Install Guide

Specification Prerequisite
• If ASM is used to perform the initial configuration of credentials and IPs
on the IOM in the blade chassis, you need to make sure, no enabled
password is configured on the switches.
• Switches have SSH connectivity enabled.
• ASM performs certain basic port configuration for the server side ports
such as setting the server facing ports in portfast mode and configuring
spanning-tree pvst edge-port. If you want to perform additional base or
advanced port configuration at a port or global level on the switches,
you must ensure that the configuration is performed before attempting
any deployment with ASM. For example, if you want to set the rstp mode
on the server facing ports, enter the following commands manually:
FTOS#configureFTOS(conf)#interface tengigabitethernet
0/1FTOS(conf-if-te-0/1)#spanning-tree rstp edge-port
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• The management IP address is configured for the Brocade switches.
Brocade switch should be only in Access Gateway Mode.
EqualLogic Storage Array
• The management and group IP addresses are configured for Storage
Array.
• All storage array members are added to the group.
NOTE: The EqualLogic management interface must be configured
to enable dedicated management network.
• EqualLogic array must have a SNMP community name set to "public".
Compellent Storage Array
• The management IP address is configured for the Storage Array
• All storage array members are added to the group.
• Virtual ports must be enabled on compellent.
• Follow Compellent best-practices for storage configuration.
• Storage Centers needs to be added to the Enterprise Manager before
initiating the Element Manager discovery in ASM
• Fault Domain and IP Address configuration of iSCSI controllers needs to
be done before discovery Element Manager in ASM
• Discovery of EM needs to be done with same credentials which are used
for add storage center in Element Manager
• Enable SNMP on Compellent in order to enable ASM to monitor the
device.
Compellent iSCSI on MXL
with Hyper V
• Enable LLDP and its corresponding attributes
• DCB (with no PFC option) on the participating interfaces (Server Facing
and Port-Channel Members). Since DCB is globally enabled, the PFC
should be turned off individually in those interface
• Link Level Flow control (LLFC) must be Rx ON and Tx OFF on the
respective interfaces
• MTU must be set to 12000 on respective interfaces
Sample server facing interface configuration
FTOSA1#show running-config interface tengigabitethernet 0/15
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