Install Guide

Specication Pre-requisite
Cisco servers
• Network and BIOS conguration cannot be complete using Appliance. You must do it
manually.
Dell Force10 S4810 switches—
Top-of-Rack [ToR]
• The management IP address is congured for the ToR switches.
• Any VLAN which is dynamically provisioned by ASM must exist on the ToR switch.
• Server facing ports must be congured for spanning tree portfast.
• If DCB settings are used, it must be properly congured on the switch for converged trac.
• Switches have SSH connectivity enabled.
• Ensure that lacp ungroup is not set to vlt on your switches.
N-Series Switches
• The management IP address is congured for the switches.
• ASM creates the virtual machine (VM) trac VLANs dynamically.
• You have access to the switches with passwords enabled.
• Switches have SSH connectivity enabled.
• Server facing ports must be in hybrid mode.
• Server facing ports must be in switch port mode.
• Server facing ports must be congured for spanning tree portfast.
• If DCB settings are used, it must be properly congured on the switch for converged trac.
Dell PowerEdge M I/O
Aggregator
If ASM is used to perform the initial conguration of credentials and IPs on the IOM in the Blade
chassis, you must to ensure, no enabled password is congured on the switches.
NOTE: ASM supports only stand-alone and PMUX mode.
Dell Networking MXL 10/40GbE
Blade switch
• Any VLAN which is dynamically provisioned by ASM must exist on the switch.
• Ensure that DCB settings are congured on each port.
• If ASM is used to perform the initial conguration of credentials and IPs on the IOM in the
Blade chassis, you must ensure, no enabled password is congured on the switches.
• Switches have SSH connectivity enabled.
Dell 8 | 4 I/O modules
• The management IP address is congured for the Brocade switches.
EqualLogic Storage Array
• The management and group IP addresses are congured for Storage Array.
• All storage array members are added to the group.
NOTE: The EqualLogic management interface must be congured to enable
dedicated management network.
• EqualLogic array must have an SNMP community name set to "public".
Dell Compellent Storage Array
• The management IP address is congured for the Storage Array.
• All Storage array members are added to the group.
• Virtual ports must be enabled on Dell Compellent.
• Follow Dell Compellent best-practices for Storage conguration.
• Storage Centers needs to be added to the Enterprise Manager before initiating the Element
Manager discovery in ASM.
• Fault Domain and IP address conguration of the iSCSI controllers needs to be complete
before discovery Element Manager in ASM.
• Discovery of EM needs to be complete with same credentials which are used for add
Storage Center in Element Manager.
• Enable SNMP on Dell Compellent to enable ASM to monitor the device.
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