Active System Manager Release 8.1.
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Contents 1 Overview................................................................................................................. 7 About this document............................................................................................................................ 8 What’s New in this Release................................................................................................................... 8 Accessing Online Help..................................................................
Adding storage to existing service................................................................................................34 Deleting resources from service........................................................................................................ 34 6 Templates.............................................................................................................35 Manage templates....................................................................................................
7 Resources............................................................................................................. 87 Understanding All Resources tab....................................................................................................... 87 Resource health status..................................................................................................................89 Resource operational state.....................................................................................
Creating a user.............................................................................................................................125 Deleting a user.............................................................................................................................126 Editing a user............................................................................................................................... 126 Enabling or disabling users...................................................
Overview 1 Active System Manager (ASM) is Dell’s unified management product that provides a comprehensive infrastructure and workload automation solution for IT administrators and teams. ASM simplifies and automates the management of heterogeneous environments enabling IT to respond more rapidly to dynamic business needs.
– Full lifecycle management of physical and virtual infrastructure and workloads. • Deep virtualization integration — Manage cluster-level and virtual machine (VM) lifecycle. • Resource pooling and dynamic allocation — Optimize capital expenditures by creating and managing physical and virtual IT resource pools.
• Dell Compellent iSCSI on non-converged fabrics • Cisco Nexus B22 Blade Fabric Extender Accessing Online Help Active System Manger (ASM) online help system provides context-sensitive help available from every page in the ASM user interface. Log in to ASM user interface with the user name admin and then enter password admin, and press Enter.
Licensing ASM licensing is based on the total number of managed resources, except for the VMware vCenter and Windows SCVMM instances. ASM 8.1.1 supports following license types: • Trial License — A Trial license can be procured through the account team and it supports up to 25 resources for 90 days. • Standard License — A Standard license grants full access. You will receive an e-mail from customer service with the instructions for downloading ASM. The license file is attached to that email.
NOTE: If you try to upload the same standard license second time, you will get an error message stating that License has already been used.
Getting started with ASM 8.1.1 2 When you log in to ASM for the first time, the Getting Started page is displayed. This page provides a recommended guided workflow for getting started with ASM. A check mark on each step indicates that you have completed the step. NOTE: The Getting Started page is not displayed for standard users. NOTE: login using admin as the username and password.
Related Tasks Initial Setup Discovering resources Templates Defining or editing existing network Configuring resources or chassis 13
Initial Setup 3 The Initial Setup wizard enables you to configure the basic settings required to start using ASM. Before you begin, ensure that you have the following information available: • The local network share that contains the ASM license. • The time zone of the virtual appliance that hosts ASM. • The IP address or host name of at least one Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers. • The IP address or host name, port, and credentials of the proxy server.
Uploading License If you are using ASM for the first time, you must upload the license file using the Initial Setup wizard. To upload a subsequent license, click Settings in the left pane, and then click Virtual Appliance Management. In the Virtual Appliance Management page, click Edit in the License Management section. 1. On the Licensing page of the Initial Setup wizard, click Browse, and select a valid license file.
To enable communication using a proxy server: 1. On the Proxy Settings page of the Initial Setup wizard, select the Use a proxy server check box. 2. In the Server IP Address box, enter the IP address or host name for the proxy server. 3. In the Port box, enter the port number for the proxy server. 4. If the proxy server requires credentials to log in, select the Use Proxy Credentials check box, enter the User Name and Password, and then reenter the password to confirm. 5.
Verifying initial setup 1. On the Summary page, verify the settings you have configured in the previous pages. 2. If the information is correct, click Finish to complete the initial setup. 3. If you want to edit any of the information, click Back or click the corresponding page name in the left navigation bar.
Dashboard 4 The Dashboard displays the following information: NOTE: For standard users, only the details of the services they have created or for which they have permission is displayed. • The Service Overview section, displays a graphical representation of the services based on the state, total number of services deployed, and state icons that represent the service state. The number next to each icon indicates how many services are in a particular state.
• * Last Month * Last 6 Months * Last Year Resource Overview — Indicates the numbers of chassis, servers, switches, and storage that have been discovered. The state of the servers is categorized based on the following: – Healthy (green band on the graphic): Indicates that there is no issue with the servers and working as expected. – Critical (red band on the graphic): Indicates critical problems exist with one or more components in the server. These issues must be fixed immediately.
• Recent Activity — Lists the most recent user and system initiated activities. Click View All to view the activities in the Logs page. Additionally, following information is displayed on the Discover pane. – Discovered Resources — Indicates the number of resources that are discovered in ASM. – Pending Resources — Indicates that the discovery is in progress for the number of resources displayed. – Errors — Indicates that ASM is unable discover the number of resources displayed due to some errors.
5 Services A service is a deployment of a published template. NOTE: For standard users, only the details of the services they have created or for which they have permission is displayed. The Services page displays the services that are in following states in both Graphical and Tabular view. • Error — Displays the number of services for which the deployment process is incomplete due to errors. • Deployed — Indicates that number of services successfully deployed.
• Name of the user who deployed the service. • Date and time when the service is deployed. • Displays the name of the reference template used in the service. • Lists the number of resources included in the service for deployment, based on the following component types: – Application – Virtual Machine – Cluster – Server – Storage From the Service page, you can: • Click Deploy New Service to deploy new service.
b. Enter the Service Name (required) and Service Description (optional) that identifies the service. c. If you want to update the firmware version running on the servers that are in the service, select theManage Server Firmware check box, and from the Use Firmware Repository drop-down, select a firmware repository. NOTE: Changing the firmware repository could update the firmware level on servers for this service.
• In the Topology view, under Service Resources, you can view the topology of the components and connections as structured in a selected service template. In the Topology view, the color of the component icons indicate the following: – The red component icon indicates the service is not deployed on a particular component due to some issues. – The blue component icon indicates the service is successfully deployed on the components.
* Hypervisor IP Address * Asset/Service Tag * Manufacturer * Model – Under Storage, you can view the following information and view the volumes created on a particular storage and the size of the volumes. • * IP Address * Asset/Service Tag * Manufacturer * Model Under Service Information, you can view the following information: – Name of the service – State — Displays one of the following state based on the deployment status of a service.
* Disabled — Indicates that the permission is not granted for Standard users to deploy this service. Under Service Actions: • Click Delete to delete a service or resources in the service. • Click Retry to redeploy a failed service. • Click View All Settings to view the settings configured on the resources in a service for deployment. • Click Export to File to export the service details to a .csv file.
• Cancel — Indicates the deployment is not yet started for the particular components and canceled due to other component’s deployment failure.
NOTE: Changing the firmware repository could update the firmware level on servers for this service. Firmware on shared devices will still be maintained by the global default firmware repository. c.
Retry Service You can redeploy a service for which deployment is not successful due to some issues. NOTE: Standard users can only redeploy a failed service that they have deployed. 1. In the left pane, click Services. The Services page is displayed. 2. Select an error service and click View Details in the right pane. The Service Details page is displayed. 3. In the right pane, under Service Actions, click Retry. Click Yes when a confirmation message appears.
Related Tasks Migrating servers Migrating servers NOTE: Standard users can migrate the servers that are part of the server pool for with they have permission. You can migrate only one server at a time. However, after a successful migration, additional servers can be migrated. During migration, ASM tries to identify an exact match for the hardware. If it is not available in the server pool, a different hardware can be selected. You may encounter some issues during configuration of the new servers.
To add components to a service: 1. In the left pane, click Services. The Services page is displayed. 2. Select a service and click View Details in the right pane. The Server Details page is displayed. 3. In the right pane, under Resource Actions, from the Add Resources drop-down menu, click one of the following components: • Application — Enables you to add one or more applications to the service. • VM — Enables you to add one or more virtual machines to the service.
3. Click Continue. Based on the component type, specific settings and properties appear automatically that are required and can be edited. For more information specific to component type settings, see Component Types. 2. Click Save. Adding clusters to existing service To add clusters to an existing service: 1. On the Add Cluster(s) page, add a cluster in one of the following ways: • If you want to add new cluster, perform the following steps: 1.
3. Click Continue. Based on the component type, specific settings and properties appear automatically that are required and can be edited. For more information specific to component type settings, see Component Types. 2. Click Save.
Adding storage to existing service To add storage components to an existing service: 1. On the Add Storage page, add the storage to the service by following the steps mentioned here: • If you want to add new storage component, perform the following steps: 1. From the Select a Component drop-down list, select one of the following storage components: – Compellent – EqualLogic – NetApp 2.
Templates 6 A Template is a collection of components. It defines the end state of your infrastructure that will be configured when a service is generated. A Template may consist of various components that identify the type of resource to be configured. In ASM, each component is specifically categorized as: • Application • Virtual Machine • Cluster • Server • Storage NOTE: The Switch component cannot be configured in ASM currently.
• Create Template • Upload External Template If you select Sample Template, you will get templates which are integrated with ASM by default. Related Concepts Manage templates Sample templates Related References About roles Related Tasks Cloning template Deleting template Creating template Editing template Building and publishing template Importing template Manage templates The Templates page displays the information about the templates in Graphical and Tabular format.
• Category — Indicates the template category. • Created on — Indicates the date and time of template creation. • Created by — Indicates the name of the user who created the template. • Updated on — Indicates the date and time when the template was last updated. • Updated by — Indicates the name of the person who last updated the template • Last Deployed on — Indicates date and time when the selected template was last deployed.
Creating template The Create Template feature allows you to either create a new template or clone the components of an existing template into a new template. To create a new template or clone an existing template, perform the following steps: 1. In the left pane, click Templates. 2. On the Templates page, click Create Template. The Create Template dialog box is displayed. 3. Select either New or Clone Existing option. In case of Clone Existing, select any existing template that is to be cloned.
Editing template information To edit the template information: 1. 2. In the left pane, click Templates. On the Templates page, click the template that you want to edit, and click Edit in the right pane. The Template Builder page is displayed.. 3. In the Template Name box, modify the template name as needed. 4. From the Template Category drop-down list, select a template category. To create a new category, select Create New Category from the list. 5.
• Application NOTE: While building a template, it is recommended to first provision the physical resources, then configure virtual resources and lastly configure application settings to be deployed on the resources. On this page, you can: • Build and Publish a template • Delete a Template • Import a Template • Deploy a Service NOTE: The Deploy Service functionality is applicable only on published templates.
Sample templates Importing template The Import Template option allows you to import the components of an existing template, along with their component configurations, into a template. For example, you can create a template that defines specific cluster and virtual machine topology, and then import this template definition into another template. After importing, you can modify the component properties of the imported components.
Upload External Template To upload a template which has imported from other instances of ASM: 1. Log in to other appliance where you want to upload the saved exported template. 2. Click Template on getting started page. 3. Click Upload External Template. Upload External Template window is displayed. click Browse button just beside Select Template. It gives you option to select the exported file to upload. 4. Select the file from your directory where you have saved it. 5.
* Click Delete Template to delete the template. * Click View All Settings to view all the resources that are in the template and their properties. * Click Import Template to import the configuration from an existing template Viewing template details To view more details about a template: 1. On the Templates page, select a template. 2. In the right pane, click View Details. The topology of the components that are part of the template is displayed in the Template Builder. 3.
The Services page is displayed. 2. On the Services page, click Deploy New Service. The Deploy Service wizard is displayed. 3. In the Service Information page, perform the following steps, and click Next. a. From the Select Template drop-down list, select the template to deploy a service. b. Enter the Service Name (required) and Service Description (optional) that identifies the service. c.
are available for use inManagement IP Address field . The Manual Entry option is applicable only for Exsi and Hyper-V. 5. In the Schedule Deployment page, perform one of the following actions: • Deploy Now — Select this option to deploy the service immediately. • Schedule Later — Select this option and enter the date and time to deploy the service.
NOTE: The size limit of attached files is 50 megabyte. 1. Click Add Attachment under Template information tab on the left pane of Template page. Add Attachment window is displayed. NOTE: The size limit of attached files is 50 megabyte. 2. You can attach any kind of files to template by using Add Attachment feature. You can attach multiple files. 3. Click on the browse button. Browse file from local file system, click Open. It redirects you to Templates page. There you can see the newly added file.
3. Remove hosts from VMware vCenter. 4. Storage volumes should be set offline and deleted when the data is no longer used. 5. If required, remove ASM provisioned VLANs from the host facing ports of the switch. Component types The components (physical or virtual or applications) are the main building blocks of a template.
3. Click Continue. 4. Under Storage Settings, specify the properties for the storage component and click Add. For more information about the storage settings, see Storage Settings NOTE: Currently, you can add only one instance of Compellent storage type while building a template. However, you can add multiple EqualLogic storage components in the template.
Field Name Description Authentication Enables you to select one of the following authentication methods to access the storage volume: • CHAP • IQN/IP NOTE: For VMware based deployment, you can use IP or Chap authentication. Chap username Specifies the CHAP username. A valid CHAP username must be less than or equal to 63 alphanumeric characters. The access to CHAP username is limited. NOTE: The Chap username and Chap secret fields are displayed only if authentication type is selected as Chap.
Field Name Description Replay Profile Specifies the replay profiles for the volume. Storage Profile Name Specifies the replay profiles for the volume. Server Notes Specifies the optional user notes associated with the server. Operating System Type Specifies the operating system type, which is set in the Compellent server object of the Compellent storage center. Server Object Folder Specifies the folder for the server.
Field Name Description The space reservation mode Specifies the type of volume that guarantee the new volume will use. Possible values: none, File, Volume. If any value is not selected, the default volume guarantee type is set to Volume. The percentage of space to Specifies the percentage of space to reserve the snapshots. Default value is reserve for snapshots 0. Auto increment Select this check box to enable auto-increment of volume size. By default, auto increment is enabled.
NOTE: You can edit any of the settings visible in the template, but many settings are hidden when using this option. For example there are only ten of the many BIOS settings that you can see and edit using template but All BIOS settings can be configured so if you want to edit any of those settings that we don’t get to see through template, you should edit them prior to importing or uploading the file.
Target Boot Device Description • Advanced RAID Configuration Basic RAID Level: Select Basic RAID Level option, and then select RAID level from the Basic RAID Level drop-down menu. ASM supports external and internal RAID controllers via the Advanced RAID Configuration feature. Advanced RAID Configuration: If you select Advanced RAID Configuration, You will get two buttons Add Internal Virtual Disks, Add External Virtual Disk.
Target Boot Device Description Execute Disable Enables or disable execute disable memory protection Server Pool Specifies the pool from which servers are selected for the deployment. OS Settings Auto-generate Host Name Auto generate host name option is displayed on Server Component window for generating host name. If you already auto generated host name on Server Component window, Auto generate host name option will not be display.
Target Boot Device Description Product Key Specifies the product key to install the OS image on the server. Timezone Specifies the time zone of the server. NTP Server Specifies the IP address of the NTP server for time synchronization. If you want to add more than one NTP server in the OS section of a server component, make sure to separate the IP addresses using comma (,). Language Specifies the language to be displayed in the installed operating system. That is, Windows operating system.
you select Continue. Under OS Setting, few fields, drop-down menu and check-box are displayed. These all are listed down: • Auto-generate Host Name • Host Name Template • OS Image • Administrator password • Confirm administrator password • Time Zone • NTP Server • Server Pool Auto-generate Host Name: If you select the Auto-generate Host Name check box, a Host Name Template field is displayed. You must use this variable while generating a host name.
Enter the server pool name in the Server Pool field. Click Add. It directs you to Template page. There you can see the newly added template. This template is used only for deploying Operating System on server. NOTE: Here you will not get any option for Harware, BIOS, and network configuration. You are required to check manually weather or not server has hard disks available and network is configured on rack switch or blade chassis.
5. Under , if you want to partition the port, select the Do you want to partition? check box. 6. Perform the following steps for each port and partitions: a. In the Network (vLAN) column, select the network that you want to configure on the port and partition. b. Enter the Minimum Bandwidth and Maximum Bandwidth in percentage. 7. Repeat the steps 4 through 6 for each port and partition. 8. Click Add.
Uploading Server Configuration Profile The Upload Server Configuration Profile feature enables you to upload configuration XML file to ASM . To upload a configuration XML file to ASM , perform the following tasks: 1. Click Upload Server Configuration Profile, Upload Server Configuration Profile window is displayed . 2. On the Upload Server Configuration Profile window, click Browse. 3. Select a file what you want to upload, click Open. 4. Click Continue on Upload Server Configuration Profile window.
Field Name Description New cluster name Enables you to specify a new cluster. Cluster HA Enables or disables highly available cluster. Cluster DRS Enables or disables distributed resource scheduler. Cluster Settings (Target Hyper-V) Hypervisor Management Software Specifies the target SCVMM. Host Group Specifies the host group that you want to target. New Host Group name Enables to specify a new host group. Enter the host group in the format: All hosts\ Cluster Name Specifies the na
Virtual Machine settings Virtual Machine Settings (Clone vCenter Virtual Machine) Field Name Description vCenter Virtual Machine Virtual Machine OS Settings Administrator password Specifiy OS administrator password that is set on the installed OS. Confirm administrator password Enter the password to confirm the administrator password. OS Image Specifies the target repository where the OS image install files are located. The default repositories are ESXi.
Virtual Machine Settings (Clone vCenter Virtual Machine) Field Name Description Description Refers to the number of CPUs specified while configuring a Virtual Machine. Name Specifies the size to allocate for virtual machine hard disk. Template Specifies the SCVMM virtual machine template name. Path Specifies the storage path where VM clone will be deployed Networks Specifies the ASM networks, which will be connected to the virtual machine clone.
Application component settings Field Name Description Default and Possible Values Media Specifies the location of the SQL install image. Default value: D:\\ instancename Specifies a SQL Server instance name for the instance that is being completed. For named instance just enter a user specific name. Default value: MSSQLSERVER features Specify the list of individual SQL server components to install.
Field Name Description Default and Possible Values ascollation Specifies the collation setting for Analysis Services. Default value: Latin1_General_CI_AS sqlcollation Specifies the collation settings for SQL Server. Default value: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1 _CI_AS admin Specifies the administrator account name Default value: Administrator netfxsource Specifies the .Net install file.
Field Name Description Default and Possible Values Upload Recursive Determines whether or not to upload all contents of the directory on the share. (For use in optional upload file/script) Possible values: True or False yum_proxy Optional. Specifies the proxy to use for yum installs. For example: http://proxy:80 Windows_postinstall Share Optional. Specifies the share to use for uploading file to server. Share folder must be available. \\myshareservcer \AppAssureClient Install Command Specifies t
Sample templates ASM ships with several sample templates. It can not edit sample template but you can clone sample templates. After you clone the template, you must make minor modifications to make the template enable for deployment in your environment.
4. 3. From the Authentication drop-down list, select authentication type as CHAP. 4. Update the Chap username and Chap secret text boxes for volume access. On the Template Builder page, click the server component, click Edit in the box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Server Component dialog box. Repeat this step for each server components. a. In the Component Name text box, type the component name. (Optional) b.
a. In the Source Location box, enter the directory location where the Citrix XenDesktop7 ISO was unpacked. You should enter the directory location for each of the application components. The location for the directory is //razor/XenDesktop7/x64/XenDesktop Setup. 8. To save the settings, click Save. 9. To publish the template, click Publish Template. The template is now ready to be deployed.
a. In the Component Name text box, type the component name. (Optional) b. Under Hardware Settings, from the Server Pool drop-down list, select the corresponding server pool. NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. The value in the template is masked, but the actual password is not set. If this password is not set, you cannot log in to the deployed server. 4. Under OS Settings, perform the following: a.
NOTE: Compellent iSCSI templates are deployed for Hyper V also with minor differences in the OS settings and in the Network Settings, we must not select the Do you want to partition check box. 1. In the Templates page, click Create Templates . The Create Template tab is displayed. 2. In the Template Name field, enter the name of the template, for example, Compellent iSCSI. 3. Click Save. 4. To add the VMWare template, click on Add Storage The Storage Component window is displayed. 5.
26. Select VMWare Cluster from the Component Name drop-down. 27. Select the Server check box, to associate the server with the cluster you are creating. 28. Click Continue. The Cluster Settings area is displayed. 29. Select Create New Data Center from the Data Center Name drop-down. 30. Type a valid name in the New Data center name field. 31. Select Create New Data Cluster from the Data Cluster Name drop-down. 32. Type a valid name in the New Data cluster name field. 33.
Template – install ESXi to SD card with Fibre Channel storage This template deploys a Fibre Channel storage volume, two ESXi hosts, and creates a VMware cluster. 1. In the Templates page, select the Install ESXi to SD card with FC Storage template, and then click Clone. 2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter the Template Name and Template Description for the template. 3. Click Save. 4.
a. In the Component Name box, type the component name. (Optional) b. Under Cluster Settings, in the Data Center Name and Cluster Name boxes, type their corresponding names. 7. To save the settings, click Save. 8. To publish the template, click Publish Template. The template is now ready to be deployed. Template – install ESXi to SD card with iSCSI storage This template deploys an iSCSI storage volume, two ESXi hosts, and creates a VMware cluster. 1.
2. From the OS Image drop-down list, select an OS for a hypervisor (Example: ESXi 5.1 or ESX 5.5) which is configured to be deployed within your ASM managed environment. d. 8. Under Network Settings section, update the network settings accordingly for the hypervisor you are deploying and for the configured networks in your environment.
d. Enter the Windows Product Key for the Hyper-V server. e. Select the Timezone and enter the IP address of the NTP Server for time synchronization. f. Select the Language and Keyboard inputs if you do not want to retain default values. g. Enter the Domain Name and FQ Domain Name to which you want to add the Hyper-V host. h. Enter the Domain Admin Username and Domain Admin Password to add the Hyper-V host to the domain and enter the password to confirm. i.
a. Modify the server Component Name with a unique name, if required. b. Under Hardware Settings, configure the following: c. 1. Retain the default selection of Local Hard Drive for Target Boot Device. 2. Select a Server Pool that contains a target server from the drop-down list. Under OS Settings, configure the following: 1. Enter the Windows Product Key for the Hyper-V server. 2. Select the Timezone and enter the IP address of the NTP Server for time synchronization. 3.
Template – deploy Hyper-V cluster with Fibre Channel storage to SCVMM Template – deploy VMware cluster with NetApp storage Template – boot from Fibre Channel SAN Template – boot from iSCSI SAN Template – deploy virtual machine template clone on Hyper-V cluster Template – deploy virtual machine template clone on VMware cluster Template – deploy Hyper-V cluster with Fibre Channel storage to SCVMM The Deploy Hyper-V Cluster with Fibre Channel Storage to SCVMM template deploys two Fibre Channel storage volumes
NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. There is a masked value present in the template, but there is no actual password set. If you do not set this password, you will not be able to log in to the deployed server. l. Under Network Settings, perform the following: 1. Clear the Do you want to partition? check box. NOTE: For a Hyper-V deployment, partitions are not required. 2.
b. Retain the default selection of SD Card for Target Boot Device. c. From the Server Pool drop-down list, select the server pool that has the target server. d. Edit the Administrator Password for the ESXi host. NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. There is a masked value present in the template, but there is no actual password set. If you do not set this password, you will not be able to log in to the deployed server. e.
To deploy boot from Fibre Channel SAN using this template, perform the following steps: 1. On the Templates page, select the Boot from Fibre Channel SAN template, and click Clone in the right pane. 2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter a name, category, and description for the template, select the storage and server components, and click Save. 3.
c. From the Storage Volume Name list, select Create New Volume, and in the New Volume Name, enter a new unique volume name. 4. Click Save. 5. On the Template Builder page, click the server components, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings for the server in the Server Component dialog box: a. From the Server Pool drop-down list, if required, select the server pool to which you want to deploy. b.
NOTE: If the template selected has not been properly prepared, the deployment of the Virtual Machine clone will fail. c. Under Network Settings, select the network to be associated with the virtual machine. 6. NOTE: Any network selected must be enabled and available on the SCVMM hosts/clusters where the virtual machine will be deployed. Click Save. 7. Click Publish Template. This template is now ready to be deployed.
NOTE: If the template selected has not been properly prepared, the deployment of the Virtual Machine clone will fail. f. Select the datacenter where the source template is located. 6. Click Save. 7. Click Publish Template. This template is now ready to be deployed. Template – deploy SQL Server 2012 ASM includes a default template that allows you to deploy SQL Server 2012.
8. 9. b. Under Network Settings, configure the Hypervisor Management Network, Hypervisor vMotion Network, and Workload networks. c. Click Save. On the Template Builder page, click the cluster component, and configure the following: a. Under Cluster Settings, from the Target Hypervisor drop-down list, select the target vCenter. b. Verify if you want to create a new datacenter or cluster inside your vCenter instance. c. Click Save.
ESXi cluster deployment perquisites Before utilizing this ASM solution to deploy ESXi cluster using Dell Compellent storage and Brocade 6510 SAN switch, make sure that the prerequisites listed in the following table are met. Specification Prerequisite Chassis IOM Configuration (if blade use case) Make sure that the SAN IOM is in access gateway mode.
Related Tasks Creating template Building template overview Building and publishing template Deploying service on ESXi clusters On the Templates page, select the template created for this use case and click Deploy Service. ASM performs the following actions when you deploy this service: • Identifies the necessary servers from the FC server pool specified. • Boots the server when if it is turned on and verifies the FC connectivity.
Resources 7 The Chassis, servers, switches, storage groups, VMware vCenters, and Microsoft virtualization environments that you can manage using ASM are called resources. The Resources page displays detailed information about all the resources and the server pools that ASM has discovered and inventoried, and allows you to perform various operations from the All Resources and Server Pools tabs.
• Element Manager • Servers • Switches • Storage • VM Manager To filter resources based on the resource status, select one of the following from the Health drop-down list: • All Resources • Healthy • Warning • Critical • Unknown You can also filter the resources based on the Service, Resource State — Managed, Unmanaged, or Reserved, and Server Pool. On the Resources page, you can also: • Click Discover to discover new resources. • Click Remove to remove the resource from ASM.
Resource health status ASM assigns health status to the resources based on the conditions described in the following table. Icon Health Status Description Healthy Indicates that there is no issue with the resource and working as expected. Warning Indicates that the resource is in a state that requires corrective action, but does not affect overall system health. For example, the firmware running on the resource is not at the required level or not compliant.
Deploying Resource is in the process of being deployed in a service. Deployed Resource is deployed in a service. Pending One or more of the following tasks are in progress: • Discovering resource. • Determining resource details, including firmware version. • Applying template to the resource. • Updating firmware. • Removing resource from ASM inventory. Error Service deployment is failed. Reserved Resource is reserved by a service prior to a pending deployment.
• Apply Updates on Next Reboot — Select the option to update the firmware at the next server reboot. ASM will stage the firmware update to each server selected until reboot. SM will stage the firmware update to each server selected. The update will take effect at the next server reboot. • Schedule Update — Select this option and then select the date and time to update the firmware. ASM will apply the firmware updates at a selected date and time and then reboot to all servers within this service.
The Discover Resources wizard enables you to discover resources. To open the Discover Resources wizard, perform one of the following actions: • On the Getting Started page, click Discover Resources. • In the left pane, click Resources. On the Resources page, click Discover in the All Resources tab. Related Tasks Discovering resources Discovering resources NOTE: Only Administrator level users can discover resources.
NOTE: To discover multiple resources with different IP address ranges, repeat step 2 and 3. 4. On the Initial Chassis Configuration page, perform the following tasks, and click Next. NOTE: The Initial Chassis Configuration page is displayed only when one or more chassis are identified in the specified IP range.
NOTE: This option is valid only for servers that have been previously configured and deployed inside or outside of ASM. Do not choose this option for new chassis. c. • Assign IP address via DHCP — Use DHCP to automatically allocate an IP address. This option is not valid for chassis. • Assign static IP address from the network — Assign a static IP address from the pool of IP addresses in a management network. To add a network, click New and complete the Define Network page.
3. Type the credential name and user name which you need to log into the application. 4. Type the domain name in the Domain Name field which is an optional entry 5. Type the password and Confirm Password in the Confirm Password field. 6. Go to Resources Discover and click on the Discover tab. 7. Select Element Manger from the Resource Manager drop-down. 8. Type the IP Address in the Starting IP Address field for the Element Manager. 9.
5. In the Chassis Configuration page, select one or more chassis to configure the following global settings, and then click Next. For more information, see Configure Global Chassis Configuration Settings. a. Under Users, configure additional CMC and iDRAC local users. b. Under Monitoring, change the default monitoring settings. c. Under NTP, select the time zone and NTP servers. d. Under Power Config, configure power budget and redundancy attributes. e.
• Click View Details to view the firmware bundles that are available in the firmware repository. • Select a repository from the list and click Set as Default to set the repository as default firmware repository. Running firmware compliance ASM requires a minimum firmware level for all resources it manages. The Firmware Compliance page list the resources that do not meet the firmware requirements specified in the default repository that you have set in the previous step.
• c. 5. 6. 8. In the Syslog Configuration (for I/O Modules only) section, enter the Syslog Destination IP Address to send I/O module log messages to a Syslog Destination. Under Global Settings, in theNTP section: a. Enter the Time Zone in which the chassis is located. b. To synchronize the chassis clock with an NTP server, select Enable NTP Server check box and enter the host names or IP addresses of the Primary NTP Server and Secondary NTP Server (Optional).
• System Input Power Cap — Enter the maximum power limit that can be input to the system. You can specify the maximum power limit in one of the following units: – Watts — Automatically calculated during runtime. – BTU/h — British Thermal Unit. For example, 16719. – % — Type a value that indicates the actual percentage of power input versus the maximum power that can be supplied. 3.
I/O Module Configuration Use this page to configure uplinks on the MXL Switches and IOAs within one or more chassis. NOTE: ASM supports configuration of uplinks on MXL Switches and IOAs. It supports VLT workload network configuration too. NOTE: MXL is a 10Gb/40Gb Ethernet blade switch used in our M1000E chassis. During the ASM onboarding process we can configure management IP address, credentials, basic management settings, and configure an uplink to the top of rack networking device for the chassis.
Upload Switch Configuration File This feature is supported for MXL in M100E chassis only. By using this feature, customer can upload the file in which they already have made all the configuration instead of configuring through I/O Module Configuration. To upload switch configuration file: 1. Select Upload Switch Configuration File option. After you select the option, File Name, File Description field, Upload File field tab are appeared. Enter the result of your step here (optional). 2.
NOTE: Uplink is basically external connection out of the switch to chassis to customer network environment. Customer is still require to configure corresponding port on the top of rack switch and uplink as well, ASM only configure the chassis. Configuring The uplinks on Each I/O Module Independently 1. On the I/ O Module Configuration page, select the Configure Uplinks check box. 2. Select Configuring The uplinks on Each I/O Module Independentlyoption. 3.
NOTE: For M1000E chassis, we can select either VLT or Uplink from any of the port but it has to match port-to-port. VLT is available for I/0-Agregator port but not for MXL ( M100e Chassis). Completing the chassis configuration 1. On the Summary page, click Finish to apply the configuration on the chassis you have selected. In the Resources → All Resources tab, the state of the chassis are displayed as Updating until the configuration is complete. 2.
NOTE: You cannot remove a chassis that is in any Pending state. If you remove a server, the server state changes to Pending. The server powers off, ASM erases network identity information from the server to prevent potential corruption, and network identity information returns to the associated pool. Updating resource inventory NOTE: Only the user with Administrator or Standard role can run the inventory on the resources.
• Memory Usage • I/O Usage NOTE: These usage’s value gets updated after every five minutes interval. Historical data and peak value information are available under each dronograph of Usage information. If you click Historical Data, a drop-down menu appears. You can select Last Week, Last Month, Last Year from the Historical Data drop-down menu.You get average, minimum, maximum value according to your selection.
• Summary • Blades • I/O Modules • Chassis Controllers • IKVM • Power Supplies From the Summary tab of the Chassis Details page, you can: • Open the remote GUI console for a Chassis Management Controller (CMC). • View all recent activities performed on the Chassis Viewing blade or rack server details 1. In the left pane, click Resources. 2. In the All Resources tab, click a blade server or rack server from the resources list to view the details The Resources page is displayed.
The Details pane in the right displays the following basic information about the SCVMM: 3. • Power State • Host Groups • Clusters • Hosts • Virtual Machines Additionally, in the Details pane, under SCVMM Details, click the arrows to expand SCVMM → Host Groups → Hosts → Clusters to view the lists virtual machines, nodes, and application. Viewing storage group details 1. In the left pane, click Resources. The Resources page is displayed. 2.
NOTE: For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller User Guide. 1. In the left pane, click Resources. 2. On the Resources page, click All Resources tab. 3. Click a Chassis from the list. 4. In the Details pane, click View Details. 5. In the Summary tab, under Actions in the right, click Launch CMC GUI. Understanding server pools In ASM, a Server Pool is a set of servers grouped for specific use-cases such as business units or workload purposes.
Editing server pool 1. In the Server Pools tab, click Edit. 2. To change the name and description of the server pool, in the left pane, click Server Pool Information. Click Save. 3. To add or remove servers from the server pool, in the left pane, click Add Servers. Click Save. 4. To add or remove the access rights to the server pool, in the left pane, click Assign Users. Click Save. The Create Server Pool wizard is displayed.
Settings 8 On the Settings page, you can: NOTE: A user with Administrator role can only configure the following settings. For more information about roles and permission, see About Roles • Configure automatically scheduled and manual backup and restore jobs. • Create the credentials that ASM will use to access chassis, server, switch, VMware vCenter, and storage resources. • Access the Getting Started page. • Access application logs. • Manage OS image and firmware repositories.
• Backup directory path to an NFS or a CIFS share, including an optional user name required to access the share, if required • Backup Directory User Name Additionally, the Backup and Restore page displays information about the status of automatically scheduled backups (Enabled or Disabled).
• CIFS – \\host\share\ If username and password are required to access the network share, in the Backup Directory User Name and Backup Directory Password boxes, you can type a user name and a password. 4. To open the backup file, in the Encryption Password box type a password. Verify the encryption password by typing the password in the Confirm Encryption Password box. NOTE: The password can include any alphanumeric characters such as !@#$%* 5. Click Save.
Restore now Restoring ASM virtual appliance returns user-created data to an earlier configuration that is saved in a backup file. CAUTION: Restoring an earlier configuration restarts ASM virtual appliance and deletes data created after the backup file to which you are restoring. NOTE: It is recommended to perform frequent backups to prevent data loss and corruption.
• Date and time that the credential was created and last modified. On the Credentials Management page, you can: • Create New Credentials • Edit Existing Credentials • Delete Existing Credentials Related Tasks Creating credentials Editing credentials Deleting credentials Creating credentials To create new credentials: 1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Credentials Management. 2. On the Credentials Management page, click Create. 3.
Deleting credentials Editing credentials To edit a credential: 1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Credentials Management. 2. On the Credential Management page, click a credential that you want to edit, and then click Edit. 3. Modify the credential information in the Edit Credentials dialog box. 4. Click Save. Deleting credentials To delete a credential: 1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Credentials Management. 2.
• Category – Security — Indicates the authentication failures, operations on ASM users, operations on credentials – Appliance Configuration — Indicates the initial setup, appliance settings, backup and restore – Template Configuration — Indicates the operations on Service Templates – Network Configuration — Indicates the operations on networks, pools for MAC/IQN/WWPN/ WWNN – Infrastructure or Hardware Configuration — Indicates the hardware discovery, inventory – Infrastructure or Hardware Monitoring — Indi
CAUTION: If you do not select a date, then all entries with the selected severity level(s) will be deleted. 4. To delete entries by severity level, select Information, Warning, or Critical. CAUTION: If you do not select a severity level, then all entries older than the selected date are deleted. 5. Click Apply. NOTE: You must enter date and select severity level to delete log entries based on date and severity.
Additionally, you can click a network to see the following details in the Summary tab: • Name of the user who created and modified the network. • Date and time that the network was created and last modified. NOTE: To sort the column by network names, click the arrow next the column header. You can also refresh the information on the page.
NOTE: The virtual MAC identity that ASM assigns to the NIC depends on the network type selected when adding a network. 6. • For a LAN network type, a virtual MAC address is assigned to the server. • For an iSCSI network type, a virtual iSCSI MAC address is assigned to the server. • For an FCoE network type, a virtual FIP MAC address is assigned to the server. In the VLAN ID field, type the VLAN ID between 1 and 4094.
• • • • • • • Hypervisor Migration— Used to manage the network that you want to use for live migration. Live migration allows you to move running virtual machines from one node of the failover cluster to another node in the same cluster. Hypervisor Cluster Private— Used for private cluster heartbeat network communication. PXE — Used to manage Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) network for OS imaging on servers. Fileshare — Used to manage the NFS traffic in the NetApp Storage file system.
• State— Displays the following states: – Available — Indicates that the OS Image repository is downloaded and copied successfully on the appliance. – Pending — Indicates that the OS image repository download process is in progress. – Error — Indicates that there is an issue downloading the OS image repository. • Repository — Display the name of the repository. • Image Type — Displays the operating system type. • Source Path — Displays the share path of the repository in a file share.
• Add new repository • Select a repository from the list, and click the Trash icon in the same row to to remove the repository. NOTE: If you remove a repository, the repository is deleted from the appliance not from the file share.
After you click View Bundles, a window is displayed. Two sections are there: • Packaged Bundles: Bundles which are from catalogue • User Bundles: Bundles which are customised. You get the information below regarding bundles: • Name — Displays the name of the firmware update package. • Version — Displays the version of the firmware update package. • Date — Displays the date when the firmware update package was downloaded.
NOTE: If you do not want to add firmware file, then you can perform only compliance check. NOTE: You cannot create a catalogue from scratched in ASM. You have to create a base catalogue in DRM tool and then you can upload that to ASM. You can select the uploaded catalogue and add bundles in it using Add Bundle feature. Jobs NOTE: User with Administrator role can only view the jobs.
• Click refresh icon on the top left of the Users tab to retrieve the newly added users. • Edit or delete an existing user. • Create local user. • Enable or disable a user account. • Import Active Directory Users. Additionally, you can click on the specific user account to view the following user related information: • Email • Phone • Directory Services NOTE: You can also refresh the information on the page.
Deleting a user The Delete option allows you to remove an existing ASM user. Perform the following tasks to delete a user: 1. In the left pane, click Settings and then click Users. 2. On the Users page, select one or more user accounts to delete. 3. Click Delete. Click Yes in the warning message to delete the account(s). Editing a user The Edit option allows you to edit an ASM user profile. Perform the following tasks to edit a user profile: 1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Users.
• • Delete a Directory Service. Edit a Directory Service. Directory services The Directory Services option allows you to add, edit or delete an Active Directory using the Directory Services functionality. ASM can access these active directories to import users. NOTE: An Active Directory user is authenticated against the specific Active Directory Domain that a user belongs to.
Attribute settings matrix Related Tasks Summary Importing users Connection settings matrix Field Name Description Type Of Directory Service Refers to the type of directory service (currently available, Microsoft Active Directory). Name Refers to the Active Directory (AD) configuration name as added in ASM. For example: mydomain User Name Refers to the AD account that has privileges to search for users. The account name must be entered using the User Principle Name format.
Attribute settings matrix Field Name Description Base DN Refers to the Distinguished Name (DN) where the users are searched by ASM. It is the Distinguished Name (DN) of the starting point for directory server searches. For example: CN=Users,DC=mydomain,Dc=com Filter Refers to the filters that enable you to define search criteria. For example: objectClass=* User Name Attribute Refers to the Active Directory record attribute that represents the User Name attribute.
Deleting a directory service The Delete option allows you to delete a directory service. Perform the following steps to delete a directory service: 1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Users. 2. In the Directory Services tab, select a single or multiple directory services to be deleted, by checking the required service directory check boxes. 3. Click OK in the warning message window to delete the selected directory services.
• Administrator — Users with Administrator role has the privilege to view all the pages and to perform all operations in ASM and grant permission to Standard user to perform certain operations. • Standard — Users with Standard role can view certain pages and perform certain operations based on the permission granted by Administrator. Additionally, Standard users can grant permission to other user to view and perform certain operation that they own.
Templates 132 Open Resource Console Y Y* N *Standard users are allowed only to view only the details of the resources that are part of the pool for with they have permissions. Edit Service Informati on Y Y* N *Standard users are allowed only to edit only the service that they have created. Delete Y Y* N *Standard user are allowed only to delete o the service that they have deployed. Cancel Y Y* N *Standard user are allowed only to cancel the service that they have deployed.
Template Edit Resources Edit template Y N N Delete template Y N N View template details Y Y* Y Clone template Y N N View Y N N Edit Y name/ category/ descriptio n N N Publish template Y N N Delete template Y N N View All Settings Y N N Import template Y N N View Y *Y Y Discover Y resources N N Remove Y resources N N Manage or unmanag N N Y *Standard user are allowed only to view the details of the template for which they have permission.
e resources Run inventory Y *Y N *Standard users are allowed only to run the inventory on the resources that are part of the service pool for which they have permission. View resource details Y *Y Y *Standard users are allowed only to view only the details of the resources that are part of the service pool for which they have permission.
Credential Management Getting Started Edit Backup Settings Y N N View Y N Y Create Y N N Edit Y N N Delete Y N N View Y N Y Initial Y Setup Defin e Netw orks Disco ver Resou rces Confi gure Resou rces View Templ ates N N • • • • • Networks Users View Y N Y Define Y N N Edit Y N N Delete Y N N View Y N Y Create Y N N Edit Y N N Disable/ Enable Y N N Delete Y N N 135
Directory Services Virtual Appliance Management Virtual Identity Pools 136 Import Y N N View Y N Y Create Y N N Edit Y N N Delete Y N N View Y N Y Generate Troubles hooting Bundle Y N N Edit Time Y Zone and NTP Settings N N Edit Proxy Settings Y N N SSL Certificat es Y N N Generate Y Certificat e Request N N Upload Certificat e Y N N Edit License Y N N View Y N Y Create Y N N Export Y N N
Delete Y N N Related Tasks Creating a user Editing a user Deleting a user Enabling or disabling users Importing users Virtual appliance management Virtual Appliance Management allows you to: • Generate a troubleshooting bundle • Update the ASM virtual appliance • Edit NTP settings • Update Repository Path • Edit DHCP Settings • Edit proxy server settings • Generate and download a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and upload the resulting SSL certificate • Upload an ASM license Related T
NOTE: The message displayed in the dialogue box is “ Updating the appliance will restart the system. The action will log off all current users and cancel all jobs in progress.” It even displayed the message “ The update process will take approximately 25 minutes depending on your data connection: 15 minutes to download the update and 10 minutes to apply.” Apart from these, it gives you information about number of logged-in users, and in progress jobs.
3. a. In the Distinguished Name (www.domain.com) box, type a distinguished name in the format www.domain.com. b. In the Business Name box, type a business name where the certificate is recorded. c. In the Department Name box, type a department name of the organizational unit (for example, IT, HR, or Sales) for which the certificate is generated. d. In the Locality (Town/City) box, type a locality name in which the organization is located. e.
Related Tasks Configure DHCP settings Editing proxy settings If your network uses a proxy server for external communication, then you must type the critical information to enable communication with ASM virtual appliance. 1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Virtual Appliance Management. 2. On the Virtual Appliance Management, under the Proxy Settings section, click Edit. 3. Select Use HTTP Proxy Settings. 4.
After uploading the license file, the following information about the license is displayed: • License Type • Number of Resources • Number of Used Resources • Number of Available Resources You can add multiple standard licenses. In that scenario, details of all the licenses are displayed together under License Mangement section on Virtual Appliance Management page. NOTE: If you try to upload the same standard license second time, you will get an error message stating that License has already been used.
NOTE: This process restart your system. Once update and restore is complete, you will get logged in again. Once the update process is complete, it redirects you to login page. In the meantime it monitor the progress of update and keep giving message accordingly. At the end, you get a tab as Click to login. After you click on the tab, you will be directed to login page to log in again to appliance.
• Export virtual identity pools • Delete virtual identity pools Related Concepts Creating virtual identity pools Related Tasks Deleting virtual identity pools Exporting virtual identity pools Creating virtual identity pools The Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard enables you to create virtual identity pools and add virtual identities to the virtual identity pools. To create a virtual identity pool: 1. 2. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Virtual Identity Pools.
Adding virtual IQN identities At a time, you can add as less as one and as many as 1,024 virtual IQN identities at one time. The maximum number of virtual IQN identities that ASM can manage is 16,000. 1. On the Virtual IQN page of the Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard, in the Number of Virtual iSCSI Identities box type the total number of virtual IQN identities that you want to add (any whole number between 1 and 1,024). 2.
Related Concepts Creating virtual identity pools Related Tasks Exporting virtual identity pools Exporting virtual identity pools You can export the .txt file that contains the virtual identity pools information. 1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Virtual Identity Pools. 2. On the Virtual Identity Pools page, select the virtual identity pools detail that you want to export, and then click Export. 3. Open or save the file.
Troubleshooting 9 This chapter includes details for resolving common issues encountered in ASM 8.1.1. Contacting Dell Technical Support To contact Dell Technical Support, make sure that the Active System Manager Service Tag is available. Go to the tech direct portal https://techdirect.dell.com Login using your existing account or create an account if you do not have an account. Add your Active system Manager service tag. Select Active System Manager as the Incident type.
Unable to deploy a service for Compellent component with same server object and volume names You cannot deploy a service for Compellent component if the server object is already mapped to the volume. This error occurs because a volume name available in recycle bin is same as the volume that the resource module is trying to create using ASM UI.
switchport general allowed vlan add 3000 switchport general allowed vlan add 20,30,40 tagged exit In the above example: • 3000: Indicates Native PXE VLAN • 20,30,40: Indicates Management or vMotion or ISCSI In case of production environments with large networks, routers may be configured with IP Helper Addresses to point to a DHCP on another network.
