Setup Guide

Contents
1 Overview.................................................................................................................4
Other Documents You May Need........................................................................................................ 4
Licensing................................................................................................................................................4
Virtual Appliance Requirements............................................................................................................5
Software Requirements.........................................................................................................................5
Supported Resources............................................................................................................................ 5
Supported Dell PowerEdge Chassis ...............................................................................................5
Supported PowerEdge Servers and Firmware Matrix.....................................................................5
Supported Cisco UCS Servers and Firmware Matrix...................................................................... 6
Supported Storage and Firmware Matrix........................................................................................6
Supported Networks and Firmware Matrix.....................................................................................7
Supported Adapters and Firmware Matrix...................................................................................... 7
2 Installation and Quick Start................................................................................ 8
Information Prerequisites......................................................................................................................8
Installing Active System Manger........................................................................................................... 8
Deployment Prerequisites ..............................................................................................................8
Deploying Active System Manager from VMware vSphere Client...............................................10
3 Configuring the Active System Manager Virtual Appliance........................11
Configuring Static IP Address in the Virtual Appliance.......................................................................11
Configuring ASM Virtual Appliance as PXE Boot Responder............................................................. 11
Configure DHCP on Windows 2012 DHCP Server.......................................................................12
Configure DHCP on Windows 2008 DHCP Server......................................................................13
Configuring DHCP for Linux......................................................................................................... 14
Importing Windows ISO on the Virtual Appliance..............................................................................17
Deploying WinPE on the Virtual Appliance Razor..............................................................................18
4 Completing Initial Configuration.................................................................... 19