Install Guide

Specication Pre-requisite
• 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. For more information, see the "Conguring DHCP or
PXE on External Servers" section in this guide.
• When deploying the ASM Appliance, ensure that the Default Gateway is specied. For
DHCP network conguration, the Default Gateway must be specied in the DHCP scope.
For static network conguration, ensure that at least one network interface is congured
with a gateway.
vCenter
Ensure that the Virtual SAN Default Storage Policy is set to the following default values:
• Number of failures to tolerate: 0
• Number of disks stripes per disk: 1
• Force Provisioning: No
• Object space reservation: 0%
• Flash read cache reservation: 0.000%
NOTE: To view or update the Storage policy, on the VMware vSphere Web Client, click
Home → Policies and Proles → VM Storage Policies → Virtual SAN Default Storage
Policy.
Brocade for Dell Compellent Alias needs to be created having Dell Compellent fault domain WWPN accessible on the
Brocade switch. Create a single alias including the virtual ports for the Dell Compellent fault
domain, WWPN accessible on the Brocade switch. ASM automates the creation of each
additional zone for the server objects and place them into a zone cong.
NOTE: Ensure that the single alias is listed rst in the list of aliases.
Brocade for EMC VNX
Alias needs to be created having EMC VNX WWPN accessible on the Brocade switch. Create a
single alias in the Brocade switches including WWPN accessible on the Brocade switch. ASM
automates the creation of each additional zone for the server objects and place them into a
zone cong.
Dell PowerEdge servers
• Dell PowerEdge servers are congured 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 Fibre Channel which
are listed as C: in boot order or PXE and iSCSI, which are listed as NICs in the boot order.
ASM enables the supporting device connectivity and adjusts the boot order, but cannot
enable or disable device names in the boot order.
• Before performing Fibre Channel boot from SAN, a server must be congured with the
QLogic Fibre Channel card, which is congured with the appropriate scan selection. To
verify this in the BIOS and QLogic device settings, press F2 for System Set up, and then go
to
Device Settings → <Target QLogic Fibre Channel adapter name> → Fibre Channel
Target Conguration → 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, ensure that the RAID controller is
enabled.
After updating these devices settings, you should restart the server to ensure that the
Lifecycle Controller system inventory is updated.
• Ensure that the Non-RAID Disk Mode option is selected in the system BIOS to congure
non-RAID disks.
NOTE: You can also set the non-RAID mode, by setting the RAID controller to the
default settings.
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