Deployment Guide

Deployment Prerequisites
Specification Prerequisite
Connection Requirements
• The virtual appliance is able to communicate
with the out-of-band management network
and any other networks from which you want
to discover the resources.
• The virtual appliance is able to communicate
with the PXE network in which the appliance is
deployed. It is recommended to configure the
virtual appliance directly on the PXE network,
and not on the external network.
• The virtual appliance is able to communicate
with the hypervisor management network.
• The DHCP server is fully functional with
appropriate PXE settings to PXE boot images
from ASM in your deployment network.
Dell PowerEdge Servers
• Dell PowerEdge Servers are configured and
have the management IP address and login
credentials assigned.
NOTE: The user name (root) and password
required.
• Any device being used in the boot order, such
as C: Drive or NICs, must already be enabled in
the boot order. This applies when booting to
SD Card, Hard Disk, or FC, which are listed as C:
in boot order or PXE and iSCSI, which are listed
as NICs in the boot order. ASM will enable the
supporting device connectivity and adjust the
boot order, but cannot enable/disable device
names in the boot order.
• Before performing Fibre Channel boot from
SAN, a server must be configured with the
QLogic fiber channel card, which is configured
with the appropriate scan selection. To verify
this in the BIOS and QLogic device
settings, press F2 for System Setup, and then go
to Device Settings → <Target QLogic Fibre
Channel adapter name>
→ Fibre Channel
Target Configuration → Boot Scan, and then
select "First LUN".
NOTE: For all servers prior to ASM
discovery,make sure the RAID controller is
enabled if it is available, and any unsupported
1Gb NICs are disabled.
After updating these devices setting, you
should restart the server to ensure that
Lifecycle Controller system inventory is
updated.
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