Users Guide

Updating repository path
By default, it comes with a repository path. To update the repository path, perform the following tasks:
1. Click Settings, click Virtual Appliance Management under Settings.
Virtual Appliance Management page is displayed
2. Click Edit beside Update Repository Path option.
3. Update Repository Path window is displayed. You can update the path using Update Repository Path field.
4. Click Save to save the updated path.
5. It directs you to Virtual Appliance Management page. On the page, under Update Repository Path, you get the updated
information regarding Current Virtual Appliance Version, Available Virtual Appliance Version, Repository Path
6. To perform the update, click Update Virtual Appliance.
7. After you click Update Virtual Appliance, a dialogue box is displayed with few statement and warning message.
NOTE: The message displayed in the dialogue box is “ Updating the appliance restarts the system. The action will
log off all current users and cancel all jobs in progress.” It even displayed the message “ The update process takes
approximately 25 minutes depending on your data connection: 15 minutes to download the update and 10 minutes
to apply.” Apart from these, it gives you information about number of logged-in users, and in progress jobs. At the
end, it asks for your confirmation “ Are you sure you want to perform an appliance update?”
8. After reading the message, if you decide that it’s good to proceed with update virtual appliance, click Yes on the dialogue box.
It updates your appliance.
NOTE: This process restarts your system. Once update and restore is complete, you will be logged in again. Once the
update process is complete, it redirects you to a login page. In the meantime, it monitors the progress of the update and
messages you accordingly. At the end, you get a tab stating Click to log in. After you click the tab, you will be directed to
a login page to log in again to the appliance.
Adding Dell ASM Service Tag
To add Dell ASM Service Tag:
1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Virtual Appliance Management.
2. Under Dell ASM Service Tag, click Edit, type Dell ASM Service Tag, and click Save.
Virtual identity pools
In ASM, virtual identity pools provide a conceptual way to categorize the virtual identities that help in network communication.
A virtual identity pool can include any combination of following virtual identities:
• MAC
• IQN
• WWPN
• WWNN
By default, virtual identities that are not assigned to any virtual identity pool are automatically assigned to the Global pool.
After creating a virtual identity pool, you can assign the virtual identity pool to one or more templates. For example, you might create
a virtual identity pool to use for specific business units, such as Finance, Human Resource, and for any specific application.
The Virtual Identity Pools page displays the following information about the virtual identity pools that are configured in ASM:
• Name — Displays the name of the virtual identity pool.
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