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
Adding or editing Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user................................................................. 82
Updating resource inventory ............................................................................................................................................82
Viewing resource details................................................................................................................................................... 82
Viewing chassis details............................................................................................................................................... 83
Viewing blade or rack server details............................................................................................................................84
Viewing VMware vCenter details................................................................................................................................84
Viewing SCVMM details............................................................................................................................................. 84
Viewing storage group details.....................................................................................................................................85
Viewing storage details...............................................................................................................................................85
Opening the iDRAC remote console........................................................................................................................... 85
Opening the CMC remote console............................................................................................................................. 86
Understanding server pools..............................................................................................................................................86
Creating server pool................................................................................................................................................... 86
Editing server pool......................................................................................................................................................87
Deleting server pool....................................................................................................................................................87
8 Settings........................................................................................................................ 88
Add-On Modules.............................................................................................................................................................. 88
Creating an Add-On Module.......................................................................................................................................88
Backup and restore.......................................................................................................................................................... 89
Backup details............................................................................................................................................................ 89
Editing backup settings and details............................................................................................................................ 90
Editing automatically scheduled backups....................................................................................................................90
Backup now............................................................................................................................................................... 90
Restore now................................................................................................................................................................91
Credentials management...................................................................................................................................................91
Creating credentials....................................................................................................................................................92
Editing credentials...................................................................................................................................................... 92
Deleting credentials.................................................................................................................................................... 93
Getting Started................................................................................................................................................................ 93
Application logs................................................................................................................................................................ 93
Exporting all log entries.............................................................................................................................................. 94
Purging log entries......................................................................................................................................................94
Networks......................................................................................................................................................................... 94
Networking................................................................................................................................................................ 95
Repositories..................................................................................................................................................................... 98
Adding OS Image repositories.................................................................................................................................... 99
Editing OS image repository....................................................................................................................................... 99
Resynchronizing OS image repository ....................................................................................................................... 99
Understanding Firmware/Software Repositories tab..................................................................................................99
Viewing rmware and software bundles details.........................................................................................................102
Adding Custom Bundle............................................................................................................................................. 102
Jobs................................................................................................................................................................................103
Users.............................................................................................................................................................................. 103
Creating a user......................................................................................................................................................... 104
Deleting a user..........................................................................................................................................................104
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