Install Guide

Specification Prerequisite
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 fiber channel 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".
The First LUN setting needs to be disabled for deployments other than
Boot from SAN.
NOTE: For all servers prior to ASM discovery, make sure the RAID
controller is enabled, 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.
Server facing ports must be configured for spanning tree portfast.
C-Series Server
Network and BIOS configuration cannot be done using appliance. You
need to do it manually.
Hard disk should be available for server to install OS.
You need to set single NIC to PXE boot.This should be set as first boot
device and hard disk should be set as second boot device.
Network must be configured on top of rack switch which are connected
to C-Series server
Necessary VLAN must be configured on the service facing port of that
top of rack switch.
NOTE: You need to place PXE VLAN-untagged for any kind of OS
deployment. If it’s Windows and Linux bare metal OS installation, you
need to set workload network and you need to set Hypervisor
management network for ESXi deployment.
Cisco Servers
Network and BIOS configuration cannot be done using appliance. You
need to do it manually.
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