Users Guide
3. In the Storage Size (e.g 500MB, 1GB) text box, type the storage size.
4. 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 %, Multi-Host access of volume, Authentication, and
Initiator IQN or IP Addresses.
5. Click Save.
5. On the Template Builder page, click each server component and click Edit to configure the
components.
The Server Component window is displayed.
6. On the Server Component window, configure the following options:
a. Modify the Component Name with a unique name, if necessary.
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. Select any one of the following:
1. Import Configuration from Reference Server — Select to import the configuration from an
existing server.
2. Import from Existing Template — Select to import the configuration from a server
component in an existing template.
3. Upload Server Configuration Profile — Select this option to configure the component based
on a configuration profile available on the system.
e. Under Hardware Settings, configure the following:
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.
3. Configure RAID. The following two options are available to configure RAID level:
• Basic
• Advanced
f. Under OS Settings, configure the following:
1. 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.
2. From the OS Image drop-down menu, select the OS image.
3. Edit the Administrator password for the ESXi host.
4. Type the IP address of the NTP Server for time synchronization.
5. From the Select iSCSI Initiator drop-down menu, select Software Initiator.
NOTE: If the default value for Install EqualLogic MEM is True, EqualLogic Multipathing
Extension Module is installed.
g. 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.
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