Users Guide

a. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, if required.
b. Under the Associated Resources section, select Associate All Resources or Associate Selected
Resources to associate all or specific components to the new component.
c. Click Continue.
d. Under Hardware Settings, configure the following:
1. Retain the default selection of SD Card for Target Boot Device.
2. Select a Server Pool that contains a target server from the drop-down list.
e. Under OS Settings, configure the following:
1. From the OS Image drop-down menu, select the OS image.
2. Edit the Administrator Password for the ESXi host.
NOTE: If the default value for Install EqualLogic MEM is True, EqualLogic Multipathing
Extension Module will be installed.
3. If you select the Auto-generate Host Name check box, a Host Name Template field is
displayed.
On Host Name Template field, type unique host name for deployment. You must use
variable while generating host name.
4. Type the IP address of the NTP Server for time synchronization.
f. Under Network Settings,
1. Leave the Identify Pool drop-down menu set to Global pool.
2. Click Add New Interface option to create a network interface in a template server
component.
3. Configure Partitioning and Redundancy according to the needs of your environment.
4. Add ASM Networks as required for VMware deployments, for example Hypervisor
Management, Hypervisor Migration, and Public or Private networks.
For more information on Adding New Interface, see Add New Interface section in User’s Guide.
g. Under the BIOS Settings section, select the following:
1. System Profile — Select the system power and performance profile for the server.
2. User Accessible USB Ports — Select the server ports that are accessible by the user.
3. Number of Cores per Processor — Select the number of enabled cores per processor.
4. Processor Virtualization Technology — Select Enabled to enable the additional hardware
capabilities provided by virtualization technology.
5. Logical Processors — Each processor core supports up to two logical processors. If set to
Enabled, the BIOS reports all logical processors. If set to Disabled, the BIOS reports only one
logical processor per core.
6. Execute Disable — Allows you to enable or disable the Execute Disable bit.
7. Node Interleaving — If the system is configured with matching memory, set the option to
Enabled. If set to Disabled, the system supports non-uniform memory architecture memory
configurations.
8. Click Save.
7. On the Template Builder page, click the VMware Cluster component, click Edit in the dialog box
that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Cluster Component dialog box:
a. Modify the Server Component Name with a unique name, if required.
b. Under the Associated Resources section, select Associate All Resources or Associate Selected
Resources to associate all or specific components to the new component.
c. Click Continue.
d. Under Cluster Settings, configure the following:
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