Users Guide

Specification Prerequisite
• VMware vCenter
Creating template for ESXi cluster deployment
Create a new template with the following settings to deploy ESXi cluster using Dell Compellent storage
and Brocade 6510 SAN switch.
• In the Template Builder page, add the following resources by clicking the corresponding components
icons.
– Storage
– Server
– Cluster
• To configure Brocade switches, perform the following actions:
a. In the Storage, click the corresponding storage component icon.
b. In the Storage Component pane, under Compellent Storage Settings, set the value as true for
Configure SAN Flag parameter.
• The parameter iSCSI network is not required when deploying Fibre Channel storage. If this setting is
included, it will be ignored.
Related Links
Creating template
Building template overview
Building and publishing template
Deploying service on ESXi clusters
On the Templates page, select the template created for this use case and click Deploy Service.
ASM performs the following actions when you deploy this service:
• Identifies the necessary servers from the FC server pool specified.
• Boots the server when if it is turned on and verifies the FC connectivity.
• Creates the storage volume and server objects that contain the WWPNs on Compellent storage. ASM
creates the storage volume and server objects with the names specified in the template.
• If Configure SAN Switch parameter is set to true, ASM performs the following actions:
– Identifies the fault domain of the Compellent storage created on the Brocade switches.
– Configures the Brocade switch by creating a zone for the server including the WWPN of the FC
adapters and the Compellent storage. The zones will be added to the active zone set.
• Maps the server object to the Compellent volume.
• Installs ESXi, creates virtual networking based on the template, and creates and formats the VMFS data
store for the attached Compellent volume and configures multipathing settings.
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