Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Active System Manager Release 8.3.1 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Getting started with ASM 8.3.1
- Initial Setup
- Dashboard
- Services
- Deploying service
- Add existing service
- Viewing service details
- Editing service information
- Deleting service
- Exporting service details
- Retrying service
- Viewing all settings
- Migrating servers (service mobility)
- Migrating servers
- Upgrading components
- Adding components to an existing service deployment
- Deleting resources from service
- Templates
- Managing templates
- Viewing template details
- Creating template
- Editing template information
- Building template overview
- Building and publishing template
- Importing template
- Exporting template
- Uploading external template
- Editing template
- Viewing template details
- Deleting template
- Cloning template
- Deploying service
- Deploying multiple instances of service
- Adding Attachments
- Decommissioning services provisioned by ASM
- Component types
- Component combinations in templates
- Additional template information
- Managing templates
- Resources
- Resource health status
- Resource operational state
- Port View
- Resource firmware compliance status
- Updating firmware
- Removing resources
- Viewing firmware and software compliance report
- Discovery overview
- Configuring resources or chassis
- Removing discovered resources
- Configuring default firmware repository
- Running firmware compliance
- Configuring global chassis settings
- Configuring unique chassis settings
- Configuring unique server settings
- Configuring unique I/O module settings
- I/O module configuration
- Completing the chassis configuration
- Adding or editing Chassis Management Controller (CMC) user
- Adding or editing Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user
- Updating resource inventory
- Viewing resource details
- Understanding server pools
- Settings
- Troubleshooting

Deleting resources from service....................................................................................................................................... 30
6 Templates...................................................................................................................... 31
Managing templates......................................................................................................................................................... 32
Viewing template details.............................................................................................................................................33
Creating template.......................................................................................................................................................33
Editing template information.......................................................................................................................................34
Building template overview.........................................................................................................................................34
Building and publishing template.................................................................................................................................35
Importing template..................................................................................................................................................... 36
Exporting template.....................................................................................................................................................36
Uploading external template....................................................................................................................................... 37
Editing template..........................................................................................................................................................37
Viewing template details.............................................................................................................................................38
Deleting template....................................................................................................................................................... 38
Cloning template........................................................................................................................................................ 38
Deploying service....................................................................................................................................................... 39
Deploying multiple instances of service...................................................................................................................... 40
Adding Attachments....................................................................................................................................................41
Decommissioning services provisioned by ASM.......................................................................................................... 41
Component types.......................................................................................................................................................42
Component combinations in templates.......................................................................................................................62
Additional template information........................................................................................................................................ 63
Deploying ESXi cluster for SAN applications...............................................................................................................63
7 Resources..................................................................................................................... 66
Resource health status.....................................................................................................................................................67
Resource operational state...............................................................................................................................................68
Port View......................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Resource rmware compliance status..............................................................................................................................69
Updating rmware............................................................................................................................................................70
Removing resources......................................................................................................................................................... 70
Viewing rmware and software compliance report............................................................................................................71
Discovery overview........................................................................................................................................................... 71
Discovering resources................................................................................................................................................. 71
Conguring resources or chassis...................................................................................................................................... 74
Removing discovered resources................................................................................................................................. 76
Conguring default rmware repository......................................................................................................................76
Running rmware compliance.....................................................................................................................................76
Conguring global chassis settings............................................................................................................................. 76
Conguring unique chassis settings ........................................................................................................................... 77
Conguring unique server settings............................................................................................................................. 78
Conguring unique I/O module settings..................................................................................................................... 78
I/O module conguration............................................................................................................................................79
Completing the chassis conguration..........................................................................................................................81
Adding or editing Chassis Management Controller (CMC) user..................................................................................82
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