Users Guide

• Creates the storage volume and server objects that contain the WWPNs on Compellent storage. ASM creates the storage
volume and server objects with the names specified in the template.
• If Configure SAN Switch parameter is set to true, ASM performs the following actions:
– Identifies the fault domain of the Compellent storage created on the Brocade switches.
– Configures the Brocade switch by creating a zone for the server including the WWPN of the FC adapters and the
Compellent storage. The zones are added to the active zone set.
• Maps the server object to the Compellent volume.
• Installs ESXi, creates virtual networking based on the template, and creates and formats the VMFS data store for the attached
Compellent volume and configures multipathing settings.
Related links
Creating template
Building template overview
Building and publishing template
Deploying service
Cleaning up ESXi cluster deployments
If you delete the service, ASM turns off the ESXi hosts but will not delete any of the objects or connectivity created by the
deployment.
You need to determine what infrastructure that you want to retain, and delete any unnecessary Compellent volumes and server
objects, Brocade zones, and VMware vCenter objects.
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