFM 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.
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7 RPM Installation Instead of using the OVF with the CentOS 6.6 64-bit architecture, you can use the RPM to install the AFM software. For information about using the OVF to deploy AFM, refer toDeploying the OVF Template . Prerequisites Before you begin, install the following: 1. CentOS 6.6 64 bit. For information about installing CentOS 6.6, refer to https://access.redhat.com/documentation/enUS/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/index.html.. Dell Networking recommends CentOS 6.
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Table 4. Output Example 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 reject-with icmphost-prohibited destination Table 5. Output Example num target prot opt source destination Step 2: Install the AFM RPM Software on the Linux CentOS Machine Enter the context of your task here (optional). This is where introductory content goes. 1. Download the AFM RPM file AFM2.7.0..noarch.
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waiting to start AFM Web Service...nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `nohup.out' Done 13. Verify that all servers (AFM and HBase) are running after restarting AFM using the ps -ef |grep java command. 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.
Technical Support 8 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.
