Install Guide

Contents
1 Overview.................................................................................................................5
About this Document............................................................................................................................5
What’s New in this Release................................................................................................................... 5
Accessing Online Help.......................................................................................................................... 6
Other Documents You May Need........................................................................................................ 6
Contacting Dell Technical Support................................................................................................ 6
Licensing................................................................................................................................................ 7
Important Note......................................................................................................................................8
ASM Port and Protocol Information..................................................................................................... 8
2 Installation and Quick Start................................................................................ 9
Information Prerequisites......................................................................................................................9
Installing Active System Manager......................................................................................................... 9
Deployment pre-requisites ............................................................................................................ 9
Pre-requisites for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)........................................15
Deploying ASM on VMware vSphere............................................................................................ 16
Deploying ASM using SCVMM.......................................................................................................16
Deploying ASM on Hyper-V host..................................................................................................18
Rectifying mounting errors during Hyper–V deployment...........................................................18
3 Configuring ASM Virtual Appliance................................................................ 20
Changing Dell Administrator Password............................................................................................. 20
Accessing the Initial Appliance Configuration ............................................................................ 20
Configuring Static IP Address in the Virtual Appliance......................................................................20
Configuring Virtual Appliance with Two NICS................................................................................... 21
Configuring ASM Virtual Appliance as PXE Boot Responder.............................................................21
4 Customizing Virtual Machine Templates for VMware and Hyper-V.........22
Customizing Virtual Machine Templates or Virtual Machines for VMware or Hyper-V...................22
Customizing Linux Template..............................................................................................................24
Customizing Windows Template....................................................................................................... 26
Preparing a vCenter Image for Cloning............................................................................................. 27
Customizing the vCenter Windows Template ............................................................................ 27
Setting up the Windows Task Scheduler .....................................................................................28
5 Configuring ASM Virtual Appliance for NetApp Storage Support.............30
Adding NetApp Ruby SDK to ASM Virtual Appliance......................................................................... 30
Enabling HTTP or HTTPs for NFS share..............................................................................................31
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