Users Guide

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Contents

1 Overview......................................................................................................................... 7

About this document..........................................................................................................................................................8

What’s New in this Release................................................................................................................................................ 8

Accessing Online Help........................................................................................................................................................ 8

Other documents you may need.........................................................................................................................................8

Contacting Dell Technical Support............................................................................................................................... 9

Licensing............................................................................................................................................................................ 9

2 Getting started with ASM 8.3........................................................................................ 11

3 Initial Setup....................................................................................................................12

Uploading license.............................................................................................................................................................. 12

Configuring time zone and NTP settings...........................................................................................................................13

Configuring proxy settings................................................................................................................................................ 13

Configure DHCP settings..................................................................................................................................................13

Verifying initial setup......................................................................................................................................................... 14

4 Dashboard..................................................................................................................... 15

Service states................................................................................................................................................................... 17

5 Services.........................................................................................................................18

Deploying service..............................................................................................................................................................19

Add existing service......................................................................................................................................................... 20

Adding an existing service...........................................................................................................................................21

Viewing service details...................................................................................................................................................... 21

Viewing the compliance report...................................................................................................................................24

Component deployment states.................................................................................................................................. 24

Editing service information...............................................................................................................................................24

Deleting service................................................................................................................................................................25

Exporting service details.................................................................................................................................................. 25

Retrying service............................................................................................................................................................... 25

Viewing all settings...........................................................................................................................................................26

Migrating servers (service mobility)................................................................................................................................. 26

Migration pre-requisites............................................................................................................................................. 26

Migrating servers............................................................................................................................................................. 26

Upgrading components.................................................................................................................................................... 27

Adding components to an existing service deployment.................................................................................................... 27

Adding virtual machines to existing service................................................................................................................ 27

Adding servers to existing service.............................................................................................................................. 28

Adding storage to existing service..............................................................................................................................29

Adding Network......................................................................................................................................................... 29

Adding application to an existing service.................................................................................................................... 29