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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. Under Network Settings section, update the network settings accordingly for the hypervisor

you are deploying and for the configured networks in your environment.

8. In the Template Builder, click a cluster component, and click Edit in the box that is displayed, and

then configure the following settings in the Cluster Component dialog box.

a. Under Cluster Settings, configure the following:

1. From the Target Hypervisor drop-down list, select the target vCenter.

2. Under Cluster Settings, in the Data Center Name and Cluster Name text boxes, type their

corresponding names.

9. To save the settings, click Save.

10. To publish the template, click Publish Template.

The template is now ready to be deployed.

Template – deploy Hyper-V host with iSCSI storage

The Deploy Hyper-V Host with iSCSI Storage template deploys two iSCSI storage volumes and installs

Hyper-V on a physical host.

To deploy Hyper-V host with iSCSI storage using this template, perform the following steps:

1. On the Templates page, select the Deploy Hyper-V Host with iSCSI Storage template, and click

Clone.

2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter a name and description for the template, and click Save.

3. In the Template Builder, select a storage component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed,

and then configure the following settings in the Storage Component dialog box.

a. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, if required.

b. Under EqualLogic Storage Settings, configure the following:

1. From the Target EqualLogic drop-down list, select the Target EqualLogic iSCSI array.

2. In the Storage Volume Name box, enter a unique name for the storage volume, if required.

NOTE: Make sure that you enter the storage size for the first volume is large enough

to support your Hyper-V host storage. However, the storage size for the second

volume can be small because it is configured as a quorum volume if this host will be

used for a Hyper-V cluster. The recommended second volume size is 512 MB.

3. Verify the values for Storage Pool, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve %, Thin Min

Reserve %, Thin growth Warning %, Thin growth Maximum %, Thin warning on threshold

%, Thin warning on hard threshold %, and Multi-Host access of volume.

4. Click Save.

5. In the Template Builder, select a 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 component.

a. Modify the server Component Name with a unique name, if required.

b. Retain the default selection of Local Hard Drive for Target Boot Device.

c. Select a Server Pool that contains a target server from the drop-down list.